English Original
An old woman heard that her young neighbor had lost her earrings and went to offer comfort.
The young lady said lightheartedly, "It doesn't matter that the earrings are lost. As long as my ears exist, there is nothing to regret."
The puzzled old woman asked, "But aren't your earrings made of jade? They are so costly! Don't you regret losing such a valuable thing?"
To this, the lady replied, "Ears are valuable not because they are adorned with earrings, but because they have the ability to hear. To the ears themselves, it adds or decreases nothing, whether earrings exist or not."
中文翻译
一位老太太听说年轻的邻居丢了耳环，便前去安慰她。
少妇不以为意地说：“耳环丢了没什么。只要耳朵还在，就没什么可遗憾的。”
老太太疑惑地问道：“可你的耳环不是玉石做的吗？那很值钱啊！丢了这么贵重的东西，你不觉得可惜吗？”
少妇回答说：“耳朵之所以宝贵，并非因为佩戴了耳环，而是因为它们能听见声音。对于耳朵本身而言，耳环的存在与否，并不能为其增损分毫。”