English Original
In the past, there was a man with a large appetite who ate his food ravenously.
Once, he was not careful, and a fishbone got stuck in his throat. The food was blocked in his esophagus, and he could neither swallow nor vomit. He called a physician, but the physician could do nothing. The people around looked on in anxiety. Finally, unable to breathe, he died of choking.
Afterwards, someone went so far as to issue a ban: "Eating is forbidden from today onward, for if people give up eating, no one will ever be choked to death."
中文翻译
从前，有个人饭量很大，吃起饭来狼吞虎咽。
一次，他不留神，一根鱼骨哽在了喉咙里。食物堵塞在食道中，他咽不下去，也吐不出来。他请来医生，但医生也无能为力。周围的人只能干着急。最后，他因无法呼吸而活活噎死了。
事后，有人居然颁布了一道禁令：“从今日起，禁止吃饭。理由是：只要人们放弃吃饭，就再也不会有人被噎死了。”