The master said to the boy’s father, “You should leave your son alone here. I’ll make him into a real man within three months. However, you can’t come to see him during this period. ”
Three months later, the boy’s father returned. The master arranged a boxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer.
三个月后,男孩的父亲又来见大师。大师安排这个男孩和一位经验丰富的拳师进行拳术比赛。
Each time the fighter struck the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a punch knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the master asked, “What do you think of your child? ”
“What a shame! ”The boy’s father said, “I never thought he would be so easily knocked down. I needn’t have him left here any longer. ”
“真丢人!”男孩的父亲说,“我根本没想到他是这样的不堪一击。我不让他再留在这里了。”
“I’m sorry that that’s all you see. Don’t you see that each time he falls down; he stands up again instead of crying? That’s the kind of courage you wanted him to have. ”