Why Did Sun Bin Become Disabled?
孫臏為什么會殘廢？
紅人自畫像
我可是一位身上寫滿了故事的人物呢。從前，兵法家鬼谷子收下了兩個徒弟，一個叫孫臏，也就是我啦，另一個叫龐涓，也就是我師弟，我們倆都潛心地學習《孫子兵法》。后來龐涓跑到魏國當了大將軍……
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…
超級訪問
古古最喜歡和有故事的人打交道，孫臏就是他第一個要拜訪的人。他是怎樣變殘廢的？有時怎樣寫出著名的《孫臏兵法》的？這其中一定有一個精彩的故事，古古迫不及待想知道，所以來到了公元前三百多年的齊國。
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!
孫臏：你好，古古！你來找我是不是想問我怎樣變成殘疾人的？
古古：哇！真不敢置信！您怎么猜到的？
孫臏：哈哈！因為這個問題所有的人都想知道，你當然也不例外咯！
古古：我的確十分好奇嘛。
孫臏：太簡單了。我的膝蓋被人挖去了……
古古：啊！好殘忍呀！誰干的？
孫臏：哼！是我的同門師弟龐涓，龐大將軍干的！
古古：他也太惡毒了！怎么能毒害自己的同門師兄？
孫臏：因為他嫉妒我的才華，怕我超過他，于是就騙我到魏國去，在魏王面前誣陷我叛國，然后剜去我的膝蓋骨……
古古：后來呢？您怎么樣了？
孫臏：我裝瘋賣傻，好不容易才逃了出來，然后在齊國謀了一個軍師的職位。在一次戰役中，我和他又相遇了。
古古：這次您可該報仇了。
孫臏：那是自然，我用高超的兵法指揮軍隊，打敗了龐涓的大軍。他兵敗后羞憤難當，自殺了……
古古：真是惡有惡報啊！
