A day, ceng Zi's wife should go on market, son of 5 years old is adopting leg beg method of mom: “ mom, I also should go, I also should go. The wife of ” Ceng Zi looks a son to pestering his, fool: “ is obedient, want you not to go only go to market, mom comes back to kill a pig to eat to you a little while. ” son loves to eat the meat most, listen kill a pig to agree gladly.
一天，曾子的妻子要去集市上，五岁的儿子抱着妈妈的腿央求道：“妈妈，我也要去，我也要去。”曾子的妻子看儿子缠着自己，就哄道：“听话，只要你不去赶集，妈妈一会儿回来给你杀猪吃。”儿子最爱吃肉了，一听杀猪就高兴地答应了。
Go to market of wife dusk time just come back, the son can be anxiously waited a long time, mom came back at long last, approach waits for ground shout not as good as: “ mom, kill a pig quickly to eat to me! The wife of ” Ceng Zi berates: “ kills what hog, mom is blurt out says only just! ” child listens to mom to talk not count, write a composition greatly immediately cry.
曾子的妻子傍晚时分赶集才回来，儿子可是眼巴巴等了半天了，妈妈总算回来了，迫就不及待地嚷嚷：“妈妈，快给我杀猪吃！”曾子的妻子呵斥道：“杀什么猪，妈妈只是随口一说而已！”孩子一听妈妈说话不算数，立刻大作文哭起来。
At this moment Ceng Zi took a knife to be ground, the wife is busy ask: Do you do “ what? ” Ceng Zi says: “ kills a hog, the go to market that your personally says come back to kill a pig to eat ” wife to hasten to the son block the way: “ kills what hog, the word that just is funny child stopped, we that pig is little still, should when spend the New Year to be killed again. In sad earnest of ” Ceng Zi says: “ teach by word of mouth is inferior to teaching by one's own example, adult does not say sincere letter, the child also meets what learn accordingly, parents can be the child allow teacher ah! ” wife is said to get be left without an argument by Ceng Zi, be forced to promise to kill a pig to eat to the son.
这时曾子拿起一把刀就磨了起来，妻子忙问：“你干什么？”曾子说：“杀猪呀，你亲口说的赶集回来给儿子杀猪吃”妻子赶忙阻拦：“杀什么猪呀，只不过是逗孩子的话罢了，我们那猪还小，要等到过年再杀。”曾子一本正经地说：“言教不如身教，大人不讲诚信，孩子也会跟着学的，父母可是孩子的第一任老师呀！”妻子被曾子说得哑口无言，只好答应杀猪给儿子吃。
The force with credit invisible since, also be aeriform fortune, be be an upright person this, do a person that has sincere letter so.
信用既是无形的力量，也是无形的财富，是做人之本，所以做个有诚信的人。(文/郑心茹)