The Garden · A parable from Mencius
There was a man who worried his seedlings weren’t growing fast enough.
Wanting to help, he pulled each one upward.
He came home, tired and proud, saying he’d helped them grow.
His children ran to the field.
The seedlings had withered.
The point is not “do nothing,” but care for growth without trying to force it.
AlrewaqThere was a man who worried his seedlings weren’t growing fast enough.
Wanting to help, he pulled each one upward.
He came home, tired and proud, saying he’d helped them grow.
His children ran to the field.
The seedlings had withered.
The point is not “do nothing,” but care for growth without trying to force it.
AlrewaqAn Alrewaq retelling of Mencius, 2A2. The man believes he is helping; Mencius is the storyteller explaining the mistake. The original also contrasts harmful interference with neglect. This retelling is not a verbatim translation. The artwork is Alrewaq’s Garden.