A blind piece of classical Chinese

1. A Leaf Blinds the Eyes Classical Chinese Translation

1. Translation:

There was a man in the State of Chu whose family was poor and destitute. He read "Huainanzi" and saw this record in the book: When the mantis is catching cicadas, it uses leaves to cover its body, so that other small insects cannot see it. (If someone can get the leaf), it can be used It hides its body. He was very happy, so he ran to a tree and looked up, hoping to find the leaf that the praying mantis used to cover himself when hunting cicadas. I discovered it by chance and reached out to pick it off.

Unexpectedly, the leaf fell to the ground. There were already fallen leaves under the tree, but they were no longer identifiable (mixed together). So, he simply swept up all the fallen leaves and took several buckets home. After taking it home, he took turns to cover his eyes with leaves one by one, and asked his wife: "Can you still see me?"

At first, his wife kept saying: "Yes." Later, after working hard all day, his wife was tired and impatient, so she lied to him and said, "I can't see it!" When the man heard this, he was secretly happy, and hurriedly put the selected leaves in his arms and ran to the street. Go up.

When he arrived at the busy city, he held up leaves and took other people's things in front of them as if no one was around. As a result, he was caught on the spot by government officials and escorted to the county government. When the county magistrate interrogated him, he honestly recounted the whole story. The county magistrate laughed loudly and let him go without any punishment.

2. The original text of "One Leaf Blinds the Eyes" by Handan Chun of Wei Dynasty:

In the days when Chu people lived in poverty, reading "Huainanzi", I got the idea that "the mantis waits for the cicada" "The leaves can become invisible due to their own obstruction." So he raised his head under the tree to pick up the leaves - the mantis was holding the leaf while waiting for the cicada to pick it. Leaves fall under the tree. There are fallen leaves under the tree first, and they cannot be separated again. After sweeping back several buckets, he covered himself with leaves and asked his wife, "Have you seen me?"

His wife kept replying "Yes" at first, but as time passed, she got tired of it and said, "No, I haven't seen you." ". Heiran was overjoyed, and the leaves entered the market, and the characters were taken from the opposite side. The officials then bound Yi County. The county magistrate accepts his resignation and talks about himself. The magistrate laughs and lets it go without curing the matter!

Extended information

Creative background

The article in this film is selected from "The Laughing Forest" written by Handan Chun in the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms. This article tells the story of the people of Chu State because of a The story of how leaves blocking one’s eyes can prevent one from seeing the vast world outside. The story warns the world that to see the whole picture of things, they cannot blindly believe or worship blindly. They must undergo scientific investigation and verification and treat them with a modest and prudent attitude.

"Laughing Forest" is a collection of ancient jokes, written by Handan Chun in the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms. Three volumes. All the stories recorded are humorous stories, and it is the earliest joke book in ancient my country. The original book has been lost, but more than twenty copies remain. Lu Xun's "Ancient Novels Gou Shen" is a relatively complete collection.

About the author

Handan Chun, courtesy name Zishu, was born in Yingchuan (now a native of Yu County, Henan Province). Handan Chun was erudite and good at calligraphy. The three volumes of "Laughing Forest" compiled by him are all humorous stories that ridicule stupidity, some of which have strong social significance. This book has been lost, and only 29 copies remain. Some joke books in later generations were influenced by the book "Laughing Forest".

2. Kneel down and pray for the original text and translation of the ancient text "A leaf blocks the eyes"

Original text: The master of the ears is the master of the eyes. If a leaf blocks the eyes, one cannot see Mount Tai; if two ears are plugged with beans, one cannot hear the thunder. Translation: The ears are for hearing. , the eyes are responsible for seeing. If you cover your eyes with a leaf, you will not be able to see Mount Tai; if you plug your ears with two beans, you will not be able to hear the thunder. From the idiom "Ouguanzi·Tian Le", "One leaf will cover your eyes, and you will not be able to see." "Mountain Tai" is often used to describe someone who is blinded by extremely small things in front of him, unable to see the whole and essence of things. This comes from the sentence in the ancient book "A leaf blinds the eyes, and one cannot see Mount Tai; two ears are plugged with beans, and one cannot hear the thunder." When later generations interpreted this sentence Among them, "Laughing Forest" written by Handan Chun during the Three Kingdoms period is the most interesting. He told a joke that "a leaf blinds the eyes and cannot see Mount Tai". He said that there was a poor scholar living in Chu who wanted to make money through evil ways. The scholar remembered reading "The Mantis Catching the Cicada" when he was studying. The story goes that the mantis hid behind the leaves and succeeded in one fell swoop. So he went to look for the leaves that shaded the mantis. He actually found a leaf with the mantis hiding behind it. He quickly picked it off, but accidentally slipped his hand and the leaf fell to the ground. There was a pile of fallen leaves. The scholar put all the leaves into a basket, took them home and shielded his eyes one by one for experiments, and asked his wife: "Can you see me?" At first, the wife truthfully answered that she can, but this time The poor scholar took the trouble to experiment with baskets of leaves. His wife suddenly lied to him and said: "This leaf has shaded you, and I can't see you." The poor scholar felt like he had found a treasure, thinking that this was the sacred leaf hiding the praying mantis. He took it with him Holding the leaf, he ran to the market to shield his eyes and took the vendor's goods. Of course, the merchant immediately caught him and handed him over to the magistrate. As soon as the magistrate heard the case, he laughed so hard that he felt that the scholar was stupid, pedantic and ridiculous. ! He was scolded as "a leaf blinding one's eyes, unable to see the mountain!" He was beaten severely and sent home. A joke is a joke after all, but using exaggerated jokes to compare similar actions of some people in real life is ironic without looking at the whole. Partial coverage but very suitable... 3. Kneel down and pray for the original text and translation of the ancient text "A leaf blocks the eyes"

Original text: The master of the ears is the master of the eyes. If a leaf blocks the eyes, one cannot see Mount Tai; if the two ears are plugged with beans, one cannot hear the thunder

Translation: Ears are for hearing, eyes are for seeing. If you cover your eyes with a leaf, you won't be able to see Mount Tai; if you plug your ears with two beans, you won't even hear the thunder.

Source: "Ou Guanzi·Tian Le"

The idiom "A leaf blinds the eye and cannot see Mount Tai" is often used to describe someone who is blinded by extremely small things in front of him and cannot see the whole and essence of things. . This comes from the sentence in the ancient book, "If a leaf blocks your eyes, you cannot see Mount Tai; if your ears are plugged with beans, you cannot hear the thunder."

When later generations interpreted this phrase, "Laughing Forest" written by Handan Chun during the Three Kingdoms period was the most interesting. He told a joke that "a leaf blinds the eye and cannot see Mount Tai". He said that there lived a poor scholar in Chudi who wanted to make money through evil ways. The scholar remembers reading the story of the mantis hunting the cicada when he was studying. The mantis hid behind the leaves and succeeded in one fell swoop.

So he looked for leaves to shade the mantis. He actually found a leaf with a mantis hiding behind it. He quickly picked it off, but accidentally slipped his hand and the leaf fell into a pile of fallen leaves. The scholar put all the leaves into a basket, took them home and blocked his eyes one by one for experiment, and asked his wife: "Can you see me?"

At first, the wife answered truthfully, "Can you see me?" But the poor scholar took the trouble to test it with a basket of leaves. His wife suddenly lied to him and said: "This leaf has shaded you, and I can't see you." The poor scholar felt like he had found a treasure, thinking that this was the sacred leaf hiding the praying mantis. He took the leaf with him and ran to the market to shield his eyes from the vendors' goods. Of course, the businessman immediately caught him and handed him over. As soon as the county magistrate heard the case, he burst into laughter. He felt that the scholar was stupid, pedantic, and ridiculously childish! He was scolded as "a leaf blinding his eyes, unable to see the mountain!" He was beaten severely and sent home.

A joke is a joke after all, but it is very appropriate to use exaggerated jokes to compare similar actions of some people in real life.

4. Classical Chinese translation: A leaf blocks the eyes

A leaf blocks the eyes?

Original text:

The people of Chu lived in poverty, and when they read "Huainanzi", they could see that the mantises were waiting for the cicadas to block the leaves. Invisible. Then he raised his head to pick the leaves under the tree - the mantis was holding the leaf to wait for the cicada - to pick it. The leaves fell under the tree. There were fallen leaves under the tree first, and they could not distinguish them anymore. They swept back several buckets and used the leaves one by one to shield themselves and asked them. The wife said: "If you see me, don't you." The wife kept replying "Yes" at first, but as time went on she became tired and said, "No see." He was overjoyed, and went to the market with Ye Ye. He picked up the person on the opposite side, and the officials tied him to Yi County.?

Translation:

There was a man in the state of Chu whose family was poor and destitute.?

He read "Huainanzi" and learned that when a mantis stalks a cicada, The covered leaves could be used to hide the person, so he really went to look for them. He ran to a tree and looked up, and found a leaf hiding a praying mantis, so he reached out and picked it off. Unexpectedly, he missed it, and the leaf fell to the ground. , mixed with many fallen leaves, and could no longer be identified. So, he simply swept up all the fallen leaves, and collected several buckets of them.?

After taking them home, he took turns taking them one by one. Covering his eyes, he asked his wife: "Can you still see me?" At first, his wife kept saying: "Yes." Later, after working hard all day, his wife was tired and impatient, so she coaxed him and said : "Can't see..."?

When the man heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly held the selected leaves in his arms and ran to the street. When he got to the downtown area, he held up the leaves and there was no one around. , took other people's things in front of them. As a result, they were caught on the spot by the government officials and turned to the county government.? 5. Ancient Chinese

Wait: wait, wait

A leaf blinds the eyes

The Chu people lived in poverty and read "Huainanzi": "The mantis waits for the cicada and blocks the leaves, making it invisible." So he looked up under the tree and picked up the leaves. The mantis waits for the cicada to pick the leaf, and the leaf falls under the tree. There are fallen leaves under the tree first, and they cannot be separated again. They sweep up a few buckets and return them. One by one, he covered himself with leaves and asked his wife: "Have you seen me?" At first, the wife kept saying yes, but as time passed, she became tired of it and said: "No." She was silently overjoyed. The leaves enter the market and the characters are taken from the opposite side. The officials then bound Yi County. The county magistrate accepted his resignation and told himself the story. The officials laughed and let it go without curing it.

Translation:

There was a very poor man in the Chu State. After reading "Huainan", he knew that when a mantis catches a cicada, it covers itself with a leaf, so that it can become invisible and make the cicada invisible. Can't see myself anymore. So he stood under the tree and picked the leaves, face up. When he saw a praying mantis climbing a leaf to detect cicadas, he plucked off the leaf. As a result, the leaf fell to the ground. There were many leaves under the tree, and he could no longer tell which leaf he wanted. Used to be invisible. So he swept back several buckets of leaves and used them one by one to cover himself. He also asked his wife from time to time: "Can you see me?"

His wife always said at the beginning: "Yes. "After being disturbed by him all day, she was very tired. The husband was still pestering her, so the wife simply coaxed him and said: "I can't see it." The man laughed and seemed extremely happy. He still kept the leaf. He went to the street and stole things in front of others, and was caught by the officials and sent to the county government office. When the magistrate interrogated him, he told the whole story exactly. The county magistrate laughed loudly and let him go without any punishment. . .

Explain that this fable satirizes nerds, and also satirizes those who do bad things - they always think that there is some clever way to cover up the disgraceful things. In fact, paper cannot cover the fire. .