Sima Guang's Classical Chinese Original Text and Translation

A group of children were playing in court, one went to pick up the urn, and his foot fell into the water, so everyone abandoned it. If you break the urn with a stone, the water will burst and the child will live.

Sima Guang is playing with a group of children in the yard. A child stood on a vat and fell into it and was flooded. All the other children have run away. Only when Sima Guang broke the jar with a stone, the water flowed out and the children were able to live.

Sima Guang: The word Junshi was born in Xia County, Shaanxi Province (now Shanxi Province). Minister and historian of the Northern Song Dynasty, compiled books such as Zi Jian. Courtyard: Courtyard. Urn: a container with a big mouth and a small belly. All: all, all. Abandon: run away. Light: refers to Sima Guang. Open: To open or break. Eject: to eject

Once, he and his friends were playing in the backyard. A child climbed into the vat and fell into the water. When the other children saw something was wrong, they all gave up and ran away, but Sima Guang used his quick wits to pick up a big stone from the ground and hit it hard at the water tank. The water gushed out and the child was saved.