§56 索无物喻
(56) to ask nothing
昔有二人，道中共行，见一人将胡麻车在险路中，不得前。时将车者语彼二人：“佐我推车出此险路。”
once upon a time, two men walking together saw another fellow trying in vain to pull a chariot loaded with sesame out of a hole on the road. to the two men, the fellow said, "please give me a hand."
二人答言：“与我何物？”
the two men replied, "what are our, rewards?"
将车者言：“无物与汝。”
the fellow said, "nothing."
时此二人即佐推车，至于平地，语将车人言：“与我物来。”
in spite of the answer, the two men helped to get the chariot out of the hole. they demanded, "now give us something."
答曰：“无物。”
the fellow replied, "i'll give you nothing!"
又复语言：“与我‘无物’。”
again the men said, "give us "nothing" then!"
二人之中，其一人者，含笑而言：“彼不肯与，何足为愁。”
half smiling, one of them said, "he doesn't want to give us anything. no use getting upset."
