Why Did Sun Bin Become Disabled?
孙膑为什么会残废？
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我可是一位身上写满了故事的人物呢。从前，兵法家鬼谷子收下了两个徒弟，一个叫孙膑，也就是我啦，另一个叫庞涓，也就是我师弟，我们俩都潜心地学习《孙子兵法》。后来庞涓跑到魏国当了大将军……
I’m king of a living legend. Long long ago, Guiguzi, a military strategist in ancient China, took in two apprentices. One was me—Sun Bin, and the other was Pang Juan, my junior fellow. Both of us were studying The Art of War. Later, Pang Juan became a general in the state of Wei…
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古古最喜欢和有故事的人打交道，孙膑就是他第一个要拜访的人。他是怎样变残废的？有时怎样写出著名的《孙膑兵法》的？这其中一定有一个精彩的故事，古古迫不及待想知道，所以来到了公元前三百多年的齐国。
Gugu loved to collect people’s life stories, and Sun Bin was naturally the first one he’s got to visit. How did Sun Bin lose his kneecaps? And after that how did he write down the famous Sun Bin’s Military Methods? There must be a great story behind it, which Gugu nearly couldn't wait to know. Therefore, this time he returned to the state of Qi more than 2300 years ago.
(G=Gugu S=Sun Bin)
S: Hi, Gugu. Let me guess, you come to ask me about how I became disabled, right?
G: Wow! That’s impressive! How could you make it?
S: Haw-haw… it’s pretty easy. Nearly everyone would be curious about it and I don’t think you are an exception.
G: You bet. I am curious.
S: It’s simple. I got my kneecaps chopped off.
G: So cruel! Who did that to you?
S: Pang Juan, my junior fellow. General Pang!
G: How was that possible? Why would he do that to his own senior fellow?
S: Because he envied my talent and feared that I might surpass him. So he deceived me into coming to the state of Wei and then framed me as a traitor. That’s why I got my kneecaps chopped off.
G: And what happened after that? What did you do?
S: I played the fool and really had a hard time getting out. After that, I went to the state of Qi and got a position as a military counselor. Then we met in a battle.
G: And that’s when you took your revenge?
S: Of course. I finally defeated him with my talented strategy. He felt so ashamed that he killed himself.
G: It certainly served him right!
孙膑：你好，古古！你来找我是不是想问我怎样变成残疾人的？
古古：哇！真不敢置信！您怎么猜到的？
孙膑：哈哈！因为这个问题所有的人都想知道，你当然也不例外咯！
古古：我的确十分好奇嘛。
孙膑：太简单了。我的膝盖被人挖去了……
古古：啊！好残忍呀！谁干的？
孙膑：哼！是我的同门师弟庞涓，庞大将军干的！
古古：他也太恶毒了！怎么能毒害自己的同门师兄？
孙膑：因为他嫉妒我的才华，怕我超过他，于是就骗我到魏国去，在魏王面前诬陷我叛国，然后剜去我的膝盖骨……
古古：后来呢？您怎么样了？
孙膑：我装疯卖傻，好不容易才逃了出来，然后在齐国谋了一个军师的职位。在一次战役中，我和他又相遇了。
古古：这次您可该报仇了。
孙膑：那是自然，我用高超的兵法指挥军队，打败了庞涓的大军。他兵败后羞愤难当，自杀了……
古古：真是恶有恶报啊！
