Who is the author of the humble inscription?

The author of the inscription on the humble room: Liu Yuxi

Liu Yuxi (772-842), named Mengde, was born in Luoyang, Henan, and in Xingyang, Zhengzhou, Henan. "Occupy Luoyang", whose ancestor was Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan (some say he is a descendant of the Huns). During the Tang Dynasty, he was a minister, writer, and philosopher, and was known as the "Poetry Hero".

Inscription on a humble house

Author: Liu Yuxi

The mountain is not high, but it is famous if there are immortals. If the water is not deep, if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual. This is a humble house, but I am virtuous. The moss marks are green on the upper steps, and the grass color is green on the curtains. There are scholars who talk and laugh, but there are no idle people when coming and going. You can tune the plain Qin and read the Golden Sutra. There are no messy ears of silk and bamboo, and there is no laborious shape of case documents. Zhugelu in Nanyang, Yunting in Western Shuzi. Confucius said: "Why is there such a thing?"

Notes

⑴ Zai: lies, verb.

⑵ Name: famous, famous, famous because of -, noun as verb.

⑶ Ling: Appears to be spiritual, noun as verb.

⑷ This is a simple house: This is a simple house. S: This, this. Yes: represents judgment. shabby house: a simple house.

⑸ Weiwu Dexin: It’s just that I (the person who lives in the house) has high moral character (I don’t feel simple anymore) Wei: Only. Me: I, here refers to the person who lives in the house himself. Xin: Fragrance, here refers to high moral character.

(6) Upper: verb, grow to, spread to.

⑺ Hongru: A scholar from a great university, here refers to a person who is knowledgeable and of high moral character. Hong: Big. Confucianism: used to refer to scholars.

⑻ Bai Ding: Common people, here refers to people with little knowledge.

⑼ Tiaosu Qin: Play the Qin without decoration. Tiao: Tune, here finger playing (qin). Suqin: Guqin without decoration.

⑽Golden Sutra: refers to the Buddhist scriptures written in gold. That is the Diamond Sutra.

⑾Sizhu: refers to musical instruments such as qin, se, flute, etc. Here it refers to the sound of playing music. "Si" refers to string instruments, and "bamboo" refers to wind instruments. This refers to music.

⑿Zhi: Particle, not translated. Used between subject and predicate to cancel the independence of the sentence.

⒀Disturbing ears: Disturbing both ears. Chaos: The causative usage of the adjective makes...chaos, disrupts.

⒁Official documents (dú): official documents from the government.

⒂ Labor form: to make the body tired (useful usage). Lao: The use of the adjective as an adjective means to make... tired. Shape: form, body.

⒃Nanyang: Place name, west of today’s Nanyang City, Henan Province. Before Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, he lived in seclusion and farmed in Wollongong, Nanyang.

⒄ Zhuge Cottage in Nanyang, and Cloud Pavilion in Western Shu: There is Zhuge Liang’s thatched cottage in Nanyang, and there is a pavilion like Yangzi Cloud in Western Shu. These two sentences mean that Zhuge Lu and Ziyunting are both simple and simple, but because the people who live there are famous, they are admired by people. Zhuge Liang, courtesy name Kongming, was the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. He was a famous politician and military strategist. Before becoming an official, he lived in seclusion in Longzhong Mountain in Nanyang County. Yang Xiong, courtesy name Ziyun, was a writer in the Western Han Dynasty and a native of Chengdu, Shu County. Hut, a simple little house.

⒅He is ugly: That is, "What is ugly", which belongs to the preposition of the object. In other words, the particle, the sign of the preposition of the object, is not translated. The full sentence is translated as: What is so simple?

(19) Confucius said: Confucius said, "Yun" refers to everything in classical Chinese.

Translation

A mountain does not lie in its height. If there are immortals, it will become a famous mountain. Water does not depend on its depth. If there is a dragon, it becomes water with spiritual power. This is a simple house, but I (the person who lives in it) have good moral character (it doesn’t feel simple anymore). The moss is green and grows on the steps; the green grass is reflected in the curtain. Those who talked and laughed were all knowledgeable people, and there were no uneducated people coming and going. [1] You can play the undecorated piano and read Buddhist scriptures. There is no loud music to disturb the ears, and no official documents to tire the body. There is Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage in Nanyang, and there is a pavilion like Yangziyun in Xishu. Confucius said: "What is so simple?"

The historical background of the writing of "The Inscription on the Humble Chamber"

Liu Yuxi offended the powerful officials of the dynasty because he participated in the political reform movement at that time, and was demoted to Anhui Hezhou County serves as a small general judge. According to regulations, the general judge should live in a three-bedroom house in the county government office.

But when Hezhou County saw people serving dishes, they saw that Liu Yuxi was a soft persimmon who had been demoted from above, so they deliberately made things difficult for him. He was first arranged to live in the south of the city facing the river. Liu Yuxi not only had no complaints, but was very happy. He even wrote two sentences casually and posted them on the door: "Facing the river and watching the white sails, I am thinking about arguing with the state." Hezhou magistrate When he found out, he was very angry and ordered the Yamen officers to move Liu Yuxi's residence from the south gate of the county to the north gate of the county, reducing the area from the original three rooms to one and a half rooms. The new residence was located by the Desheng River, with weeping willows nearby, and the environment was pleasant. Liu Yuxi still didn't care about it, and fell in love with the scenery. He wrote two more sentences on the door: "The weeping willows are green by the river, and people are in Liyang and their hearts are in Beijing." "

The county magistrate saw that he was still leisurely and carefree, so he sent someone to transfer him to the middle of the county again, and only gave him a small room that could only accommodate a bed, a table, and a chair. . Within half a year, the county magistrate forced Liu Yuxi to move three times. Each time, the area became smaller and smaller. In the end, it was just a small room. Thinking that this snobbish dog official had really deceived others, he angrily wrote this extraordinary and elegant "Inscription on the Humble Room" and asked Liu Gongquan to carve a stone tablet and place it in front of the door.