Later Han Shu Volume 52 Classical Chinese Reading Translation

Jiang Ge is the second Weng, and the people of Linzi in Qi are also. Lost his father and lived alone with his mother. In the chaos of the world, thieves rose up, and the mother fled, prepared for danger, and often picked up to support.

A number of thieves, or robbers are about to go, weeping and begging for pleading, saying that there is an old mother, and there are enough people who are willing to pay money. The thief thought that he could not bear to commit it, or that he was avoiding the army, so he was in trouble. The leather transfer guest is down, poor and naked, a servant to provide for his mother, and he does not have to give his belongings.

Translation: (There is a person named in the Eastern Han Dynasty) Jiang Ge accompanied, the word Weng, is a native of Linzi in Qi State. He lost his father at an early age and lived with his mother.

At that time, it was a troubled time, and Jiang Ge fled around with his mother on his back. They encountered robbers many times. Once the robbers wanted to kidnap Jiang Ge and join the gang.

Jiang Ge cried and told them that there was still an old mother to support, and the robbers couldn't bear to kill him. Later, he came to live in Xiapi. Due to poverty, he had to go barefoot every day to support his mother.

All the daily necessities needed by the mother are provided, (and the service is very thoughtful). In the last years of Jianwu, he returned to his hometown with his mother. Every year old, the county when the case is compared, the old mother is old, do not want to shake, from the wild chaos in the middle of the car, do not use cattle and horses, by the township called Jiang Juxiao.

Translation: In the last years of Jianwu, he returned to his hometown with his mother. When he was old, the county cleaned up the household registration, and Jiang Ge thought that his mother was too old to walk, and he was afraid that she would shake and bump when she walked in an ox cart and a horse-drawn cart, so he drove the cart himself instead of oxen and horses.

Therefore, the township called him Jiang Juxiao.

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Or it refers to the side that evades the army.

When Hongwei was ten years old, he passed to his uncle Jun, and his name conflicted with the personal name he followed, so he was called by his name. When the child is young, he has a good and dignified mental outlook, and he will only speak after seeing the situation clearly. The uncle who succeeded him was called Zhiren, and when he saw him like this, he thought he was very peculiar, and said to Si:

This child has a deep mind and is sensitive, and he will definitely become a big man, and it is enough to have such a son. At the beginning of Yixi, he inherited the title of Marquis of Jianchang County. Hongwei's family has always been poor and simple, but his stepfamily is very wealthy, but he only needs a few thousand books and a servant, and he doesn't think about the property he left behind.

When he found out about this, he was very surprised and admired.

When Yixi was eight years old, he was killed because he was regarded as Liu Yi's henchman, and his wife, Princess Jinling, was sentenced to remarry Lang Evil King Lian. Although the princess insisted on not going, the holy decree required her to sever relations with the Xie family. The princess entrusted all the affairs of the family to Hongwei.

He is still a hereditary prime minister, with two knights in the family, more than 10 fields, thousands of servants, and only two daughters, both of whom are a few years old. When Hongwei manages the family property, it is like an office matter, and the cloth worth a penny goes in and out of the warehouse, and there are documents to record. (during the time of Song Wunian) accepted the order, and the princess of Jinling was demoted to the rank of Dongxiang Jun.

Because he offended the previous generation, Dongxiangjun was polite and righteous, and everything was returned to the Xie family. It has been nine years since the death of the mix, but the house is still neat and beautiful, the storehouse is full of grain, and there are as many servants below as usual. More fields have been cultivated than in the past.

Dongxiang-kun exclaimed: "Lord Servant Shot (yi, four sounds) was very one of the people when he was here, and he can really be said to know people, as if Lord Servant Shot is still alive." ”

He has a strict and upright personality, he must follow etiquette in doing things, and treat his relatives and friends (he/her) with courtesy beyond usual. The uncle's two mothers, and the two aunts of the sect, he supported and served in the morning and evening, in order to fulfill his honesty and respect. If you want to communicate with people outside the home, always tidy up your clothes.

In front of the subordinates, he never laughed casually. Whoever he was, he was in awe.

When Emperor Wen first ascended the throne, he guarded Jiangling, but he left his post because of the death of his mother, and his filial piety was famous during his filial piety. After taking off his filial piety clothes, he fasted more than usual. When Taizu ascended the throne, he was promoted to the rank of official and discussed secrets.

It didn't take long for him to be promoted to the general of the right guard, and all the previous dynasties and the current dynasty were selected by Hongwei.