Yangzi’s neighbor lost a sheep; his neighbor not only led his relatives, but also asked Yangzi’s young servants to go together with them to pursue the lost sheep. Yangzi said:” Hey! You’ve just lost one sheep, why are so many people pursuing it?” The neighbor said:” Because there are many forked roads.”
When the neighbor had returned, Yangzi asked:” Did you find the sheep? ”The neighbor said:” The sheep has been lost.” Yangzi said :” Why was it lost?” The neighbor said:” Among the forked paths were still more forked paths; I did not know down which forked path the sheep had gone, and for this reason I came back..” Yangzi became morose and his facial expression changed; for a long time he did not speak, and he did not laugh once the whole day
歧路亡羊
杨子的邻居丢了羊，邻居既率领着他的亲属，又请求杨子的小厮一块儿去追赶跑掉的羊。杨子说：“咦！丢了一条羊，为什么追他的人那么多？”邻居说：“因为有很多岔路。”
邻居回来了以后，杨子问：“找到羊了吗？”邻居说：“把羊给丢了。”杨子说：“为什么把羊给丢了呢？”邻居说：“岔路里又有岔路，我不知道他跑到哪条岔路去了，所以我就回来啦。”杨子很忧伤的改变了脸色，沉默了很久，一整天都不笑。
