蒙學漢文初階 第五十九課 Beginning Chinese - Entry Level Lesson #159
某童對鏡立 one child face mirror stood
見鏡中兒 see mirror inside child
與言不答 with words not reply
示以拳 demonstrate with fist
鏡中兒如之 mirror inside child if it
童怒擊之 child angry attack/hit it
鏡破傷其手 mirror break wound his hand
父戒之曰 father admonish him said
鏡中兒 mirror inside child
何害於汝 how harm to you
咎由自取也 blame from self take [ep]
One child stood in front of a mirror, saw another in the mirror. Spoke to it but no reply came. [He] demonstrated to it with a first. The child in the mirror did the same. The child became angry and hit it. The mirror broke and wounded his hand. The father admonished,
"The child in the mirror, what harm had he done to you? The blame stems from your own undertaking!"