Translated Spring and Autumn Annals (what are the benefits of temples when the drought in Qi Dynasty is overtime ...)

The drought in Qi has been going on for a long time. Qi Jinggong summoned ministers and asked, "It hasn't rained for a long time, and people are hungry. I ordered people to predict the cause of the drought, and ghosts and gods were hidden in the mountains and rivers. I want to levy a little more tax to sacrifice to the mountain gods, can I? " None of the ministers answered.

Yan Zi stood up and said, "I don't think so! It's no good offering sacrifices to mountain gods. Mountain gods take stones as their bodies and vegetation as their hair. If it doesn't rain for a long time, his hair will be brown and his body will be very hot. Doesn't he want to rain? What are the benefits of providing it? "

Gong Jing said, "No, I want to sacrifice to the river god, okay?" Yanzi replied: "No, the river god regards water as the country and fish and turtles as the people.". If it doesn't rain for a long time, springs will be cut off, rivers will dry up, countries will perish and people will die. Doesn't he want to rain? What are the benefits of providing it? "

From Yan Ying's The Spring and Autumn Annals of Yan Zi.

Original text:

When the drought in Qi exceeded the deadline, Duke Jing of Jin called his ministers and asked, "It hasn't rained for a long time, and the people are hungry. I make people scatter clouds and cherish mountains and waters. I want to pay less for Lingshan Temple, but what? " Ministers are right.

Yan Zijin said, "No! It's no use worshipping the shrine. Fuling Mountain takes stone as its body and vegetation as its hair. If it doesn't rain for a long time, its hair will be burnt and its body will get hot. Why don't you want to rain? It's useless. " Gong said, "Otherwise, I want to visit Hebo, but what?"

Yan Zi said, "No! Hebo regards water as its country and fish and turtles as its people. If it doesn't rain for a long time, spring will go and spring will come, rivers will run out, and the country and people will perish. Why don't they want to rain? What are the benefits of temples! "

Extended data

Yanzi Chunqiu is a historical book which records the words and deeds of Yan Ying, a statesman of Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period. It is compiled from historical materials and folklore.

The book records many examples of Yan Ying advising you to be diligent, not to be greedy for pleasure, to love the people, to appoint talented people, and to be self-effacing and trainable, which has become an example for future generations to learn. Yan Ying himself was very thrifty and was revered by later rulers.

Yan Zi's popular Spring and Autumn Annals is divided into two parts: the inner part is divided into six parts: remonstration, remonstration, questioning, questioning, miscellaneous and miscellaneous, and the outer part is divided into two parts. "Up and Down remonstration" mainly describes Yan Ying's words and deeds of remonstrating with Qi Jun; Questions and questions, mainly about questions and answers between monarch and minister, between dignitaries and dignitaries and in diplomatic activities; Miscellaneous Up and Miscellaneous Down mainly narrates other events in Yan Ying.

The two chapters in the outer chapter are more complicated, similar to but different from the six chapters in the inner chapter. The content of each article is relatively independent and interrelated, and some of them are contradictory.

Through lively stories, the book shapes the image of the protagonist Yan Ying and many foil. Although these stories can't be completely regarded as the history of faith, most of them are based on certain facts, which can be mutually verified with books such as Zuo Zhuan, Guoyu, Lv Chunqiu and The Analects of Confucius. As historical materials reflecting the social and historical features of the late Spring and Autumn Period, they are the earliest collections of short stories in China.

This book describes Yan Ying's words and deeds and political activities in many ways, highlighting his political opinions and ideological character.

Yan Ying was born in a famous family and went into politics when she was young. After the death of his father Wei Yan, he inherited Qi Qing and lived in Shiling Zhuangjing for 54 years. Yan Zi is a famous "wise man" in Chinese history. When he was alive, Qi was in decline. The monarch was in a coma, and his ministers suffered from Qin Chu, and they were worried about widespread indignation and resentment.

With his intelligence, Yan Ying tried his best to make up the sky and turn the tide, which made Qi win its due position among the vassal states, and he himself became a great politician with the same reputation as Guan Zhong in the history of Qi.

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