Chu people invisible translation

Translation:

There was a man from Chu who lived a poor life. He read "Huainanzi" and saw the words in the book: "When a mantis spies on a cicada, it can be covered with leaves. Hide yourself." So he stood under the tree and picked leaves.

When he saw a praying mantis clinging to a leaf waiting for cicadas, he plucked the leaf. This leaf fell to the bottom of the tree. There were already many fallen leaves under the tree, and it was no longer possible to distinguish which leaf was the one where the mantis was hiding.

The Chu people collected several baskets of leaves from under the tree, took them home, covered themselves with leaves one by one, and asked his wife, "Can you see me?" the wife began. He always replied: "You can see." After a whole day, (the wife) became tired and unbearable, so she had to coax him and said: "Can't see."

The Chu people were secretly happy, ( He) carried leaves into the market and took other people's items in front of others. So the officers tied him up and took him to the county government office. When the county magistrate found out, the Chu man told the magistrate the whole story. The magistrate laughed and let him go.

Original text:

The Chu people lived in poverty. After reading "Huainanzi", they learned that "the mantis waits for the cicada to block the leaves and become invisible", so he looked up under the tree to pick up the leaves - the mantis held it The leaves wait for the cicadas to pick them. Leaves fall under the tree. There are fallen leaves under the tree first, and they cannot be separated again.

Sweeping several buckets back, he covered himself with leaves one by one, and asked his wife: "Have you seen me?" At first, his wife kept replying "Yes", but after days, she got tired of it and was tired of it. (It says "not seen".

He was overjoyed, and went to the market with some leaves, and picked up people on the opposite side. The officials then tied up the county. The county magistrate accepted the resignation and told himself the story. The official laughed and let it go without governance.

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Brief review:

Brief review of this satirical fable. The author uses a few strokes to vividly create a clown-like image. Everything he says and does makes us laugh and make us think.

There are three main things that make people laugh about Chu people in "The Invisibility of Chu People": One is his absurdity in the book. The content was believed to be true; ignorance and naivety led to ignorant actions.

He took the leaves to the market and took other people's things in front of them. This Chu man's thoughts and actions caused a lot of trouble. Ridiculous and ignorant, his ignorance led to stupid behavior, which led him to the sad end of being tied up by the official and escorted to the county government office.

"The Invisibility of Chu People" is laughable, but also thought-provoking. : Aren't people like "Chu people" often seen in our real life? They think in the same way as Chu people and ignore reality;

When observing and dealing with problems, They always rely on their subjective imagination, and always do things as they should, and end up making things very bad. I hope that after reading this joke, we can also do the same. Look in this mirror and think about whether we have made mistakes like the ones described in this joke.