The Ninth Secondary School Students' Ancient Poetry Competition Ancient Translation

Repost - Reference Translation

A certain monk of Lingyin Temple, who was famous by virtue of his cooking of tea, was well versed in all the tools for cooking tea. In this way he saved several kinds of tea, often depending on the nobility of the guests to cook tea to offer to him; those who were not noble guests as well as close friends of the finest tea would not take out all of them. One day, a high-ranking official arrived, the monk respectfully greeted, out of the good tea, the monk personally hand-cooked and offered to the high-ranking official in the hope of getting him to say save, the high-ranking official silent look. The monk was puzzled and offered him the finest tea he could find. The senior official had already finished drinking it and did not weigh it. The monk, anxious not to wait, bowed and asked, "How is the tea?" The high official lifted his hand with the teacup and said, "The tea is too hot."

26.Making Wine and Forgetting Rice

Repost TranslationA man asked a family that made wine for advice on how to make wine. The wine maker told him, "A bucket of rice, plus one or two wine lures (wine medicine), plus two buckets of water, the three mixed with each other, so after seven days, it will become wine." However, this person was rather forgetful, and went home and used two buckets of water, one or two wine lures, so mixed together to make wine, and then tasted it after seven days, it was still almost the same as water, and then ran over to blame the wine maker, saying that the person had made wine and forgotten about the rice. After seven days, he tasted the wine, but it was still similar to water, so he ran over to the winemaker and blamed him for not teaching him the real way of making wine. The winemaker said, "You must not have followed the way I told you to do it." The man said, "I did what you told me to do: use two buckets of water and one or two wine primers." The winemaker asked him, "Did you put in the rice?" He lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "I forgot to put the rice in!" Oops! He had forgotten the basics of making wine, and when he tried to make his own wine but couldn't, he became angry and resented the person who had taught him how to do it. In today's world, a lot of people who seek to learn, forget to build a foundation, but think of a step to the sky, and as a result, they can not learn anything, and this person what is the difference?

27. Honoring the Teacher

Reposted TranslationThe man who learns from his teacher, if his teacher is understanding and he himself is talented, I have not heard of such a man who does not become a sage. As long as there are sages, the world is peaceful and stable. When a sage is in this place, this place is respected, and when a sage is in that place, that place is respected. Therefore, there was no sage king in ancient times who did not respect his teachers. Therefore, there was no ancient sage king who did not respect his teachers. By respecting his teachers, he did not care about their wealth and honor. In this way, one's name becomes prominent, and one's virtue is manifested. Therefore, when a teacher implements his teaching, he does not care about his students' weight, honor, or wealth, but whether or not they are able to accept the doctrine. If they are able to accept the righteousness, their teachings will be appropriate. What is sought after is fully attained, and what is hoped for is fully realized, and this happens only after attaining sainthood. Sages are born out of hard study, and there has never been a sage or a celebrity who could become a sage without hard study.

28. Liu Bei Naxian

Reposted translationIn the beginning, Liu Bei, a man from Zhuo County, was a descendant of Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan Jing in the Western Han Dynasty (Judgment Sentence). Having lost his father at an early age, he was very poor, and with his mother he made a profession of selling straw shoes. Liu Bei was seven feet five inches tall, with his hands hanging down above his knees, so that he turned around (and could) see his ears; he had a big heart and seldom spoke (inverted sentence), and joy and anger did not show themselves easily on his face (inverted sentence). He traveled to join Gongsun Zan because he had once studied with him under Lu Zhi. When Gongsun Zan sent Liu Bei and Tian Kai to seize Qingzhou, they were so successful in battle that he made them ministers of Pingyuan County. When Liu Bei was young, he had a deep friendship with Guan Yu, a native of Hedong, and Zhang Fei, a native of Zhuo County, with whom he slept in the same bed, and were as friendly as brothers, but in the midst of a large court, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood by Liu Bei's side all the day long as his guards. They followed Liu Bei around the enemy and did not run away from hardships and dangers. Zhao Yun, a native of Changshan, led a party from his county to visit Gongsun Zan. When Liu Bei met Zhao Yun, he was amazed at his boldness and was very eager to make friends with him. Zhao Yun then accompanied Liu Bei to the plains and commanded the cavalry for him.

29. Seeking the Pill of Immortality

Translation of the repostIn the beginning, when the Yan people, Song Shaoji and Xianmenzi Gao, claimed that there was a way to become an immortal in the world, and that the corpse of a person who died of old age was disintegrated and boned and ascended to the heavenly realm, the pedants and weird people in the states of Yan and Qi were all competing for the teachings and learnings. From King Wei of Qi, King Xuan to King Zhao of Yan all believed in their words and sent people to the sea to seek the three sacred mountains of Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou, which were said to be in the middle of the Bohai Sea and not far away from the earth. It was only when the mortals were about to arrive that Van blew the ship away. However, some people have been to these three mountains, and saw that the immortals and the medicine for immortality were all there. When Emperor Shi Huangdi traveled to the seaside, those who knew the ways of the immortals, such as Xu, a native of Qi, wrote letters about these things and asked for permission to go to the sea to seek the sacred mountains with boys and girls after fasting and purifying their bodies with a vegetarian diet. Emperor Shi Huang then dispatched Xu to send thousands of boys and girls into the sea to seek immortality. However, the ship returned to the sea due to bad winds. But they still said, "Though I did not reach the mountain of immortality, I have seen it."

30.Night Reading in a Monk's Temple

Repost Translation Wang Coronation was a native of Zhuji County. When he was seven or eight years old, his father told him to herd cattle on the ridge, and he sneaked into the schoolhouse to listen to the students read. After listening, he always memorized it silently. When he came home in the evening, he forgot all about the cows he was herding. Wang Coronation's father was furious and beat him up. Afterward, he was still like that. His mother said, "This boy wants to read so obsessively, why don't you let him?" From then on, Wang Coronation left home and lived in a temple. At night, he went out in the dark, sitting on the Buddha's knees, holding a book in his hands on the light of the Buddha's front lamp reciting, the sound of the book has been read until dawn. Buddha statue is mostly clay, a face fierce and vicious, people are afraid. Although Wang Coronation is a child, but look calm, as if he did not see. When Han Shi of Anyang heard about it, he thought he was different and took him as his student, and he became a learned Confucian scholar.

31. Learning by the Candlelight

Repost translationDuke Ping of Jin asked Shi Kuang, "I am nearly seventy years old and want to learn, but I am afraid it is already too late!" Shi Kuang said, "Why don't you learn by candlelight?"

Ping Gong said, "What kind of a subject teases his king?"

Shikuang said; "How dare I tease my sovereign! I have heard it said: when you are young and fond of learning, it is like the sunlight when the sun has just come out; when you are strong and fond of learning, it is like the light at noon, and when you are old and fond of learning, it is like lighting a candle for illumination. Which is better than lighting a candle for illumination or walking in the dark?"

Duke Ping said, "Well said!"

32. Zhao Guang Refused to Paint

Repost translation Zhao Guang was a native of Hefei, and was originally a scholar in Li Bo Shi's family. When Li Bo-shi was painting, he served at his left and right sides, and in time he became good at painting, especially horses, which were almost the same as those made by Li Bo-shi. During the Jianyan period, he fell into the hands of the Jin soldiers. When the Jin soldiers heard that he was good at painting, they asked him to paint the robbed women. When Zhao Guang refused to paint, the Jin soldiers threatened him with a knife, and when he refused to obey, they cut off his right thumb to send him away. Zhao Guang actually painted with his left hand. After the situation was stabilized, Zhao Guang painted only the Goddess of Mercy. After a few more years, Zhao Guang died, and most of the paintings of Guanyin by Li Boshi in the collections of well-established intellectuals today are by Zhao Guang.

33, ruling a country is like planting a tree

Repost translationTang Taizong said to his ministers: "In the past (Emperor Yang of Sui) had just pacified the capital, and there was not a single courtyard in the palace that was not overflowing with beautiful women and rare playthings. However, Emperor Yang was still not satisfied, and he used all his forces to wage wars, which caused the people to suffer, and thus led to his demise. I have seen all these with my own eyes. Therefore, I have been working tirelessly from morning to night, just wishing for tranquility and quietness, which makes the world peaceful and free from trouble. Thus it was possible to have no labor, a good harvest of grain, and the people living in peace and happiness. Ruling a country is like planting a tree; only when the roots remain intact will the branches flourish. If the emperor can be quiet, how can the people not live in peace and work in contentment?

34、Guo Jin ruled the country

Reposted translation Guo Jin was a talented man who had built up many war achievements. He used to be the assassin of Xingzhou. Guo Jin once built a mansion in the north of the city, and after it was completed, he gathered his clan and guests to celebrate the completion of the project, and even the lowly civil engineers participated in the celebration, so he placed the seats of all the craftsmen in the east room, and arranged the children in the west room. Someone asked, "How can the children be seated alongside the artisans?" Guo Jin pointed in the direction of the multitude of craftsmen and said, "These are the people who built the house." He also pointed in the direction of his children and said, "These are the people who sell houses, and they should have been seated under the people who build houses." Less than a year after Guo Jin's death, he was indeed possessed by others.

35, a word with the prison

Repost translation agreed to meet at five o'clock to A's house), as scheduled to (B according to the agreed time to go). A to the cock (A to the cock crowing), to B's home call B's wife said (to B's home to call B's wife and said): "Since the appointment was five nights (since I have already met with B at five nights), the cock has not yet arrived (now the chickens are crowing, B is not yet), why (why)?" His wife said in surprise (B's wife said in surprise), "It has been a long time since he left home (he has left home for a long time)." He went back to A's house (so he went back to A's house again), but B did not arrive (B still did not arrive). Then, at dawn (at dawn), I searched everywhere (everywhere for B), and found a corpse in a bamboo bush (in a bamboo bush I found a corpse), that is, B (that is, B). There was a small amount of property with him, but it was all gone. Wife mournful said A said (B's wife cried bitterly and said to A): "You killed Wu (should be "my") husband also! (You killed my husband.)" So A sued the officials (A was sued to the government), and the case could not be finalized for a long time. An official asked that (a Yamen in the clerk asked A Road): "B and your period (B and you about), B does not come (and B but not), you over B home (later you go to B home to find visit), only to call B (should only call B is), your life (this "life" word must be a mistake) do not call (you do not call B), is to call his wife (but the case is not finalized). ), but called his wife (but went to call A's wife, [seeing that you knew that A had been killed and was not at home]), and it was you who killed her husband (surely you killed her husband)." And he was speechless (and the man [i.e., B] was speechless). Between a word (the clerk was only in the middle of a sentence), the prison was completed (the case was closed).