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duì niú dàn qín
zhàn guó shí dài yǒu jiào gōng
míng de yīn jiā hěn huì
dàn qín
hěn duō rén huān tīng dàn qín
rén men hěn jìng zhòng
tiān gōng míng zài jiāo wài yóu
wán shí kàn dào le tóu niú
xiǎng jiā zàn yáng de
qín gěi niú dàn
ba
!
gěi niú dàn zòu le
de niú mái tóu chī cǎo
yòu dàn zòu le huān kuài de
niú rán mái tóu chī cǎo
gōng míng chū de quán
běn lǐng jié guǒ niú huán shì
gōng míng fēi cháng shī wàng
kāi shǐ huái de qín
怀
rén shuō shì dàn de
qín hǎo ér shì niú gēn běn tīng
dǒng a
!
During the Warring States Period, there was a musician named Gongming Yi, who played musical instruments very well.
There were a great number of people fond of listening to him play, and respected him very much.
One day, Gongming Yi saw a cow when he was having fun in the countryside.
He thought, "Everybody compliments my music. Why don't I play some music for this cow?"
He played a piece of elegant quaint music for the cow, but the cow just kept grazing the grass with its head down.
He played another piece of joyful music, but the cow still kept its head down to graze the grass and totally ignored him.
Gongming Yi was so disappointed and started to question his ability.
A passerby said to him,"It's not because your ability is bad. It is because the cow can not understand music at all."
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