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A passerby wanted money to buy a phoenix, but didn’t know it was a chicken. Is there any translation?

Translation:

The translation of this classical Chinese article is: Once upon a time, there was a Chu man who used a pole to carry pheasants in the mountains. A passerby asked him: "What kind of bird is this?" The man carrying the pheasant deceived him and said: "This is a phoenix." The passerby said: "I heard about the phoenix, and now I happened to see it. You "Can you sell it to me?" The man carrying the pheasant said, "Okay." The passerby wanted to buy the "Phoenix" for ten gold, but the man carrying the pheasant refused to give it to him.

The passer-by then asked for double the price, and then the bearer sold the "Phoenix" to him. A passer-by wanted to dedicate the "Phoenix" to the King of Chu, but the Phoenix died the next night. The passers-by did not regret the money, but regretted not being able to present the phoenix to the King of Chu. People in Chu State spread the news one after another, thinking that it was a real phoenix, and passers-by really wanted to donate the phoenix to the King of Chu.

This matter was heard by the King of Chu. The King of Chu was moved by the passerby's desire to dedicate the "Phoenix" to himself. He summoned the passerby and rewarded him heavily. The reward was ten times more than the price of the pheasant.

Original text appreciation:

Original text: There was a Chu people carrying a pheasant. A passerby asked: "What kind of bird is it?" He said: "I have heard about the phoenix for a long time, and now I have actually seen it. Are you selling it?" He said, "Yes." It is a reward of a thousand gold, but I can't give it; please double it, and I will give it to you. General Fang wanted to sacrifice himself to the king of Chu, but he passed away and died. Passers-by did not hesitate to cherish their gold, but they were disappointed that they could not offer it to the king of Chu. According to the legend of the Chinese people, the real phoenix is ??thought to be valuable and should be offered as a gift. Then I heard about it from the King of Chu. The king felt that he wanted to sacrifice himself, so he summoned him and gave him a generous gift, which was ten times more generous than buying a phoenix.

Appreciation: The Phoenix is ??a legendary bird that does not exist in reality. The passer-by in the story, because of his ignorance and little knowledge, mistook a pheasant with a similar appearance for a phoenix and bought it with "a thousand pieces of gold", which made him laugh. In addition, because the people of the country spread rumors, the King of Chu only believed it and did not investigate it himself. , If you don’t understand it, you will be the laughingstock of the ages. The meaning of this story is: don’t blindly follow anything you do, be sure to investigate carefully.