The Song people learned to translate, and the Song people had scholars to translate classical Chines

Qi Zhiguo's family is rich, Song Zhixiang's family is poor, since Song Zhiqi asked for his technique, Guo's told him: "I am good for thieves." The beginning of the thief, one year and give, two years and enough, three years of great prosperity, since then, to the state.

Xiang was overjoyed, saying that it was a thief, but not a thief's way, so he went beyond the wall and dug the room, and explored everything as far as his eyes could see, and he was not timely, and he was convicted of dirty, and he did not have the wealth of his ancestors.

Xiang's self-denial is also a fallacy of the country, and he complains about it. Guo said: "What if it is a thief?

Xiang Shi said his words. Guoshi said: "Hey!

What if the way to steal is this? Now it will be over. I hear that the sky is sometimes, the earth is favorable, the time when I steal the heaven and the earth is beneficial, the clouds and rain are moist, the mountains are born, the crops are cultivated, the walls are built, and the houses are built; Land thieves, birds and beasts, water thieves, fish and turtles, and death is not theft.

Husbands, crops, earth, beasts, fish and turtles are all born of the world, what do I have? However, I stole the sky and did not suffer; Husbands, gold and jade treasures, grain and silk treasures, where people gather, where the heavens are? If you steal it and get convicted, who is the complaint?

A man surnamed Guo in Qi was the richest man, and a man surnamed Xiang in Song was extremely poor, and (surnamed Xiang) went from Song to Qi (to ask for advice on how to get rich), and the man surnamed Guo told him: "I am good at stealing." One year is self-sufficient, two years is self-sufficient, three years is a bumper harvest, and from then on, there are (large) states (small) alleys and alleys for almsgiving.

Daxi, surnamed Xiang, knew that he was a thief, but he did not know how he could be a thief, so he broke through the wall and broke the room, and (as long as it was) the hand that his eyes saw did not steal, and before long, he was convicted of dirty, and even the property of his ancestors was confiscated.

The surname Xiang thought that the surname Guo was deceiving himself, so he complained to him. The man with the surname said, "How did you become a thief?"

The surnamed Xiang told him about his theft. The surnamed Guo said: "Haha!

You've strayed too far from being a thief, haven't you? Now I'll tell you. I have heard that the heavens are in season, and the earth is favorable, and I have stolen the seasons of heaven and earth, and the clouds and rain have moistened them, and the mountains and rivers have given birth to all things, that my seedlings may grow, and that my crops may grow, and that I may build my walls, and that I may build my houses; I have stolen birds and beasts on land, and I have stolen fish and turtles in the water, and there is nothing that I have not stolen.

All crops, land, trees, birds, beasts, fish and turtles are born of heaven and earth, and how can I have them? But there is no evil for me to steal the heavens; And the treasures of gold and jade, and the treasures of grain and brocade, are gathered by others, and which are the possessions of heaven? How can you resent me when you have been convicted of stealing those things? ”

Original

The Song people had scholars, and for three years they became famous for their mothers. His mother said: "My son has been studying for three years, but he is called me, why not?"

His son said: "The sage of my house has no Yao, Shun, Yao, Shun names; I am great, there is no great heaven and earth, and the name of heaven and earth. Today's mother is not more virtuous than Yao and Shun, and her mother is not as big as heaven and earth, and she is also a famous mother.

His mother said, "What will the son do to the scholar?" May the son have a name change for the mother.

Will the son also have something to learn? May the son be the queen of the famous mother. ”

Comment

And: but. First Name: Salutation, here refers to the first name.

Sage: Sage, here the verb means to think to be sage.

Yes: Therefore.

Zhi: structural particle, meaningless.

Translation

There was a scholar in the Song Kingdom who came home after three years and called his mother by her first name. His mother said, "You have been studying for three years, and now you come home and call me by my name, what is the reason?"

Her son said, "There is no one who I consider to be a sage more than Yao and Shun, who are names; Nothing that I think is big is bigger than heaven and earth', but also to heaven and earth by their names. Now your mother will not surpass Yao and Shun, and it is impossible for you to surpass heaven and earth, so you will call your mother's name.

His mother said, "Are you going to put into practice what you have learned?" Hopefully, what you might change is to call your mother by her first name; Is there anything you have learned that you don't practice?

I hope you will put off calling your mother by her first name. ”

Reason

This article satirizes people who read dead books and are not good at using them, who become very pedantic, and who have forgotten even basic common sense of the world and human ethics.