A HAPPY MAN
One day in spring， Wang Liangbin called his servant to him.
春天里的一天，王亮宾把他的仆人叫到跟前。
"How many pounds of snails did you buy？"
"你买了多少磅蜗牛？"
"200 pounds， sir."
"200磅，主人。"
"Did you buy birds？"
"鸟也买了吗？"
"Yes， sir， over 60."
"是的，有60多只。"
"Did you have enough money？"
"钱够吗？"
"Yes， sir."
"够，主人。"
Wang never spent much money on himself. He was frugal and lived simply. He spent most of his money buying animals to set free.
王从来不在自己身上多花一分钱。他的生活非常朴素简单。他几乎把所有的钱都用来买动物放生。
On his birthday， his students wanted to give him a party. When he found out，he told them， "If you respect me， use the money for the party to buy animals to set free. That would be the best possible birthday gift you could get me."
一次逢王的生日，他的学生想给他祝寿。他发现后对他们说："如果你们真的尊重我，就用准备生日宴会的钱买动物放生吧。这是你们可以给我的最好的生日礼物。" His students were touched， and did as he said.
All in all， that year he released twice as many animals as usual.
他的学生被感动了，于是他们按照先生的话做了。因此那一年王先生放生的动物是往年的两倍。
A few years later， one of his neighbors had a water buffalo that was too old to work. He was going to sell it to a butcher. The buffalo must have known what was up， because it got away from its master and ran straight to Wang Liangbin. It knelt down in front of him， begging for its life.