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

　　从前，有个人自夸他的弓，说:“我的弓嘛，没有比这更好的了，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，说:“我的箭，没有比这更好的了，好得用不着什么弓了!”

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

　　这时候，恰好有一个会射箭的人从他们身边走过，听到他们的这段对话，就说:

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

　　“你们两人的话都不对。没有弓，发不出箭;没有箭，怎么能射中目标呢?”

　　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.

　　说完后，会射箭的人还叫他们把弓和箭都拿出来，射箭给他们看。

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

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