蟻探 林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體

蟻探一二巡廚檯,為眾覓食屢捐軀;
殘食蟻聚移戶外,無需殺生彼自離。

廚房料理檯上,偶有一二螞蟻巡行覓食。吾人恐蟻群漸集,往往即加以驅離或撲滅。幸而內子發現,其實蟻為食來,即使已經群聚,只要將殘食移於戶外,不久蟻眾即自行消失,不勞吾人送客。此雖小小發現,若知採行,卻可免殺極多蟻命。因此特為之記,願有助略減殺業,略增祥和。


                     二○○四年九月二日
                     養和齋   於加州


Scout Ants Yutang Lin

At times scout ants one or two roamed over kitchen counters;
To find food for the multitude, they often sacrificed their lives.
Leftovers that had attracted many ants once moved outdoors
Would induce them to leave on their own without our genocide.

Comment:

At times there were one or two ants roaming over kitchen counters in search of food. We were afraid that many ants would gradually gather, and hence we would immediately move them outside or destroy them. Fortunately, my wife had discovered that the ants indeed just came for food, and hence, even when they had already gathered around some leftover we only needed to move the leftover outdoors, and then soon afterwards the ants would disperse on their own. We did not have to do anything else for them to leave. Although this was just a minor discovery, and yet when it was learned and adopted, we were spared from killing many ants. Therefore, I put it down in writing with the hope that this would help reduce killing a bit and help promote harmony a little.


Written in Chinese on September 2, 2004
Translated on September 3, 2004
El Cerrito, California


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