半途而废 - 儿童成语故事

《半途而废》这个说法最早出自《礼记·中庸》"君子遵道而行，半途而废，吾弗能已矣"。今天讲的故事来自南朝宋范晔所著的《后汉书·列女传·乐羊子妻》，讲的是东汉乐羊子和妻子的故事，距今已经有近一千六百年。

从前，有一个年轻人叫乐羊子，离开家到远方去读书。刚开始他很有信心，可是过了一段时间，他觉得读书太难，又想家了，就收拾东西回家了。妻子看见他回来，很惊讶。她没有大声责怪他，而是走到正在织布的织机旁——那匹布是一根线一根线织出来的，已经织了很长一段。妻子拿起剪刀，对着布比了一下。乐羊子吓了一跳："你要做什么？" 妻子轻轻地说了一句话——你猜，她说了什么呢？

用温暖的声音和慢慢的节奏，陪 3-8 岁的小朋友听经典成语故事。适合睡前、旅途中和亲子时间收听，也欢迎所有正在学中文的大朋友一起来听哦！

"Giving Up Halfway" (半途而废, bàn tú ér fèi) — the phrase itself comes from the *Book of Rites: Doctrine of the Mean* (《礼记·中庸》): *"a noble person walks the path, and to give up halfway — that I cannot bear to do."* Today's tale comes from Fan Ye's *Book of the Later Han: Biographies of Exemplary Women — The Wife of Yue Yangzi* (《后汉书·列女传·乐羊子妻》), written during the Liu Song dynasty about the Eastern Han scholar Yue Yangzi and his wife — close to 1,600 years old.

Long ago, there was a young man named Yue Yangzi who left home to study far away. At first, he was full of confidence. But after a while, the studies felt too hard, he missed home, and so he packed up and came back. His wife was startled to see him. She didn't scold him with raised voice — instead, she walked over to her loom, where a long bolt of cloth was slowly taking shape, thread by careful thread. She picked up a pair of scissors and held them up to the cloth. Yue Yangzi gasped, "What are you doing?" His wife answered, very softly, with a single line — can you guess what she said?

A warm voice and a gentle pace, bringing classic Chinese idiom stories to little ones ages 3-8 — perfect for bedtime, travel, and family time. Chinese learners big and small are very welcome to tune in too!