《百喻经》 ，全称《百句譬喻经》，是古天竺僧伽斯那撰，南朝萧齐天竺三藏法师求那毗地译。《百喻经》称“百喻”，就是指有一百篇譬喻故事，但现存的譬喻故事只有九十八篇；之所以称之为“百”，有两种说法，一就整数而言，二是加上卷首引言和卷尾偈颂共为百则。《百喻经》全文两万余字，结构形式单一，每篇都采用两步式，第一步是讲故事，是引子，第二步是比喻，阐述一个佛学义理。它从梵文译成汉文，距今已经有一千五百多年的历史。
其中《欲食半饼喻》讽刺了那种钻牛角尖，遇事不分析前因后果，徒生苦恼愚蠢的人，也讽刺了不注重过程的人。其实，这半块饼如同世间的荣华富贵，是不实在的。偏偏世人执假为真，汲汲营求名利财富，到头来却是一场游戏一场空。肚子饱，是累积之前的六块饼，他却以为，是吃了后面这半块饼才饱，这是对世间颠倒的想法，也是不明因果的想法。

《百喻经·欲食半饼喻》

譬如有人，因其饥故，食七枚煎饼。食六枚半已，便得饱满，其人恚悔，以手自打，而作是言：“我今饱足，由此半饼。然前六饼唐自捐弃，设知半饼能充足者，应先食之。

Eating Half a Pie Would Be Quite Enough

A man was so hungry that he was ready to eat seven pies. But he felt quite full after he had eaten six and a half. He regretted this so much that he started to beat himself, exclaiming, "I am full because I ate the last half piece of pie. The other six pieces were wasted. Had I known that half a pie would be enough, I should have eaten it first."

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