名相
DEFINITIONS
大师对时髦的新发明,童心未泯地好奇不已。当他看到一个可以放入口袋的计算器,情不自禁地赞叹一番。
The Master had achildlike fascination for modern inventions. He could not get over his amazement at the pocket calculator when he saw one.
过后,他说出相当中肯的一句话:“好像许多人的口袋里都有这个计算器,可是口袋里却没有多少钱值得计算。”
Later he said, good-naturedly. “A lot of people seem to have those little pocket calculators, but nothing in their pockets worth calculating!”
一周之后,有位访客来请教授徒之道。他说:“让他们分清本末。最好是先攒足够的钱,然后才计数它;最好是先有具体的经验,再去设立名相解说。”
Weeks later when a visitor asked him what he taught his disciples, he said, “To get their priorities right: better have the money than calculate it: better have the experience than define it.”
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