《古代寓言·两个射雁的人》
昔人有睹雁翔者,将授弓射之,曰:“获则烹。”其弟争曰:“舒雁烹宜,翔雁燔宜。”竞斗而讼于社伯,社伯请剖雁,烹燔半焉。已而索雁,则凌空远矣。
——《贤奕编》
Two Ways of Cooking the Goose
A man saw a wild goose flying in the sky. Fitting an arrow to his bow, he said, "If I can bring it down, we will stew it."
"No, it would be better to roast it," said his younger brother.
Their argument reached a deadlock. Finally they went to a senior member of their clan who settled the matter by suggesting a half-and-half treatment. But when they came out to look for the wild goose again, it was nowhere to be seen.