Shu Dongpo is good at joking and translating

Shu Dongpo is good at joking and translating classical Chinese

1. Dongpo called Qian Mu’s father and translated it. Dongpo called Qian Mu’s father and said: “In ordinary interactions, you know whether you have a family or not; There is no need to spend too much time gathering together." One day, Mu's father folded the slips and summoned Po to have a meal. When it arrived, it was just a cup of rice, a handful of radish and a cup of white soup. The cover is made of three whites. A few days later, Po called Mu's father back to eat rice. Mu's father thought that Po would repay him with something. Later, when Riyan did not provide food, Mu's father was very discouraged. Poe said: "The radish soup and rice are both hairy." Mu's father sighed and said: "Zizhan can be said to be a good joker!" (Excerpted from "Gaozhai Manlu") 》)

Translation:

Su Dongpo once said that Qian Mufu said: "When you go to and fro with each other in daily life, you know whether you have any at home; when you get together casually, you don't need to be too detailed." Mufu folded the slips in one day, Zhao Pohao has a meal. When I arrived, I set out a cup of rice, a plate of radish and a cup of boiled water. Because three whites are white. A few days later,

Po invited Mu's father to eat crispy rice again. Mu's father thought that Po would repay him in kind. By the time it was late and no food had been prepared, Mu's father was very hungry. Poe said, "The radish soup and rice are all wet." Mu's father sighed and said, "You can say that he is good at joking!"

2. Dongpo Anecdotes Ancient Translation When Su Shi was the governor of Qiantang, a commoner came to complain that a fan seller owed him 20,000 silver, so he arrested the fan seller. The fan seller said sadly : "It has been raining for a long time, and the weather has been very cold. I have fans but can't sell them. It's not that (I) refuse to repay my debts." Su Shi asked him to bring twenty fans, and then picked up the ones on the table that were used for handling cases. The brush casually wrote running and cursive characters, and drew dead wood, bamboo and stone before handing them over to him. (Fan seller) As soon as he went out, people actually spent a thousand yuan to buy a fan. All the fans that could not be sold were sold out. Later, the fan seller also paid off all the money he owed.

Original text:

Dongpo was a punctual person in Qiantang. The people sued the fan shop for a debt of 20,000 yuan. When he was caught, he said: "It has been raining for a long time and it is cold. If you have a fan, don't sell it. If you have a fan, don't sell it." "I'm willing to pay for it." The Duke ordered twenty people to be fanned, and he ordered the pens and brushes to be used as a reward. As soon as he went out, he took out a door with a thousand coins and spent all his money. So I paid my dues.

This article comes from "Anecdotes of Dongpo" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty

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The end of "Anecdotes of Dongpo" You may use your strengths and abilities to help people in need. As a human being, you must learn to be flexible. In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), he became a Jinshi. Excluded were Zhongshusheren, Hanlin bachelor, Duanmingdian bachelor, and Minister of Rites. He once judged Hangzhou and knew Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou, Yingzhou, etc. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was demoted to Huangzhou for slandering the new law. Later he was demoted to Huizhou and Danzhou. Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty established and pardoned him. Died in Changzhou. Posthumous title Wenzhong. Erudite and talented, good at writing, good at poetry, calligraphy and painting.

Yu Ci is "bold and unrestrained, and doesn't like to cut it to suit the rhythm". It has rich themes and broad artistic conception, breaking through the traditional barriers of "ci is a Yanke" since the late Tang, Five Dynasties and early Song Dynasty. He uses poetry as his lyrics. He created a bold and open school, which had a huge influence on later generations. There are "Seven Collections of Dongpo", "Dongpo Ci", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu" and so on.

Su Shi was born in Meishan, Meizhou, on December 19, the third year of Jingyou's reign (January 8, 1037), the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty. He was the successor of Su Weiwei, a minister of the early Tang Dynasty. Su Shi's father, Su Xun, is the "Su Laoquan" mentioned in the "Three Character Classic" who "started to work hard at twenty-seven." Although Su Xun started working late, he worked hard. Su Shi's name "Shi" originally means the armrest in front of the car, which means that he is unknown but indispensable in helping people in danger and rescue people. In the eighth year of Qingli (1048), Su Xun lost his father at home, so he studied in isolation and taught his knowledge and conduct to Su Shi and his youngest son Su Zhe.

3. The original translation of Dongpo's Shuowen in classical Chinese: During the Jianzhong period of Jingguo, Duke Po returned from Danbei and Bu lived in Yangxian.

The scholar-bureaucrats in Yangxian were still afraid and did not dare to travel with him. Shao Minzhan, a unique scholar, learned from Po.

Po Gong also liked him. I always cross the long bridge with my staff and visit the mountains for pleasure.

Shao bought a house for Po for 500 yuan, but Po could only pay for it with all his money. Once you have settled in the divination house, you will have gained the day.

One night with Shao Buyue, I occasionally went to the village and heard the sound of a woman's utensils and was very sad.

Po Yi listened to it and said, "What a surprise! How sad! How can a love that is so difficult to leave touch his heart? I will ask."

Then he pushed the door open with Shao and entered. Then an old woman cried freely when she saw Po. Duke Po asked me why I was so sad. The woman said: "I have a residence that has been passed down for hundreds of years and has been kept unchanged until now.

My son is unworthy, so he sold it to others. I moved here today.

A century-old residence, Once we say goodbye, this is why I cry." Poe was also saddened by this.

Asked about the location of his former residence, Po got it with five hundred coins. Because he comforted her again and again, he said: "I am selling my old home. There is no need to be deeply sad. You should return this home to me."

He ordered the woman to take the house certificate and burn it. He called his son and ordered him to welcome his mother back to his old residence the next day, without asking for his rights.

Po then returned to Piling and no longer bought a house, but stayed temporarily at the Sun family's residence in Gutangqiao. In July of that year, Po died unexpectedly while living there.

What our predecessors did is similar to this, but many people in the world don’t know about it, but it is only reported in my state. Translation: In the first year of Jingguo's reign, Su Shi returned from Danzhou and lived in Yangxian.

The scholar-bureaucrats in Yangxian were still afraid and did not dare to travel with him. Only Shao Minzhan studied under him.

Su Shi also liked this man and often enjoyed riding horses with him, crossing long bridges, and traveling around mountains and rivers. Shao Minzhan bought him a house and spent 500. Su Shi paid off the money only after he ran out of money.

Later (Su Shi) chose a good day to move into his new home. Once, while walking with Shao Minzhan under the moonlight, they accidentally arrived at a village and heard a woman crying very sadly. Su Shi leaned against the door to listen and said: "It's strange, why are you so sad! Is there anything that is difficult to let go of?" Feelings touched her heart? I’ll ask her.”

So he opened the door and went in. She was an old woman who still cried to herself after seeing Dongpo.

Dongpo asked her why (crying), and the old woman said: "I have a house that has been passed down by my family for hundreds of years. I don't dare to touch it even in my generation. But I My son is unworthy and sold it to someone else.

I am moving out of this century-old house. How can I not feel sad if I leave this house? This is why I cry." He was sad.

(So Dongpo) asked her where her original house was, and it turned out to be the house Dongpo bought. Dongpo comforted her again and again and said, "I bought your old house. Don't be too sad. I will give it back to you now." The woman burned the house deed in front of her, and asked the old woman's son to take her back to the old house the next day without asking for any money. Dongpo returned to Piling from then on and never bought a house again. Instead, he temporarily stayed in the Sun family's house in Gutangqiao.

In July of this year, Dongpo died of illness in the borrowed house. Senior Dongpo did many similar things in his life. Unfortunately, the world knows very little about it. Only my hometown spreads his deeds.

4. "Zhang Hu is a Good Hero" Classical Chinese Translation Jinshi Cui Ya and Zhang Hu often wandered around the Jianghuai area after their failure. He often gathered people to drink, insulting and teasing the famous people at that time; or he took advantage of the wine and called himself a hero in the world. The two people have the same hobbies and admirations, so they get along very well.

Cui Ya once wrote a poem praising knights. The poem goes like this: There are three feet of snow on the Taihang Mountains, and three feet of iron in Cui Ya's sleeves. Once you meet someone who cares about you, you will say goodbye to your wife and children when you go out. From then on, you can often hear from people: "Cui Ya and Zhang Hu are the real heroes!" Anyone who says this often holds banquets to entertain Cui Ya and Zhang Hu. people. They admire each other

and praise each other. Later, Zhang Hu wrote a hymn to the officials in charge of salt and iron. The salt and iron envoy granted his son a small official position on the canal, responsible for the management of the weir in the winter melon section. Someone teased Zhang Hu and said, "Your son shouldn't hold such a small position!" Zhang Hu laughed at himself and said, "Winter melon should give birth to Zhang Hu's son!" After answering like this

they looked at each other and laughed. More than a year later, Zhang Hu's family accumulated some assets.

One night, a man in night clothes came, dressed as a martial arts warrior, with a sword hanging from his waist and a luggage in his hand. There was something in the bag, and there was blood flowing out of the bag. After entering the house, the visitor asked: "Isn't this the residence of Zhang Xiashi?" Zhang Hu replied: "Yes

." He very respectfully allowed the man to enter the house and sit down. The visitor said: "I have an enemy, and I have had this feud for ten years. I will kill him tonight to avenge this grudge." As he spoke, he was so happy that he couldn't help himself, and pointed out Picking up the suitcase, he continued: "What's inside is the enemy's head!" He then asked Zhang Hu: "Is there a hotel here? Please ask Zhang Daxia to get some wine and let's drink together."

How about a glass?" After drinking, the visitor said: "There is a righteous man three or four miles away from here, and I want to repay him for his great kindness to me.

If I can repay my benefactor tonight, then the two major matters of gratitude and hatred in my life will be settled. I heard that Zhang Daxia is very loyal. Can you lend me one hundred thousand yuan? ? I will return it to you immediately after using it. After my two long-cherished wishes are fulfilled, from now on, Zhang Daxia will let me go through fire and water, and I will never care about it." Zhang Hu heard this. He said that he was overjoyed and did not begrudge his own money at all. Immediately he took out all the valuable items in the house and placed them under the candlelight. Among them, he calculated the value of the middle-grade books and authentic paintings above 100,000 yuan and gave them to this person. Visitors. The visitor happily praised and said:

"What a happy man! I have nothing to regret in my life!" So he left the suitcase and the head inside,

He left Zhang Hu's house and agreed to return immediately after repaying his kindness. After the visitor left the Zhang family, he did not come back at the agreed time. Zhang Hu waited until the person announcing the night outside had finished beating the five drums, but there was still no sign of him. Zhang Hu considered that once the heads in the luggage were discovered, he would be harmed. Besides, this late-night visitor didn't come back as scheduled, so there was really no good way to do it. I had to ask the servant at home to open the bag and take a look. It turned out that it contained a pig's head. From then on, Zhang Hu

's heroic spirit disappeared immediately.

5. Ancient text translation help: Zi Shuo: Su Dongpo heard that Wang Jinggong’s "Zi Shuo" was newly completed, and he joked: "I use 'bamboo' to whip 'horse' as 'du', but I don't know how to use 'bamboo' to whip 'horse'." What's so funny about 'whip' and 'dog'?" Wang Jinggong asked: "Is there any evidence that the word 'jiu' comes from 'jiu' and 'bird'?" Su Dongpo said, "Why isn't it said in the Book of Songs? "The dove is in the mulberry tree, and its son is Qixi.

"Zi Qi" plus father and mother, doesn't it happen to be "Nine Birds"?" Wang Jinggong listened happily, and it took him a while to understand that this was something. Poe's joke. Arson for three days: Tian Deng became the county guard, and it was taboo for people to call him by his name. Anyone who violated it would be severely beaten.

As a result, people all over the state referred to "light" as "fire". On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, lanterns are put out during the Lantern Festival, and ordinary people are allowed to visit the city and watch it.

The official wrote a notice and hung it on the street: "In accordance with the old custom, this state will set fire to three days." Bachelor Shi: Bachelor Shi Manqing is good at wine and poetry, and his conversation is humorous.

Once, while traveling to Baoning Temple, the groom was negligent, the horse was frightened and jumped up, and Academician Shi was thrown off the horse. The attendant hurriedly helped him up.

Many onlookers thought he was going to curse the groom. Unexpectedly, he just pointed at the groom and said, "Thankfully I am a bachelor of stone. If I were a bachelor of tiles, wouldn't I be smashed to pieces?" I found so much on the Internet.

6. Classical Chinese translations may not be accurate if you translate them yourself.

Liu Kun is young but ambitious and talented. He likes to make friends and is quite flamboyant. I was a friend of Fan Yang's Zu Ti. When I heard that Zu Ti was appointed, I wrote some letters to my relatives and friends, saying: "I wait until dawn (every night) with my sword on my pillow, aiming to wipe out the rebellious thieves. I am often afraid that Zu Ti will use it before me." took his whip (I don’t know if this is correct here)” They were so close in spirit.

In Jinyang, he was often surrounded by several layers of barbarians (this should refer to the Xiongnu). The city was in embarrassment and had no countermeasures. Liu Kun took advantage of the moonlight to climb to a high building and whistled. After hearing this, the thieves sighed sadly. . In the middle of the night, the Hujia was played again. The thief burst into tears and missed his hometown deeply. When it was almost dawn, it blew again, and the thieves gave up the siege and fled.