On the Translation of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio

There is a Laoshan Mountain by the sea. There is a fairy living there. People call him the Taoist of Laoshan Mountain. It is said that Taoist priests in Laoshan can do many spells that ordinary people can't. In the county town hundreds of miles away from Laoshan, there was a man named Wang Qi. Wang Qi was very envious of magic since he was a child. He heard that Taoist priests in Laoshan knew a lot of magic, so he bid farewell to his family and went to Laoshan to find immortals. Wang Qi came to Laoshan and met a Taoist priest. During the conversation, Wang Qi felt that the Taoist priest was very capable, so he begged him to be an apprentice. The Taoist priest looked at him and said, "Look at you being spoiled, I'm afraid you can't stand it." Wang Qi made repeated requests, and the Taoist agreed to accept him as an apprentice.

In the evening, Wang Qi looked at the moonlight outside the window, thinking that he was about to learn the Tao, and he was inexpressibly happy. The next morning, Wang Qi went to see Master, hoping that Master would start teaching him Taoism. Unexpectedly, I gave him an axe and told him to go up the mountain with his brothers to cut wood. Wang Qi was unhappy, but he had to obey orders. The mountain was covered with thorns and rocks. Before the sun went down, Wang Qi's hands and feet were soaked with blood.

In a blink of an eye, a month passed, and Wang Qi's hands and feet gradually got calluses. He can't stand the fatigue of chopping wood and mowing grass all day and can't help but want to go home. In the evening, Wang Qi and his brothers returned to the Taoist Temple and saw Master and two guests drinking and having fun. It was already dark, and there was no light in the room. Master picked up a piece of white paper, cut it into a round mirror and stuck it on the wall. In an instant, the paper shone like the moon, making the room bright. At this time, a guest said, "Everyone should enjoy such a beautiful night and such a happy banquet." The Taoist priest picked up a pot of wine and handed it to his disciples, telling them to drink it to their heart's content. Wang Qi thought to himself, How can I drink this small pot of wine with so many people? Everyone will pick up the hip flask in disbelief and pour the wine into the bowl. It is strange that the hip flask is always full when it is turned upside down. Wang Qi was very surprised. After a while, another guest said to the Taoist, "Although there is a bright moon, it's no fun just to drink. If only someone would dance with you. " The Taoist smiled and picked up a chopstick, aiming at the blank paper, and suddenly saw a foot-long woman in the moonlight. As soon as she landed, she was as tall as ordinary people, with a slender waist, fair skin, fluttering clothes and loud singing. At the end of the song, the woman jumped into the air and jumped on the table. Just when everyone panicked, she became a chopstick. Seeing all this, Wang Qi was dumbfounded. Then a guest said, "I'm so happy, but I have to go back." So the Taoist priest and two guests moved the banquet out and moved into the moon. As the moon gradually darkened, the disciples lit candles and saw Master sitting alone. The guest disappeared, leaving only wine and leftovers on the table.

Another month passed, and Master still didn't teach any magic. Wang Qi couldn't stand it any longer, so he went to see Master. When meeting Master, Wang Qi said, I have come a long way. Even if I can't learn the magic of immortality, it's a comfort for you to teach me some other magic. "Wang Qi saw the master just laughed and was very anxious. He gesticulated and said, "Now, I go out early and come back late every day, chopping wood and mowing grass. How can my apprentice stand such suffering at home? " The master smiled and said, "I have long concluded that you can't bear hardships, and now it is." Go home early tomorrow morning. "Wang Qi pleaded," I'm still asking the master to teach me some skills, so I didn't come in vain. The master asked, "What magic do you want to learn?" "Wang Qi said," disciples often see the master walking, and the wall can't stop him. Just learn this. " The host smiled and agreed, and asked Wang Qi to go with him. When they came to a wall, the master told Wang Qi the mantra of walking through the wall and asked him to read it himself. As soon as Wang Qi finished reading, Master pointed his hand and shouted "Go inside the wall". Wang Qi faced the wall, his legs trembled and he dared not move forward. Master shouted again, "Try it and walk in." Wang Qi took a few steps and stopped. Master said unhappily, "Keep your head down and rush forward". Wang Qi crustily skin of head to run forward, unconsciously walked to the other side of the wall. Wang Qi was very happy and thanked Master at once. Master said to him, "Be diligent when you go home. Otherwise, the spell won't work. "

When Wang Qi came home, he boasted to his wife, "I met a fairy and learned magic. Even the wall can't stop me. " The wife doesn't believe that there is such a thing in the world. So the king said a spell and ran to the wall. Only heard a sound, Wang Qi's head hit the wall and fell to the ground. His wife quickly lifted him up and saw a big pimple on his forehead. Wang Qi hung his head like a deflated ball. The wife is angry and funny: "There are spells in the world, and you can't learn them in two or three months." Wang Qi remembered that he had clearly climbed over the wall that night, so he suspected that the Taoist priest was playing tricks on himself and could not help cursing the Taoist priest in Laoshan for a while. From then on, Wang Qi was still an ignorant man. & lt went to Fucheng to take the exam when he was a teenager. It was the day before the Spring Festival that I caught up with the "naughty spring".

The seller and the buyer decorated the shop and lit the front door.

I went to see the fun with my friends. There are so many people in the street that it is as crowded as a wall. When I saw it in the hall,

There are four officials in red. There is an artist, leading a child with long hair, carrying a heavy load.

Before he got to the lobby, he seemed to say something that made everyone in the hall laugh. I didn't hear the noise.

At this time, a Tsing Yi man called an artist to perform. The artist smiled and asked, "What does the chief want to see?"

The Tsing Yi people discussed a few words with the class officials and said, "Make a peach!" " The artist pretended to be embarrassed:

"Where are we going to pick a loaded pole in this ice and snow?" The child chimed in and said, "sir, if you want to see it, let's do something."

Change it! The painter pretended to be very worried and said, "well, in this case, there are only peaches in the sky."

There are peaches in the four seasons of the Queen Mother's flower orchard, and she has to go to heaven to steal them. "The child said," it's so high.

"How can we get up without a ladder?" The artist said, "There is a way." Then he stretched out a rope. He grabbed the rope.

Throw your head into the air, and the rope head seems to be hanging on it, and then the rope rises higher and higher until it becomes a ball of rope.

When the child finished speaking, he called the child and said, "I am old and stupid." Come on! " Just go through the end of the rope.

Give it to the child and let the child climb up with a rope. The child said awkwardly, "You are old and really confused. With this,

Let me go to heaven with a thin rope. If the rope breaks, don't break me into pieces! "The artist is forced.

He held the child in his arms and said, "We have promised, so we can't go back on our word. Don't be afraid of suffering, you can steal peaches.

I'll give you a hundred dollars and marry you a beautiful wife. "

The child just grabbed the rope, moved his ankle and climbed up like a spider until he climbed straight.

After a while, a peach with a big bowl suddenly fell to the ground. The artist smiled and quickly picked it up and presented it to Tang.

Officials in the class. People in the class don't know whether this is true or not. After a while, the rope suddenly fell to the ground.

The artist exclaimed, "Oh, no! God cut the rope and my son died! " Say, there is a bloody.

Something fell. The artist is busy looking at it. That's a child's head. When he held it up, he cried, "What a pity! It must be a peach under surveillance.

The fairy found out that my son was finished! "Then, people's feet, limbs and half a body fell down. The artist roared.

Tao burst into tears. While crying, he took out a wooden box, picked up the children's bones one by one, covered them, and turned around.

Kneel down in front of the officials: "The old man has only one son, and he follows me to perform everywhere. Today, the director forced me. "

Changing peaches made us die miserably. Anyway, you have to give us some burial expenses. "

The officials in the class were so scared that they turned pale that they took out gold and silver and gave them to the artists. He got up and put it on.

Qian held up continuous shooting's wooden box and called, "My son, come out and thank you!" In the blink of an eye, the lid of the box was arched open.

The boy with hair suddenly jumped out of the box, saluted with a smile and thanked the officials.

Later, people realized that this old and young magician was descended from the Ambry Sect. Li Chao, whose real name is Wu Kui, lives in Xixiang, Zichuan County. Generous personality, charity. One day, a monk came to alms (begging with a alms bowl in his hand), and Li Chao treated the monk to a sumptuous meal. The monk felt very grateful and said, "I am a monk from Shaolin Temple. Some small martial arts, I hope I can teach you. " Li Chao was very happy, arranged for the monk to live in his own guest room, gave him very generous treatment and studied with him all day. Three months later, Li Chao was very proud of his superb martial arts. The monk asked, "Have you improved your martial arts?" Li Chao said: "Great progress has been made. The teacher will, and I will know. " The monk smiled and ordered Li Chao to try his martial arts. Then, Li Chao took off his clothes, spat on his hands, jumped lightly like an ape, landed lightly like a bird, jumped and moved, and stood together with proud legs. The monk smiled and said, "That's enough. Since you have learned all my martial arts, please have a competition. " Li Chao readily agreed, so both sides set about learning martial arts. Then began to fight, Li Chao often hit the monk's weakness; The monk suddenly flew, and Li Chao fell on his back ten feet away. The monk clapped his hands and said, "You haven't learned my martial arts." Li Chao supported the ground with his hands and asked him for advice in shame and frustration. A few days later, the monk left.

Li Chao began to make a name for himself, traveling around and practicing martial arts in the north and south. No one can be his opponent. One day when I arrived in Jinan, I saw a young nun practicing martial arts at the venue, surrounded by people. The nun said to the onlookers, "I'm too cold to perform alone." Those who have good deeds might as well take them off and play with me as a game. "This was repeated three times. Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to promise. Li Chao was on the sidelines, eager to show his martial arts, so he proudly entered the field of martial arts. The nun then smiled and saluted. Just after playing a circle, the nun stopped loudly and said, "You learned Shaolin Boxing." So he asked, "Who is your master?" Li Chao began to stop talking. The nun asked again and again and told her that she was a monk. The nun then saluted and said, "The silly monk is your master? In this case, we don't have to fight anymore, I just admit defeat. " Li Chao repeatedly invited him to visit again, but the nuns refused. People around us are encouraging nuns, so nuns say, "Since we are disciples of silly monks, we are all insiders who are proficient in martial arts and can compete in the game. But this is enough. " Li Chao agreed. But in my heart, I despise a nun because she is weak; Because she is young and competitive, she wants to beat her to gain her mighty reputation. The nun stopped fighting as soon as she was ready to attack before and after prancing. Li Chao asked why, but the nun just laughed and said nothing. Li Chao thought the nun was afraid and insisted that she take part in the competition again. The nun got up and entered the arena. After playing for a while, Li Chaofei flew up and kicked. The nun put her five fingers together and cut her hand like a knife to Li Chao's thigh. Li Chao felt as if he had been hit by a knife and axe below his knee, and he fell to the ground and couldn't get up again. The nun smiled and apologized and said, "I hurt the guest recklessly." Don't blame me! " "Li Chao returned in shame, and it was only good that the pain passed 1 more than a month.

More than a year later, the monk returned to Li Chao's residence, and Li Chao told him about his past experience. The monk said in surprise, "You are so reckless! Why bother her? Fortunately, I told her my name first when I was fighting; Otherwise, your thigh would have been broken! "