Translation of Classical Chinese Annotations in A Saiweng Lost His Horse

In normal study, we always have to deal with classical Chinese, which refers to articles written in the language of articles, not everyday language. What classic classical Chinese do you remember? The following is a translation of the original annotation of a classical Chinese text "A blessing in disguise, how to know it is not a blessing". Welcome to read the collection.

Introduction of works

"A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise" is selected from Notes of Huainan Lie Hong. Lie Hong in Huainan was written by Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty. An allusion in the article later came from the idiom "A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise". "A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise" means that under certain conditions, fortunes can be transformed into each other, and everything has two sides.

original work

Those who approach the fort (1) have good skills (2), and the horse dies without cause (3), so go to Hu. Everyone hung on (4), and his father said, "Why is this (5) not a blessing?" After living for (6) months, his horse will return to (7) Hu Majun. Everyone congratulated him, and his father said, "Why can't this be a disaster?" Jia Fu (9) is a good horse, and his son is good at riding (10). He fell (1 1) and lost his moustache (1 1). Everyone hung up, and his father said, "Why isn't this a blessing?" After living for a year, Hu Da (12) entered the fortress, and Ding Zhuang took the lead (13). The person near Sai (14) is the deceased Nineteen (15). The only reason is lame (16), and father and son care for each other (17).

Word explanation

(1) Great Wall area. Plug, side plug.

(2) Good performer: a person who is proficient in several tricks. Good: good at it Skills, the number of skills, and spells that predict the good or bad of people, such as fortune telling and divination.

(3) reason: reason. Death: escape.

(4) hanging: expressing comfort for one's misfortune.

(5) He Qi (jù): Why, it is a rhetorical question.

(6) home: I passed. Before the word time, it refers to the elapsed time.

(7) will: leadership.

(8) Yes.

(9) rich: a lot.

(10) Good: I like it.

(1 1) 1 down: down.

(1 1)2 moustache (b): thigh.

(12) big: big.

(13) strike (xián): take up arms.

(14) Near the Games: Near the Great Wall border.

(15) Nineteen: Nine tenths; Refers to the vast majority.

(16) Lame: a noun, which refers to bad legs and feet, walking out of balance and limping; Crappy.

(17) guarantee: preservation.

Translation of works

A person who is good at speculating and mastering tricks lives near the frontier fortress. Once, his horse ran to the residence of the Hu people for no reason. People came to comfort him for this. The old man said, "This may not be a blessing." A few months later, the lost horse came back with many good horses of the Hu people. People came to congratulate him. The old man added: "This may be a disaster." There are many good horses in the fortune teller's house. His son likes riding horses. As a result, he fell off his horse and broke his leg. People began to sympathize with him. The old man said, "Why isn't this a good thing?" After a year, the conference semifinals invaded the frontier fortress on a large scale, and all the able-bodied men confessed to go to war. Many people died near the frontier fortress. Only Sai Weng's son was saved from the battle because of his lame leg, and the father and son saved their lives together.

Story appreciation

"A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise" expounds the unity of opposites between misfortune and happiness through a series of recurring drama stories, and reveals the truth that "misfortune and happiness depend on it, and happiness and misfortune depend on it". From a philosophical point of view, this fable inspires people to look at the problem dialectically from a developmental perspective: don't be depressed in adversity, and establish an optimistic belief that the future is boundless; Don't get drunk when you are busy, and maintain the sense of urgency of "happy death".

Under certain conditions, good things and bad things can be transformed into each other, bad things can be turned into good things, and good things can also be turned into bad things. The story of "a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise" has been circulated among the people for thousands of years. No matter what happens, we should adjust our mentality, look beyond time and space, and take into account possible extreme changes.

Personality dispute

"Saiweng" and "skillful craftsman" should refer to one person. "His father" should not be interpreted as "his father", but as "the old man".

Brief introduction of the author

Liu An (BC 179-BC 122), a royal family in the Western Han Dynasty, was a thinker and writer in the Western Han Dynasty. He was ordered by the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to write Li Sao Style, which was the earliest work in China that highly praised Qu Yuan and his Li Sao. He invited thousands of people to write Lie Hong, also known as Huai Nan Zi.