§60 见水底金影喻
(60) seeing the shadow of gold at the bottom of a pond
昔有痴人，往大池所，见水底影，有真金像，谓呼“有金”，即入水中挠泥求觅，疲极不得。还出复坐。
once upon a time, there was a man who went to a large pond where he thought he had seen the shadow of pure gold at the bottom of water. he gave a cry of joy and jumped into the water to feel about the mud and search for it. a few moments later, he began to feel very tired. he could not find any gold and he then got out of the pond.
须臾水清，又现金色，复更入里，挠泥更求，亦复不得。其父觅子，得来见子，而问子言：“汝何所作，疲困如是？”
but as soon as he was out of the water that became clear in no time, the golden shadow turned up again. then he dived once again to do more searching. still he found nothing. at this point, his father came looking for him. seeing the state he was in, his father asked, "what have you been doing to get so tired?"
子白父言：“水底有真金，我时投水，欲挠泥取，疲极不得。”
