A farmer in the state of Song once got a piece of stone with jade init.

宋国人有个农夫得到一块含宝玉的石头后，将它献给了相国子罕。

He did not get his hare but became a laughing stock in the state of Song.

当然，兔子是没等到，他自己却成了宋国的笑柄。

In the state of Song there was a farmer in whose fields stood a tree stump.

从前，宋国有个农民，他的田地中有一颗树桩。

A peasant in the state of Song led an extremely hard life for he was destitute 1, depending on worn sackcloth to defense 2 the chill of winter.

宋国的一个农民，因家境贫寒，生活极为清苦，全靠一件烂麻衣抵御冬天的严寒。