In the past, a man bragged about his bow: "There is no bow better than mine. It doesn't need any arrow!"

　　從前，有個人自夸他的弓，說:“我的弓嘛，沒有比這更好的了，好得不需要用什么箭的!”

　　Another man bragged about his arrow:"There is no arrow better than而ne. It doesn't need any bow!"

　　也有人在自夸他的箭，說:“我的箭，沒有比這更好的了，好得用不著什么弓了!”

　　At that time, a man good at archery happened to pass by and heard their dialogue. He said:

　　這時候，恰好有一個會射箭的人從他們身邊走過，聽到他們的這段對話，就說:

　　"You are both wrong. One cannot shoot an arrow without a bow; and without an arrow, how can one hit the target?"

　　“你們兩人的話都不對。沒有弓，發(fā)不出箭;沒有箭，怎么能射中目標呢?”

　　Thereupon, the man good at archery asked them to take out their bow and arrow. Then he showed them how to shoot at the target with a bow and an arrow.

　　說完后，會射箭的人還叫他們把弓和箭都拿出來，射箭給他們看。

　　Now they understood: A bow won't do without an arrow; nor an arrow without a bow. They complement each other.

　　他們這才明白:弓不能離開箭，箭也離不開弓，兩者相輔相成。