The Original Translation of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio Pearl

Brief introduction: Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, short for Ghost Fox Biography, is a collection of short stories by Pu Songling, a famous novelist in China in the Qing Dynasty. The following is the original and translation of "The Pearl of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio" brought by yjbys. I hope it helps you. Original text:

Changzhou citizen Li Hua [1] is rich in land. Over 50 years old, childless. A woman named Xiaohui, with beautiful appearance, is the most cherished by husband and wife. At the age of fourteen, he died of a sudden illness [2], and no one cares about him in the court, which is beneficial for life. A few years later, I gave birth to a son, who was regarded as the arch wall [3] and the pearl in the name. My son has grown up, big and lovely. However, I am absolutely stupid. I didn't know oats when I was five or six years old. Clumsy speech [4]. Li Yishan doesn't know its evil. There will be a monk [5], raised from the city [6], who knows people's boudoir, so he is shocked by nature; And clouds can live and die. Dozens of thousands, take the name to ask for it, no one dares to violate it. Yi Li raised a hundred people. Li Nanzhi Give ten gold, don't accept; Gradually to the thirty gold. The monk said sternly. Not short of money! ? Li got angry, too, and took the money. The monk got up angrily:? No regrets, no regrets! ? There was nothing, and Pearl's heart suddenly ached violently and scraped the mattress [8], the color of which was like dust. Li was afraid and begged eighty Jin Yi monks for help. The monk smiled and said:? How big it is! But what can a monk do? Gui Li's son is dead. Li Wei was so angry that he took Cheng Zai to court with a complaint. The news of killing and detaining monks also distinguishes the word heartless [9]. Just like leather [10]. If you search for him, you will get two Woodenhead, a small coffin and five flags. Slaughter anger and put your hands together to show anger. Monks were afraid, so they voted countless times [1 1]. Kill or not, kill with a stick. Li kowtowed in return.

It was dusk [12], and my wife and I were sitting in bed. Suddenly a child came into the room [13] and said:? What's wrong with Weng? Try not to catch up. ? Judging from his appearance, he should be seven or eight years old. Li was shocked, but he wanted to ask, and then he saw it looming, in a trance, and suddenly he was sitting on the couch. Li pushed it down and fell silent. Say: Aon Horner [14]! ? Return to the board of directors at a glance. Lee got scared and ran away with his wife. When my son called his parents, he threw up. When Li entered the concubine room, he quickly closed his door; I still care that my son is already on my knee. Li Hai, ask what it is. Answer:? I'm from Suzhou [15], and my last name is Zhan. At the age of six, he lost his parents [16], was not tolerated by his brother and sister-in-law, and lived in his ancestral home. Even outside the theater, a demon monk killed a mulberry tree and drove it away like a ghost [17], closed the poor spring [18] and did not escape [19]. Thanks to Weng Zhaoxue, I wish I could have a son. ? Li Wei:? How can people and ghosts depend on each other in different ways? Son:? However, there is nothing to do except to put a mattress for the child in the closet [20] and pour a cup of cold porridge every day. ? Li Congzhi. My son is happy and is alone in the bedroom. Going in and out of the boudoir in the morning makes me feel at home. I heard my son crying and asked? How long has Pearl been dead? Answer for seven days. Say: It's freezing, so the body shouldn't rot. Try to send the tomb to have a look. If it is not damaged, the child is still alive. ? Li Xi, go with your son, open a hole and test it. The body is still the same. Fang Zhebi [2 1], look back, where is the missing child. Otherwise, the body will come back. Fang was placed on the couch and his eyes were already moving; After a while, the soup barked, and the soup sweated [22], and the sweat began to flow.

This group of people rejoiced in Pearl's resurrection, and with the convenience of shrewdness [23], it was very different from the past. But at night, there is no breath, and * * * turns to one side, but if it dies. Big ash, called after death; It's dawn, if you wake up from your dream. Ask the team. A cloud:? Once upon a time, when I was a demon monk, there were two people, one of whom was a brother. I couldn't catch up with my father yesterday, so I built it and said goodbye to my brother. Today in the underworld, Mr. Jiang and I are adopted heirs, and I am also good at traveling. At midnight, I will invite the children to play. It is appropriate to send a child with a white nose home [25]. ? Mom asked:? See pearl in the dark? Say: The pearl has been reborn. There is no father-son relationship between the canal and Weng, but Yan Zifang of Jinling [26] came to ask for 100,000 debts. ? When Li worked as a peddler in Jinling, Yan Weng died, which is unknown. Li Wenzhi, the horror. Mom asked: Have you seen Sister Hui? Son:? I don't know, and then I'll have a visit. ?

Two or three days later, my mother said. Huimei is very good in the dark, married to the prodigal son of Chu Wangjiang, and her hair is covered with pearls; When you go out, you make a thousand [27]. ? Mom said:? Why not motherhood [28]? Say: When a person dies, it has nothing to do with his own flesh and blood. If someone narrates his past life, Fang will suddenly move his ears. Yesterday, I asked Mr. Jiang to see my sister [29]. My sister told me to sit on a coral bed, and I was worried about my parents. Canal is like sleep. Second luck:? Sister here, like embroidery, scissors stab claws, there is blood on the silk [30], sister makes Chishui cloud. Today, my mother is still hanging on the wall beside the bed, and she can't even think about it. Sister forgot? My sister began to feel sad and said: It will take white [3 1] to return to the matrix. ? When mother asked about the date, she replied that she didn't know.

One day is mom:? My sister arrived on foot, and there are many servants. I want to prepare more syrup and wine. ? When I was young, I rushed into the room and said, Sister is coming! ? Move to the main hall and say:? Sisters should sit down and don't cry. ? Nobody knows anything. The son led people to burn paper and drink outside the door and said, Stay away from temporary orders [32]. Sister said:? In the past, the green brocade quilt was burned to the size of beans for candlelight. Is it still there? Yes ? Which means it will be opened. Son:? My sister ordered me to be an old boudoir. Lie down when you are tired, and tell my mother the next day. ?

It is adjacent to Zhao's daughter in the east, so it is a Uighur embroidered pavilion. It was night, and I suddenly dreamed that I was looking at a purple head [33], talking and laughing like a lifetime ago. Besides:? I make foreign bodies, parents' faces, such as rivers and mountains [34]. Don't panic if you borrow your sister and family. ? The quality is clear [35], and the party speaks to the mother. Suddenly the servant got bored. After a while, he woke up and said to his mother, Xiaohui and his aunt haven't been together for several years, and nothing happened [36]! ? Mom said:? Sick children? The woman leaves at once. Mother knows her differences and follows them. Go straight to Li suo and hug your mother and cry. Mother's shock doesn't know what it means. Woman:? My son came back yesterday, shocked and didn't say a word. Children are unfilial, and they abandon the hall of high school halfway, which makes their parents angry. What is there to atone for? ? Mom's epiphany was crying. Have asked:? It's comforting to hear that your son is very expensive today. But you live in the royal family. Why can you come? Woman:? Husband and son are very good [38], aunt and uncle also caress each other [39], not jealous. ? When you are born, you must support yourself with your hands; When a woman speaks twice, she looks like a million as before. Before long, Pearl ran in and said, It's time to pick up my sister. ? The girl got up to say goodbye and cried. My son is missing. ? Repeat when you're done, and stop when you move.

In the next few months, Li's illness and medicine failed. Son:? I'm afraid it will be hopeless one day! Two ghosts sat on the bed, one with an iron bar and the other with a ramie rope, four or five feet long, and their children mourned day and night. ? Mother cried, but prepared clothes. It was dusk and the children rushed in. Miscellaneous women, and avoid it, my brother-in-law came to see Weng. ? After a while, I applauded and laughed. Mother asked, saying:? I laughed at two ghosts, and when I heard my brother-in-law coming, they all hid under the bed like turtles. ? When I was young, I looked empty and asked my sister about her daily life. Clap your hands and say: The second ghost slave can't go, so soon! ? He went out, but came back and said, my brother-in-law has left. Two ghosts were chained to the horse [40]. Father was safe at once. My brother-in-law said: Go back to White King and ask my parents to celebrate their centenary. ? A piece of furniture is happy. I got well at night and looked for a few days.

Delay the teacher from teaching the children to read. My son is very wise. He went to town at the age of eighteen [4 1], and he can also talk about the underworld. When seeing a patient in a hospital, it is often embarrassing to point to a sneaky place and use fire. After the sudden illness, my skin was black and blue, and I stopped talking when I said that ghosts and gods blamed me for uncovering [42].

Precautions:

[1] Changzhou: government name. Governance is located in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

[2] death (c? I still died young. Die short-lived

[3] Arch wall: the wall arched by both hands, that is, the big wall, generally refers to treasure. Language "Zuo Zhuan"? Twenty-eight years of Xianggong.

[4] awkward speech: incoherent and unclear. Stubby, slow and difficult. [5] Monkey monk: blind monk. Unfortunately, one eye is blind.

[6] fundraising: monks and nuns ask for charity and property, which means the same thing? Marginalization? .

[7] Bai Man (m? N Min): One hundred strings of money. Change the rope for money. Borrow a bunch of money, one

A thousand words are a bundle.

[8] octagonal: dialect. Grab, grab.

[9] distinguish (jǐ yourself) heartless words; Make excuses not to tell the truth. Distinguish between giving and talking. Distinguish, pass? Debate? . Love, reality.

[10] Ge (m?n?) leather: leather in the dark. Hey, hide it in the dark.

[1 1] Countless self-investments: that is, countless kowtows. Throw it, throw yourself on the ground.

[12] Twilight: dusk, that is, after dusk.

[ 13](wāng？ Ngr Wang Tu): You look anxious.

Nell: I see.

[15] Suzhou: government name. Governance is located in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

[16] parents: parents. "Poetry? Xiaoya? e:？ No father, no mother. ?

Ghost: a kind of ghost in superstitious legends. It is said that he was killed by a tiger, and then turned around and led the tiger to eat people. See Du Mu's Listening to the Rain and Talking? "All".

[18] Poor spring: under the grave.

[19] Dehua: According to the superstition of Buddhism and Taoism, after a person dies, the nether world reincarnates as a person or an animal according to his good and evil before his death, which is called Dehua.

[20] Dou Bao: Bao Xiao.

[2 1] (dāo？ Tao Da): Sadness. D [22] soup: boiled water.

[23] Convenience: agility.

[24] Aisi: Ziyi.

[25] guā melon: Huang Ma, Darkmouth with a white nose. "Poetry? Qin Feng? Xiao Rong. Biography of Scapharca subcrenata. Huang Ma Darkmouth said. ?

[26] Jinling: Place name. Nanjing, Jiangsu Province today.

[27] Ha Diansheng: The shouts of guards when bureaucrats travel. Haha, drink first, pointing to drink; Temple, guard, refers to the attendants behind him.

[28] Mothering: As the old saying goes, married women go back to their parents' homes to visit. Language book "Poetry? Nan Zhou? Ge Tan. [29] Love: By virtue of relationship. Yeah, clinging.

[30](W？ Lie down): Pollution.

[3 1] Meet the demand: absolutely.

[32] from (z? Ng longitudinal): In ancient times, dignitaries traveled and attendants rode in front of the car and behind it. Language out of the Book of Jin? Yu fuzhi.

[33] (p？ Servant) with purple head (pρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ

[34] It is (ch? Wing): That's not all.

[35] Meiji: It's just dawn.

[36] (sā nā ns three three): Hair drooping.

[37] faint: tired.

[38] Yan Hao: This means that the relationship between husband and wife is excellent. Yan, intimacy and harmony.

[39] Aunt: In-laws.

[40] Ma Yang: A belt around a horse's neck.

[4 1] Entering the city: This is called a student, commonly known as a scholar. Yi Yao, please consult Ye Sheng for details.

[42] Exposure: Still leaking.

Translation:

Li Hua, a native of Changzhou, is rich in land at home. More than 50 years old. No son yet. I have a daughter named Xiaohui. She is very beautiful and the couple love her very much.

When my daughter/kloc-was 0/4 years old, she suddenly fell ill and died. Suddenly, rice was left out at home, and many lives were lost. Li Hua married a little wife, and more than a year later, she gave birth to a son named Pearl as treasure.

Pearl grew up, burly and charming. But he is very stupid. When he was five or six years old, he could not tell beans from wheat. He stutters and has trouble pronouncing. Li Hua still likes him and doesn't dislike him. There happened to be a blind monk begging in the street, and he knew his family background like the back of his hand. People were surprised and thought that the blind monk was a fairy. The blind monk also said that he could save the dead and bring them back to life. He set the amount of money to give, dozens or hundreds, and asked for it by name. People dare not break his promise. When the blind monk went to Li Hua's house, he asked for one hundred dollars. Li Hua was a little embarrassed and only gave 10 yuan, but the blind monk didn't accept it. Gradually increase to 30 hanging, the blind monk said sharply with a straight face. It must be 100 crane, even without a lot of money! ? Li Hua was angry, too. He put the money away and left in a hurry. The blind monk stood up angrily and said, don't regret it, don't regret it! "

After a while, Pearl suddenly felt a pain in her heart, grabbed the mat and kicked it to the bed, her face as white as death. Li Hua was afraid and went to see the blind monk for help with 80 diaoqian. The blind monk said with a smile, it is not easy for you to pay more, but what can I do as a poor monk? When Li Hua came home, Pearl was already dead. Li Hua was particularly sad and reported the situation to the county magistrate. The official arrested the blind monk for questioning, but the blind monk refused to confess under the pretext of shirking. Torturing a blind monk is like beating his drum skin. He was ordered to search the whole body of the blind monk and found two small wooden heads, a small coffin and five small flags. The county magistrate was furious and raised his hand to show the blind monk the plan. The blind monk was afraid and kowtowed again and again. The county magistrate ignored it and ordered the blind monk to be killed with a big stick. Li Hua thanked the county magistrate and went home. By this time, it was already dark. Li Hua and his wife are sitting on the bed. Suddenly, a child came into the room in a panic and said, Why does Dad walk so fast? I can't catch up no matter how hard I try. ? Babysitting, but seven or eight years old. Li Hua was taken aback and was about to cross-examine him when he saw the child looming, in a trance, grinding around and sitting on the bed. Li Hua pushed the child down and fell to the ground without sound. The child said:? Dad, why is this? ? I went to bed again in the blink of an eye. Li Hua was afraid and ran away with his wife. The child called his parents and kept squeaking.

Li Hua ran into the little wife's room and quickly closed the door. Looking back. The baby is already on the leg. Li Hua was surprised to ask the child what to do, and the child replied:? I come from Suzhou. My last name is Zhan. I lost my parents when I was six. My elder sister-in-law didn't want me and threw me out of my grandfather's house. One day I was playing outside the door, fascinated by the demon monk and killed under the mulberry tree. He drove me into a ghost. My grievances are buried deep in the ground and cannot be detached. Fortunately, dad avenged me and is willing to give it to you. ? Li Hua said: people and ghosts are two roads. How can we be together? The child said:? Clean a small room, make a bed for my son, and pour a cup of cold rice soup every day. Nothing else is needed. ? Li Hua agreed, and the child was very happy.

So, the child sleeps in the hut by himself and comes out in the morning just like being born at home. He heard Li Hua's little wife crying for her son and asked, How many days has Pearl been dead? People told him that Pearl had been dead for seven days, and the child said that it was cold and the body should not rot. Try to open the coffin and see if the body is broken, and the pearl can survive. ? Li Hua was very happy and went to dig the grave and open the coffin with the children. Pearl's body was as sad as when she was alive. When she looked back, the child was gone. Li Hua was very surprised. He carried the body home and just put it on the bed, his eyes moved. Then I want water. Finish the water. Sweat, get up when the sweat is dry. Everyone is glad that Pearl is still alive. Pearl is smart and dexterous, which is very different from before. Lying in bed at night, not breathing at all. Everyone helped him turn over as if he were dead. It is amazing. Thought he was dead again. It's almost dawn, just like waking up from a dream People approached him and answered:? Once upon a time, there was a demon monk and I, and we had two children, one named Zi Ge. I missed chasing my father yesterday because I said goodbye to my brother behind me. Now, he is a godson to Mr. Jiang in the underworld and has a very comfortable life. Come and play with me at night. I just got a yellow and fat horse with a white nose. ? Wang's wife asked: Have you ever seen pearls in the underworld? A:? Pearl was reincarnated. He has no father-son relationship with Dad. He is Yan Zifang from Jinling, but he just came to ask for the debt of 8800 yuan owed him. ? At first, Li Hua did business in Jinling, but the money he owed Yan Zifang was not paid back. Old man Yan died, and no one knew about it. Li Hua was surprised when he heard this. Li's wife asked:? Son, have you seen Sister Hui? The child said:? I don't know. I will look for it next time. ?

After two or three days, the child said to his mother. Sister Hui asked very well in Yin. She married a young master of Chu, and she was bejeweled all over. As soon as I went out, hundreds of people surrounded me, calling on the idlers to get out of the way. ? Mom said:? Why doesn't she go home and have a look? The child said:? A person's death has nothing to do with his own flesh and blood. If someone tells you something in detail, you can suddenly remember it. I asked Mr. Jiang to find a way to meet my sister yesterday. My sister made me sit on a coral bed. I told her that my parents missed her, and she didn't respond, as if she were sleeping. Boy, I said: When my sister is at home, she likes to embroider side by side. Scissors stabbed her finger and blood soaked Zi Ling. My sister stabbed it in the shape of a red cloud with blood. Now my mother even hangs on the wall beside the bed, and I can't get rid of my thoughts about her. Did sister forget? My sister said sadly, when I tell my husband, I will go back to my mother's house to see my mother? . ? The mother asked her when she would come back, but the child said she didn't know.

One day, the child said to his mother, Sister is here, and there are many followers. We should prepare more wine and vegetables. ? After a while, the child ran into the room and said, here I am! ? Move the cot to the main room. I want to sit down and have a rest. Don't be sad. ? Nobody saw anything. The child led people to burn paper and offer wine outside the door, and entered the room and said that the attendants called away first. Sister said:? The green silk quilt that was built in those days was once burned out by candlelight with a small hole the size of a bean. Is it still there? Mom said: Yes. ? Open the box at once and take out the quilt. The child said:? My sister asked me to put it in her old room. Tired, lie down for a while and tell your mother tomorrow. "

The girl from the Zhao family in the east was my good friend when I was a child. That night, I suddenly dreamed that Xiaohui came to visit with a rockhopper, talking and laughing as before. At the same time: Today, I am a ghost. Seeing your parents is no less than being separated by mountains and rivers. Talk to your family through your sister's mouth. Don't be afraid. At dawn, Miss Zhao was talking to her mother when she suddenly fell to the ground, out of breath. After a while, I woke up and said to my mother, Xiaohui and her aunt have been separated for several years, and all of a sudden the hoary head is in a mess! ? Mother Zhao said in fear. Is the child crazy? Miss Zhao gave a gift and left. Zhao's mother knew something was fishy, so she followed her daughter.

Miss Zhao walked all the way to the Li family, holding Li's mother and crying sadly. Mother Li was taken aback and didn't know what was going on. Girl Zhao said: The baby went home yesterday. I am too tired to say a word. Children are unfilial and leave their parents halfway, which makes them sad and worried. The crime is irreversible! ? Mother Li realized this and began to cry. After a while, I asked my daughter: I heard that you made a fortune, which is a comfort to my mother, son. But you live in a royal family, how can you go home? The daughter said:? Husband and children have a very good relationship, and his in-laws love him very much, which is not too bad for him. ? Xiaohui used it to hold her face when she was alive. In the middle of talking, Miss Zhao often does a little favor and holds her face, and her behavior is also very similar. Before long, Pearl ran in and said, Here comes the man who picked me up. ? The girl stood up and kowtowed to say goodbye. Tears came down, she said, and the child was gone. ? Then he fell to the ground again and it took him two hours to wake up.

A few months later, Li Hua was seriously ill and the medicine was ineffective. The child said:? I'll be scared sooner or later! Two ghosts are sitting on the bed, and one is holding an iron bar. One was four or five feet long with a hemp rope, and the children begged them not to leave all day long. ? Mother Li is crying, so she is going to put on old clothes.

At night, the child ran into the room and said, get out of the way, other woman. My brother-in-law is coming to see Dad. ? After a while, the child clapped his hands and smiled. The mother asked him, and the child said:? I laughed at those two ghosts. When I heard that my brother-in-law was coming, they all hid under the bed like turtles. ? After a while, the child greeted the empty road and greeted his sister's daily life. After a while, he clapped his hands and said, how happy the two kids are begging not to leave! ? So he went out again and came back and said that his brother-in-law had left. Two ghosts were tied to the reins of the horse. Dad, it should be ready. Brother-in-law said that he would report back to Wang Ye and ask his parents to celebrate their centenary. ? The whole family is very happy. At night, Li Hua recovered. A few days later, it fully recovered.

Li Hua asked the teacher to teach the children to read. The child is very clever. /kloc-at the age of 0/8, he was admitted to a scholar, and he can also say underworld. When you see a fellow countryman sick, you can point out where the ghost is. When the fire burns, the patient often recovers. Later, he suddenly fell ill and was black and blue. He said that ghosts and gods blamed him for revealing the secret, and he never mentioned the underworld again.