An Hung-chien's Translation of Classical Chinese

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An Hung-chien has a gift for being funny, but he is afraid of his wife. When the woman died, she suffered a lot from the road. Her childlike innocence is strict, and she calls to the ear curtain, "Why does Lu cry without tears?" Gradually, he said, "Dry it with a handkerchief." The wife sternly warned, "Come to the coffin early tomorrow morning, and you must see tears." Gradually said: "Wei." If you are embarrassed, put wet paper on your forehead with a wide towel in the future, and you will be embarrassed by it. When he was afraid, his wife came in to peek at him again. His wife was surprised and said, "Tears come from her eyes, so why are they still flowing?" Gradually, he said, "haven't you heard that clouds and water have come out of the plateau since ancient times?" The listener laughed. ("High Five Record")

—— Excerpted from The 40th Joke in Ancient and Modern Times (selected from Zhang Ji by Yuan Yuanhuai and Zhang Ji by Song Xing layman).

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An Hung-chien has a gift for wit, but he is afraid of his wife. When (his) father-in-law died, he cried on the road (they started), but (he cried without tears), his always strict wife called him to the coffin and scolded him: "Why didn't you cry on the road (when I came)?" An Hung-chien said, "I wiped it with a handkerchief." His wife sternly warned him: "You must see tears when you go to the coffin tomorrow morning." An Hung-chien said, "Yes." (An Hung-chien) I really can't help it. The next day, I wrapped a big scarf on my forehead with a piece of wet paper and kowtowed hard when I cried. After crying, his wife called him into a supernatural tent to spy on him. (seeing his appearance), his wife was very surprised and said, "Your eyes are about to shed tears. Why did you come out from your forehead? " An Hung-chien said, "Madam, haven't you heard the saying that there has been running water in the plateau since ancient times?" Everyone who heard this laughed.

To annotate ...

1, An Hung-chien: A native of Luoyang (present-day Henan) in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty (see Volume II of the Series on Old Learning in the Study). In his later years, he was a judge in Jiao Fang (see "Jade Pot Tsinghua", Volume 8).

2, funny: fluent in eloquence. The latter refers to words, actions or situations that make people laugh. The funny biographies of historical records: "Chunyu Kun's people are redundant. Less than seven feet long, funny and argumentative. " Sima Zhen Suoyin: "Press: slippery, chaotic; Ji, the same is true. People who speak wisely, if not, can confuse similarities and differences. " Song Sima Guang's Notes on Plain Water Volume III: "Neutralization is funny. I have tasted the lion in Nanyu Garden in the same row, and its owner, Yun County Officer, feeds it with five tendons every day. The same play said,' Are we not as good as this lion?' The neutral said,' However. Our officials are all foreign ministers (borrowed as' wolves outside the garden'). How dare you look at the lions in the garden! "Everyone laughed. "Cao Yu's" Wang Zhaojun "Act II:" He is stupid, but his eyes are quick; Ridiculous behavior, but it gives people the feeling of loyalty and reliability. "

3. Clear talent: excellent talent. Liu Tang Yuxi's poem Pei Xianggong, a great scholar, pursues his merits because of his life: "If you don't work with princes and poets, you will know that you are light of wealth and clear of talent." The Ming Dynasty's "Luan Yongji" said: "Only the fish family Huilan is in the east, but the dew is clear, and the algae is steaming in the summer. Everything is not under the slave family." Ou Yangyuqian's Peacock Flying Southeast Scene 4: "You are gentle and versatile, and your poetry shows your talents."

4, inner fear: afraid of his wife. Wife used to be called wife or son. Shen Ming Telford's "Night Fire, Xun Qi, Fear of Wife": "Since the Middle Ages, the literati were afraid of their wives and became officials. If they are worried about this, they will go against their words and damage their reputation. " Revenge of Zheng Huchen in the ancient and modern novel Kapok: "It turns out that Tang Daodao is tough, and Jia is always henpecked;" Today, when husband Tang married his little wife, he flew into a rage and was naughty at home every day. " Qing Li wrote in Nai Hetian Ji Zuo: "The master is afraid of his wife and may not be willing to listen to him." Chapter 14 of Li's Monty Dance: "(Qui-kyi) doesn't hesitate to hang the shield on his mouth, and he is not afraid of people laughing at all."

5. Female Weng: wife and father; Father in law. "The History of the Three Kingdoms Wei Zhi Emperor Wu": "In the past, there was no brother, and the world was called a thief; Article 5 "Fish" marries an orphan girl called Wife Weng ... It's all black and white, and it's also a bully. " "Biography of yang yuling in Old Tang Dynasty": "Yuling was born in Jiangxi. He is lucky to be Fang Chi with his wife Weng Quan, but he doesn't want to make progress. Built in Jianchang, I am happy to read mountains and rivers. " "Surprise at the First Moment" Volume 33: "The magistrate of a county said to the woman,' Your wife is really a smart person. If it weren't for this suicide note, you would have occupied the property insurance. "Three Stories of the Summer of Luanyang in Ji Yun's Reading Micro-thatched Cottage in Qing Dynasty": "It's early in the sea to rush more than 20 miles to Xiangguozhuang, and it's urgent to know your wife. '

6, suffering from the road: that is, "crying on the road." That is, what Mrs. Wen An-hung-chien called "road crying". Its meaning is unknown, and it is suspected that it will cry. Crying: funeral ceremony. Cried and stamped his feet. "Book of Rites Talking about Bows": "Husband's rites can be inherited and continued; Therefore, crying is a holiday. " The history of rites and music in Han Dynasty: "There are mourning festivals and songs and dances." Yan Shigu's note: "Jump, jump also. I am sorry if I am sad. " Yuan Xie Fangying's theory of distinguishing confusion and treating funeral: "Fu Tu did a lot of Buddhist work. After more than ten days, he gave alms in extreme fasting. Although he cried in mourning, he was also vain."

7. Such as people: in ancient times, they were wives of doctors, concubines of kings in Tang Dynasty, mothers or wives of Tongzhilang and other officials in Song Dynasty, and mothers or wives of Qipin officials in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is also often used as a courtesy title for women. "Book of Rites under Quli": "The Princess of Heaven is the queen, the vassal is the wife, the doctor is the wife, the scholar is the wife and Shu Ren is the wife." "Old Tang Book, Biography of Empresses and Concubines" Queen Su Ming: "In Yifeng, I live in a family, and after I collect it, I am a prostitute, looking for a concubine." Zi Tongzhi Tang Jian Xuanzong Tianbao Eleven Years: "Wang Diyan has a second child and competes for favor." Hu Sansheng's Note: "In the Tang Dynasty, the king of the county had two children, depending on the right five products." "Surprise at the First Moment" Volume 27: "Nine times out of ten, the inspector in Cui County has checked and should be reunited with the husband and wife soon, but Hui Yuan is still a monk with a haircut. How can we meet one day so that we can be children? " Feng Guifen's Biography of Chen Jun in Qing Dynasty: "Chen Jun was born in Jiangning ... Zou Ru and Wang Ru."

8. Su Yan: Always strict.

9. Sui (Su) screen: mental account. Yuan Yuanhuai's Zhang Lu: "His childish nature is strict, so he calls into the ear curtain and says,' Why do you cry without tears?' "Wu Ming Rachel's" Yunfu remembers not to lift the autumn nunnery ":"The coffin is covered for a long time, and the ear curtain is empty. "

10, abuse: abuse; Scold. "Zuo Zhuan's eight years of mourning": "Cao people criticize it."

1 1. Road crying: See Note 6.

12, strict warning: severe warning.

13, tomorrow: tomorrow, the day after tomorrow. The Book of Rites says: "Life and tomorrow, death and the past." Zheng Xuan's Note: "Sum, number also. If you are born tomorrow, you will become a clerk and die tomorrow. Counting the past days means that the days of death are also the days of death. If this courtesy is downgraded to a doctor, the number of days above the doctor will be counted. " Zhuzi Genre Volume 7 1: "Today is bright and tomorrow is bright. You said that two bright days are two suns. " "wake up, keep saying, three small companies, let the property establish a high name": "after consultation, construction will start tomorrow. The next morning, Tian yelled at the two brothers to cut down trees together. "

14. Next to the coffin: refers to the place where the deceased went to the coffin to cry goodbye to the deceased before his death.

15, Wei: The word replied is like saying "yes", "yes" and "yes".

16, Wei (sǐ ng): amount; Forehead. For example, in ancient times, it was a ritual of bowing, kneeling down and touching the ground with your forehead. When mourning, repentance, surrender.

17, extremely sad. It means "crying" here.