English Original
Da Fuquan crafted a horn that could mimic the sound of a dragon. He played it by the deep pool near Mount Nanshang.
Hearing the sound, the three-legged turtle in the pool feared that people had come to capture and eat it. Terrified, it opened its mouth wide and shrieked hysterically.
Da Fuquan, however, believed this to be the genuine roar of a dragon. He sought out Gong Zhiqi, expressing his desire to learn the true sound of the dragon. Gong Zhiqi told him, "What you heard was not a dragon's cry, but the call of a three-legged turtle. The true sound of a dragon is rarely heard by mortals. The sound from your horn was not a dragon's to begin with, and now you've mistaken a turtle's cry for a dragon's! You have merely abandoned one falsehood for another."
中文翻译
大夫权制作了一只能模仿龙吟的号角。他来到南山旁的深水潭边吹奏。
潭中的三足鳖听到这声音，以为人们要来抓它煮了吃，惊恐万分，力竭声嘶地张口大叫。
大夫权却以为这是真龙的叫声。于是，他找到公之奇，表示想学习真龙的叫声。公之奇告诉他："你听到的并非龙吟，而是三足鳖的叫声。真龙之声凡人罕能听闻。你的号角之声本非龙吟，如今又将鳖鸣误作龙吟，更是错上加错。你这不过是抛弃了一种虚假，又选择了另一种虚假罢了。"