Translation of the ancient text Chao 3 Du Si , translation and original text of the classical Chine

Original text Song has a sniper, loves sniping, and raises a group. It can solve the meaning of sniping, and sniping also has the heart of justice. Damage his family's mouth and fill the desire of snipe.

Russia and scarcity, will limit its food, fear that the public will not be tamed by their own also, the first said: "With Ruoqi, three and four, enough?" All the snipers were angry.

Russia said: "With Ruoqi, four and three at dusk, enough?" "All the snipers were overjoyed.

Poetry Translation There was a man in the Song Kingdom who was very fond of raising monkeys. He has a large group of monkeys at home, and he can understand what the monkeys mean, and the monkeys understand his mind. He would rather cut down on the family's diet than satisfy the monkeys' demands.

However, after a while, the family became poorer and poorer, and he planned to reduce the number of acorns eaten by the monkeys, but he was afraid that the monkeys would not obey him, so he deceived the monkeys and said, "Are the acorns for you, three in the morning and four in the evening, enough to eat?" When the monkeys heard this, they all stood up, and were very angry.

After a while, he said, "Give you acorns, four in the morning and three in the evening, that should be enough, right?" When the monkeys heard this, they all lay on the ground and were very happy.

This story originates from the Zhuangzi * Theory of Things.

One year, when there was a lack of food, the monkey keeper said to the monkey, "Now there is not enough food, we must save some food." How about eating three acorns in the morning and four in the evening?

The monkeys were very angry when they heard this, and they shouted noisily, "Too little! Why don't you eat as much in the morning as you do in the evening?

The monkey keeper hurriedly said, "So how about eating four in the morning and three in the evening?" When the monkeys heard this, they were all overjoyed, and felt that they had eaten more in the morning than in the evening, and that they had triumphed.

In fact, the total number of acorns has not changed, but the distribution method has changed, and the monkeys have turned their anger into joy. Theorists who pursue name and reality always try to distinguish between the different properties of things, without knowing that things themselves have identity. In the end, like a monkey, he was blinded by the morning and evening and the morning and evening.

The original meaning of the morning and evening refers to the fact that the essence remains the same, and people are deceived by changing the name. Song "Ercheng Quanshu, Testament, Eighteen, Mr. Yichuan's Words": "If the saint is not known, how can the heart of the saint be the art of the future generations?"

Unfortunately, the people who later applied this idiom did not know the origin of the three and the twilight, and confused it with "the twilight of the dynasty". The latter refers to the Warring States Period, when the two great powers of Qin and Chu were opposed, and some weak countries fell to Qin for a while, and then to Chu. Just like 10 years ago, when the United States and the Soviet Union were vying for hegemony, some African countries sometimes turned to the United States and sometimes to the Soviet Union.

Originally, it had nothing to do with this, but as a matter of falsehood, over time, everyone was accustomed to understanding "three days and four days" as unprincipled and capricious.

Original text of the work. Song has a sniper, loves sniping, raises a group, can solve the meaning of sniping, and sniping also has the heart of the public. Damage his family's mouth and fill the desire of snipe.

Russia will limit the food of snipers, and I am afraid that the snipers will not be tamed by themselves. First annihilated the silver and said: "With Ruoqi, three and four, enough?"

All the snipers were angry. He said: "With Ruoqi, the feast of the three clans in the morning and the twilight, is it enough?"

"All the snipers were overjoyed. —Excerpt from "Liezi Yellow Emperor".

Translation of "Morning Three and Dusk Four" in Chinese:

There is an old man in Song who raises monkeys, likes monkeys, and raises them in groups, he can understand the meaning of monkeys, and monkeys can also understand the old man's mind. The elderly man who keeps monkeys would rather reduce the amount of food he and his family eat to meet the needs of the monkeys. Soon, his family will run out of food, and he will limit the amount of food for the monkeys.

But fearing that the monkey would not obey him, he first deceived the monkey and said, "Is it enough to give you three acorns in the morning and four in the evening?" The monkeys stood up and were furious.

And he said, "Give you acorns, four in the morning and three in the evening, right?" The monkeys were very happy and then they all lay on the ground.

Notes: The Sparrow.

1. Sniper (jū): Macaque.

2. The heart of the public: understand his mind.

3. Family: home rations.

4. Charge: satisfied.

5. Tame (xùn): obedience.

Appreciation. The original meaning of this story is to illustrate a philosophical truth, whether it is three or four or four, in fact, what the monkeys get has not increased or decreased, and it seems ridiculous that the monkeys are happy and angry. The sniper is like a "big block" carrying sentient beings, and the monkey is like a savient being in the chaotic red dust.

Theorists who pursue name and reality always try to distinguish between the different properties of things, not knowing that things themselves are identical. In the end, I can't help but be like a monkey, being deceived by the three and the four and the four.

We warn people to let go of their mortal minds that care about gains and losses, because all of our lives are temporary, and in the end we will find that we have nothing to lose or gain. Because no matter how many forms there are, there is only one essence.