过了半生，都没明白什么是勇气

A father was worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk①monk 英 [mʌŋk] 美 [mʌŋk] n.修道士，僧侣to train his boy.

The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father," You should leave your son alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three months.However, you can’t come to see him during this period. "

Three months later, the boy's father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer. Each time the fi ghter struck the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a punch knocked him down, the boy stood up again.

Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, "What do you think of your child?"

"What a shame!" the boy's father said. "I never thought he would be so easily knocked down. I needn't have him left here any longer."

"I'm sorry that that's all you see. Don't you see that each time he falls down②fall down倒塌，跌倒； 失败； 趴架； 栽倒; he stands up again instead of crying? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have."

一位父亲为儿子担心。儿子16岁了，却没有一点勇气。于是，父亲决定去拜访一位禅师，请他训练儿子。

禅师对男孩的父亲说：“你应该让他单独留在这里。不出3个月，我会让他成为一个真正的男子汉。不过，这段时间，你不能来看他。”

3个月后，男孩的父亲又来见禅师。禅师安排这个男孩和一位经验丰富的拳师进行拳击比赛。拳师每次一出手，男孩就倒在地上，但男孩又马上站起来；每次将他击倒，他就又站起来。

几个回合后，禅师问道：“你认为自己的孩子怎么样？”

“真丢人！”男孩的父亲说，“我绝没想到他这样不堪一击。我不需要他再留在这里了。”

“很遗憾，你只看到了这一点。难道你没看到他每次倒下后并没有哭泣，而是重新站起来了吗？这才是你想要他拥有的那种勇气。”

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