What is the meaning of Mu Zhu in Strange Tales from Liao Zhai ?

Original text: Two herds erect into the mountain to the wolf's den, and there are two little wolves in the hole, and they plot to catch them. Each climbs a tree, dozens of steps apart.

A few big wolves arrived, and they lost their children in the hole, which was very hasty. erected on the tree and twisted the hooves of the little wolf, so that the ears were howling; When the big wolf heard the sound, he looked up, ran angrily under the tree, and crawled and scratched. One of them was erected and caused the little wolf to cry in the other tree; The wolf looked around, and when he saw it, he gave up one thing and tended to the other, and ran as before.

The tree in front of it chirped and ran away. The mouth does not stop, the feet do not stop, dozens of reciprocating, running is getting late, and the sound is getting weaker; He was dying and stiff, and he did not move for a long time. Looking down at it, the gas is dead.

Translation: Two shepherd boys went into the woods and came to a wolf's den with two wolf cubs, and (the two shepherd boys) plotted to catch one each. [They again] climbed a tree, and the two trees were dozens of paces apart.

After a while the old wolf returned, and when he went into the wolf's den, he saw that the little wolf was gone, and (anxiously) looked rather hasty.

A shepherd boy twisted the wolf's feet in a tree, and plucked its ears to make it wail; The old wolf heard the cry of the little wolf, looked up and saw (the shepherd boy and the little wolf), and rushed to the bottom of the tree in anger, howling and crowing (trying to climb up the trunk). Another shepherd boy was also bullying the wolf in another tree, and the wolf wailed rapidly; The old wolf stopped howling and looked around, and saw another tree (the wolf cub and the shepherd boy on it) in the distance, and he abandoned the tree and ran to the other side, and ran and howled as before. The little wolf in the first tree barked again, and it turned back and ran to the first.

I kept screaming and running under my feet, running back and forth dozens of times, running slowly and slowly, and my screaming gradually weakened; After a while, he was dying, and fell straight to the ground, and after a long time he was motionless. The shepherd boy climbed down the tree and saw that the old wolf was dead.

The translation of the Chinese text of "Mu Zhu" is as follows:Two shepherd boys went into the mountains and found a wolf den with two wolf cubs in it. It was agreed that each person would catch a wolf cub and climb a tree dozens of paces apart.

After a while, the big wolf came back and found that the little wolf was gone, and he looked very alarmed. The shepherd boy twisted the wolf's hooves and ears in the tree, deliberately making it howl in pain. When the big wolf heard this, he looked up and ran angrily under the tree, screaming wildly, and scratching at the bark with his paws.

At this moment another shepherd boy did the same on another tree, causing the little wolf to howl in pain.

The big wolf heard the cry, looked around, and found the little wolf; So he ignored the wolf cub here, and ran to another tree, screaming and scratching like he had just done. The shepherd boy in the first tree made the little wolf wail again, and the big wolf turned and pounced on him. The big wolf never stopped howling in his mouth, never stopped running under his feet, and went back and forth dozens of times, running slower and quieter; After a while, the big wolf was dying, and he didn't move for a long time.

The shepherd boy climbed down from the tree, and when he got closer, he saw that the wolf had died of exhaustion.

Appreciation

From the perspective of Mu Zhu: Do everything with concentration, and do not be easily deceived by others. The shepherd boy adopted the strategy of "mobilizing the other party and getting tired of running for his life" and easily obtained the wolf cub.

The wolf did not do anything to the shepherd boys, but the shepherd boys wanted to hurt them, which tells us about the violent tendencies of children in the society of the time; It also shows that the two shepherd boys no longer understand what love is and what respect for life is under the education of adults, which is thought-provoking.

But from the body of the she-wolf: I can see its love for the little wolf, and also see the greatness of maternal love.

"Liao Zhai Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi

Excerpt from "Strange Tales". The author Pu Songling, whose name is Liuxian, is a native of Zichuan, Shandong Province (now Zibo, Shandong Province), and a literary scholar of the Qing Dynasty. shepherd, shepherd boy; Vertical, child servant.

2) Divide and catch them: Discuss how to catch a wolf cub per person.

3) Go: Distance.

4) Lost in the hole: When I entered the nest, I found that the two wolf cubs were lost.

5) Very hasty: The expression is very panicked.

6) 嗥 (háo): The howl of a wolf.

7) 号 (háo)) and crawling: Howling loudly while scratching the tree.

8) To: make.

9) Look around: Look around.

10）.Beginning: Only.

11) Trend: toward, to.

12) Abandon one or the other: leave this little wolf and run to that little wolf.

13) Run(páo): Same as "planing", the animal uses its front paws to plan.

14) The front tree chirps again: The little wolf in the front tree barks again.

15) Mouth without stopping, feet without stopping: the mouth keeps howling, and the feet keep running.

16) Both: After a while.

17) Dying: The appearance of a faint breath.

18) Stiff: stiff.

19) Severe: Broken.

Don't make "Strange Tales". Translation of the Pastoral Shaft.

Translation: Two shepherd boys went into the mountains and found a wolf's den with two wolf cubs in it. So the shepherd boy turned and threw himself at him. From beginning to end, the big wolf never stopped howling in his mouth, and he never stopped running under his feet

"Strange Tales. Translation of "Mu Zhuan":

Two shepherd boys went into the mountains and found a wolf den with two wolf cubs in it. So the shepherd boy caught the wolf cubs and climbed a tree dozens of paces apart. After a while, the big wolf came back, and when he entered the nest, he found that the little wolf was gone, and he was very alarmed. The shepherd boy twisted the wolf's hooves and ears in the tree and made it howl in pain.

When the big wolf heard this, he looked up and saw this, and was very angry, and ran under the tree, and howled wildly, and scratched the bark with his paws. At this moment another shepherd boy did the same on another tree, causing the little wolf to howl in pain. When the big wolf heard the sound, he looked around and found the little wolf; So he ignored the wolf cub here, and ran to another tree, screaming and scratching like he had just done.

The shepherd boy in the first tree made the little wolf wail again, and the big wolf turned and pounced on him. From beginning to end, the big wolf never stopped howling in his mouth, never stopped running under his feet, and went back and forth dozens of times, running slower and quieter.

After a while, the big wolf lay on the ground upright, not moving for a long time. The shepherd boy climbed down from the tree and looked closer, and found that he had died.