樹木

樹木每年都重新長出葉子。

The trees renew their foliage every year.

君亦見夫爲社者乎？樹木而塗之，鼠穿其間，堀穴託其中。燻之，則恐焚木，灌之，則恐塗阤。此社鼠之所以不得也。

Your Highness must have seen people building a shrine. They set up the beams and then plaster them. Yet rats gnaw holes through the plaster and shelter themselves inside. Then, if you smoke them out, you are afraid you might burn the wood; if you pour water over them, you are afraid the plaster might crumble. This is the reason why the shrine rats cannot be caught.