During the Xia Dynasty, there was a crack archer named Hou Yi.

　　夏朝時(shí)，有一位神射手，叫后界。

　　One day, the King of Xia pointed to a shooting target of one square metre in size with a bull's eye of only 1/3 decimeter in diameter, and said to Hou Yi:

　　一天，夏王指著一塊一平方米大，靶心直徑只有一寸的箭靶，對(duì)后弈說:

　　"If you can hit the bull's eye, I will award you 1，000 pieces of gold. But if you miss, I will take back the 1，000 li of land granted to you."

　　“如果你射中了靶心，我就賞你千金;如果射不中，我就收回給你的千里封地。”

　　At that Hou Yi山vew the bow to shoot, but he felt very nervous, his face turning red and pale in turn. Unable to calm his flustered mind, he missed the target with the first arrow, and missed again with his second arrow.

　　后翼聽了夏王的話，拉弓射箭，但是心里很緊張，臉上一陣紅一陣白，氣急難平。第一箭，沒有射中，第二箭，還是沒有射中。

　　When the King of Xia saw this, he was rather surprised and asked Mi Ren:

　　夏王看了，覺得很奇怪，就問彌仁:

　　"Usually, Hou Yi hits the target every time. But today he failed. What's the reason?"

　　“后界這個(gè)人，平時(shí)射箭，總是百發(fā)百中�？墒墙裉焖麉s射不中，這是為什么呢?”

　　Mi Ren replied:

　　彌仁回答道:

　　"Hou Yi failed to hit the target because he was in an unstable mood, which affected his shooting skill. The award of 1, 000 gold pieces was the cause of his fault. If people could take no account of their gains and losses, and put aside either generous awards or severe punishment, then anyone could become a crack archer."

　　“后界射不中，因?yàn)榍榫w不穩(wěn)定，影響了他的射技，千金厚賞造成了他的失誤。如果人們能夠不計(jì)較得失，把厚賞重罰拋在一邊，那么誰都可能成為神射手了。”