On a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi , which perished long ago.

Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles, collapsed walls, and clusters of weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.

They replied,"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds, and averse to evildoing, which led to the perdition."

When the Duke could not understand the answer, people explained ," though he liked doing good, he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing, never could he help not participating. that caused the ruin of his capital."

英語寓言故事：郭氏之墟

齊桓公出游途中，來到已經滅亡許久的郭氏都城的廢墟。

看到瓦礫殘垣、雜草叢生的蕭條景象，忍不住問當地百姓郭氏滅亡是什么原因。

百姓們回答說："郭氏因為喜歡善行善事。厭惡邪 惡丑行而致使滅亡。"

齊桓公不可以理解這種回答，百姓們便講解說："郭氏雖然喜歡善行善事，但一直都不可以做到;盡管厭惡邪 惡丑行，卻一直忍不住參與其中。這就是他的都城變成廢墟是什么原因。"