Breaking an urn to save a friend-ancient Chinese translation

When Sima Guang was 7 years old, he was as solemn as an adult. I have heard of Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, and I like it very much. When I know its main idea, I will tell it to my family. From then on, he loved Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals so much that he forgot his hunger, thirst, cold and fever. Sima Guang is playing with a group of children in the yard. A child stood on a vat and fell into it and was flooded. All the other children have run away. Only when Sima Guang broke the jar with a stone, the water flowed out and the children were able to live.

Original text:

Biography of Sima Guang and History of Song Dynasty

I was born at the age of seven, and I was in awe as an adult. When I heard about Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, I loved it and retired for my family. This is the great purpose. Since I can't put the book down, I don't know if I'm hungry or thirsty or cold or hot. A group of children were playing in court, one went to pick up the urn, and his foot fell into the water, so everyone abandoned it. If you break the urn with a stone, the water will burst and the child will live.

Extended data:

First, the protagonist profile:

Sima Guang, whose real name is strategist and Fu You, was wrong in his later years. He was born in Xu Shui Village (now Xiaxian County, Shanxi Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty and was known as Mr. Xu Shui. Sima Guang was born in Tianxi, Song Zhenzong for three years (A.D. 10 19). At that time, his father Sima Chi was the magistrate of Guangshan County in Gwangju, so he was named "Guang".

Sima Guang's family has been an official for generations, and his father Sima Chi later became an official to the Ministry of War, a doctor and a celestial pavilion, and has always enjoyed a high reputation for being honest and kind. Influenced by his father, Sima Guang was smart and studious since childhood. According to historical records, Sima Guang likes reading Zuo Zhuan very much, and often "never stops reading books, never knowing hunger and thirst."

At the age of seven, he was able to recite Zuo Zhuan skillfully, and he could clearly tell the historical outline of more than 200 years, indicating that he had a very strong interest in history since he was a child.

Second, the enlightenment of breaking the urn to save friends:

Tell us to do things calmly and learn from Sima Guang. It also shows that empathy can solve problems faster and should not be limited to a fixed model. It also reflects Sima Guang's bravery.