说苑/蠋欲類蠶，鱓欲類蛇。

蠋欲類蠶，鱓欲類蛇。

Eric Henry

A grub is similar to a silkworm, and an eel is similar to a snake.

人見蛇蠋，莫不身洒然。

Eric Henry

There is no one who does not shudder on seeing a snake or a grub.

女工修蠶，漁者持鱓，不惡，何也？

Eric Henry

Why is it, then, that female workers who raise silkworms and fishermen who handle eels do not loath these creatures?

欲得錢也。

Eric Henry

It is because they wish to get cash from selling them.

逐魚者濡，逐獸者趨，非樂之也，事之權也。

Eric Henry

Those who chase fish get wet, and those who chase animals run about not because they find it delightful, but because their work compels them to endure these things.