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道家 -> 莊子 -> 內篇 -> 人間世 -> 5

匠石之齊，A (master) mechanic, called Shi, on his way to Qi,
至乎曲轅，came to Qu-yuan,
見櫟社樹。where he saw an oak-tree, which was used as the altar for the spirits of the land.
其大蔽數千牛，It was so large that an ox standing behind it could not be seen.
絜之百圍，It measured a hundred spans round,
其高臨山十仞而後有枝，and rose up eighty cubits on the hill before it threw out any branches,
其可以為舟者旁十數。after which there were ten or so, from each of which a boat could be hollowed out.
觀者如市，People came to see it in crowds as in a market place,
匠伯不顧，but the mechanic did not look round at it,
遂行不輟。but held on his way without stopping.
弟子厭觀之，One of his workmen, however, looked long and admiringly at it,
走及匠石， and then ran on to his master,
曰： and said to him,
「自吾執斧斤以隨夫子， 'Since I followed you with my axe and bill,
未嘗見材如此其美也。 I have never seen such a beautiful mass of timber as this.
先生不肯視，行不輟，何邪？Why would you, Sir, not look round at it, but went on without stopping?
曰：「已矣，勿言之矣！Have done,' said Mr. Shi, 'and do not speak about it.
散木也， It is quite useless.
以為舟則沈， A boat made from its wood would sink;
以為棺槨則速腐， a coffin or shell would quickly rot;
以為器則速毀， an article of furniture would soon go to pieces;
以為門戶則液樠， a door would be covered with the exuding sap;
以為柱則蠹。 a pillar would be riddled by insects;
是不材之木也，無所可用，the material of it is good for nothing,
故能若是之壽。」 and hence it is that it has attained to so great an age.'
匠石歸，When Mr. Shi was returning,
櫟社見夢曰：the altar-oak appeared to him in a dream, and said,
「女將惡乎比予哉？ 'What other tree will you compare with me?
若將比予於文木邪？Will you compare me to one of your ornamental trees?
夫柤、梨、橘、柚、果、蓏之屬，There are hawthorns, pear-trees, orange-trees, pummelo-trees, gourds and other low fruit-bearing plants.
實熟則剝，When their fruits are ripe, they are knocked down from them,
剝則辱， and thrown among the dirt.
大枝折， The large branches are broken,
小枝泄。 and the smaller are torn away.
此以其能苦其生者也， So it is that their productive ability makes their lives bitter to them;
故不終其天年而中道夭，they do not complete their natural term of existence, but come to a premature end in the middle of their time,
自掊擊於世俗者也。 bringing on themselves the destructive treatment which they ordinarily receive.
物莫不若是。It is so with all things.
且予求無所可用久矣，I have sought to discover how it was that I was so useless; I had long done so,
幾死， till (the effort) nearly caused my death;
乃今得之，and now I have learned it
為予大用。 - it has been of the greatest use to me.
使予也而有用， Suppose that I had possessed useful properties,
且得有此大也邪？ should I have become of the great size that I am?
且也，And moreover
若與予也皆物也，you and I are both things
奈何哉其相物也？ - how should one thing thus pass its judgment on another?
而幾死之散人，how is it that you a useless man
又惡知散木！」 know all this about me a useless tree?'
匠石覺而診其夢。When Mr. Shih awoke, he kept thinking about his dream,
弟子曰： but the workman said,
「趣取無用， 'Being so taken with its uselessness,
則為社何邪？」 how is it that it yet acts here as the altar for the spirits of the land?'
曰：「密！'Be still,' was the master's reply,
若無言！ 'and do not say a word.
彼亦直寄焉， It simply happened to grow here;
以為不知己者詬厲也。 and thus those who do not know it do not speak ill of it as an evil thing.
不為社者， If it were not used as the altar,
且幾有翦乎！ would it be in danger of being cut down?
且也， Moreover,
彼其所保，the reason of its being preserved
與眾異， is different from that of the preservation of things generally;
以義譽之，不亦遠乎！」 is not your explaining it from the sentiment which you have expressed wide of the mark?'

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