学无所用学无所用鲁人身善织屦，妻善织缟，而欲徙于越。
或谓之曰:“子必穷矣。
”鲁人曰:“何也？”曰:“屦为履之也，而越人跣行；缟为冠之也，而越人被发。
以子之所长，游与不用之国，欲使无穷，其可得乎？”(选自《韩非子•说林上》)注释1.屦（jù）：麻鞋2.善：擅长。
3.缟：白绢，鲁人用缟做帽子。
4.徙：迁居，搬家。
5.或：有的人6履：鞋，这里用作动词，穿鞋。
7.跣（xiǎn）：赤脚。
跣行：赤脚走路。
8.冠：帽子9.被：同“披”，覆盖。
被发：被，同“披”，披散头发。
10.以：用，凭借11.所长：拿手的本领。
12.游：展售13.无：不。
学无所用One’s skills may become useless鲁人身善织屦，妻善织缟，而欲徙于越。
或谓之曰:“子必穷矣。
”Once upon a time, there was acouple living in State Lu of ancient China. The man was good at making /weaving hemp shoes, and his wife was skilled at weaving white silk. They wanted to moveto State Yue, but one of their neighbors warned them, “You are to be poor there!”鲁人曰:“何也？”“Why should you say so?”he asked.曰:“屦为履之也，而越人跣行；缟为冠之也，而越人被发。
以子之所长，游与不用之国，欲使无穷，其可得乎？”“Hemp shoes are to be worn, but Yue people don’t wear shoes; White silk is used for making hats, but Yue people don’t wear hats,”his neighbor replied, “moving to a state where your skills are to be found useless, how is it possible that you are not to suffer poverty ?”One’s skills may become useless Once upon a time, there was a couple living in State Lu of ancient China. The man was good at making/weaving hemp shoes, and his wife was skilled at weaving white silk. They wanted to move to State Yue, but one of their neighbors warned them, “You are to be poor there!”“Why should you say so?”he asked.“Hemp shoes are to be worn, but Yue people don’t wear shoes; White silk is used for making hats, but Yue people don’t wear hats,”his neighbor replied, “moving to a state where your skills are to be found useless, how is it possible that you are not to suffer poverty ?”。
