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bá	miáo	zhù	cháng
拔	苗	助	长
chūn	qiū	shí	dài		sòng	guó	yǒu	gè	jí
春	秋	时	代	，	宋	国	有	个	急
xìng	zǐ	de	nóng	fū
性	子	的	农	夫	。
zhuāng	jià	cháng	chū	hé	miáo	yǐ	hòu		tā
庄	稼	长	出	禾	苗	以	后	，	他
měi	tiān	dū	qù	guān	kàn
每	天	都	去	观	看	。
lìng	tā	jū	sāng	de	shì		hé	miáo	cháng
令	他	沮	丧	的	是	，	禾	苗	长
dé	tài	màn
得	太	慢	。
nóng	fū	jiǎo	jǐn	nǎo	zhī	xiǎng	ràng	hé	miáo
农	夫	绞	尽	脑	汁	想	让	禾	苗
cháng	kuài	xiē
长	快	些	。
yī	tiān	tā	zhōng	yú	xiǎng	chū	fāng	fǎ
一	天	他	终	于	想	出	方	法	。
tā	pǎo	dào	tián	lǐ		bǎ	hé	miáo	yī
他	跑	到	田	里	，	把	禾	苗	一
kē	kē	wǎng	shàng	bá		shǐ	tā	men	cháng
颗	颗	往	上	拔	，	使	它	们	长
gāo
高	。
nóng	fū	suī	rán	hěn	lèi	dàn	tā	hěn	gāo
农	夫	虽	然	很	累	但	他	很	高
xīng	kàn	dào	hé	miáo	cháng	gāo
兴	看	到	禾	苗	长	高	。
dāng	nóng	fū	huí	jiā	shí		bǎ	zhè	gè
当	农	夫	回	家	时	，	把	这	个
hǎo	bàn	fǎ	gào	sù	le	tā	ér	zǐ
好	办	法	告	诉	了	他	儿	子	。
tā	de	ér	zǐ	gǎn	máng	pǎo	dào	tián	lǐ
他	的	儿	子	赶	忙	跑	到	田	里
qù	kàn		hé	miáo	quán	dū	kū	wēi	le
去	看	，	禾	苗	全	都	枯	萎	了
。
yòng	zhè	zhǒng	fāng	fǎ	jiào	yù	xià	yī	dài
用	这	种	方	法	教	育	下	一	代
wú	yì	yú	bá	miáo	zhù	cháng
无	异	于	拔	苗	助	长	。

There once was an impatient farmer who lived during the Song Dynasty.(sòng cháo,960-1279 AD).

Everyday the anxious farmer would measure the growth of the crops.

To his dismay, his crops were growing much slower than he expected.

The farmer racked his brains trying to find better ways of planting in order to get quicker results.

One day he finally came up with a solution.

He started to physically pull the crops out of the ground, thus making them taller.

The farmer worked very hard and at day’s end was physically exhausted but mentally happy as his plan had produced the desired results.

When the farmer went home, he told his son of his “brilliant” method.

His son went to the field only to discover that all of his crops were all dead.

To educate the young generation in such a way is just like helping the shoots grow by pulling them upward.

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