Cai Lin is from our county, and his name is Tan Mian. Re-commitment, Dunfeng righteousness. A friend gave it to me. He brought a thousand dollars, but he didn't stand up. If you die, so will your friends. Cai Zhao's son came and got a fright when he came back, and said, "Hey! If not, who can send a thousand dollars without money? My father has never spoken to me. " Cai Xiao said, "In your heart, it's not on paper. And Weng knows me, so I don't say anything. " It was sudden death.
There was a gentle man named Cai Lin in Wuxian County. He attaches importance to commitment and responsibility and friendship between friends. A friend left him 1200 pieces of silver, without leaving any written evidence. Soon, his friend passed away. Cai Mianyou called his friend's son and wanted to pay him back two thousand two hundred pieces of silver. His friend's son was surprised and refused to accept it, saying, "Oh, dear! There is no such thing. Where can there be a person who leaves 1200 pieces of silver but doesn't make a written evidence? And my father never told me. " Cai Mian said with a smile: "The written evidence is in my heart, not on paper. Your father regards me as a confidant, so he won't tell you. " Finally, Cai Mian-You used a car to transport two hundred and twenty pieces of silver back to him.
2. This is a passage from Yan Jiaxun.
The center is to educate children at home how to be virtuous and how to achieve great things.
Original text:
Life is young and the spirit is patented. When you grow up, you should think about it and relax. Be sure to teach early and don't miss the opportunity. When I was seven years old, I recited "Lingguang Dian Fu". As for today, ten years have passed and I have never forgotten it. The book I recited twenty years ago was abandoned in January. However, people have difficulties and are in their prime. They should still be studying that night and should not give up. Confucius said, "It's no big deal to learn the Book of Changes at fifty." Wei Wu, Yuan Yi, old and intimate; It's all about learning less and never getting tired. Ceng Zi is a scholar at the age of seventeen, and he is famous all over the world. Xun Qing came to study at the age of 50 and was still a Confucian scholar; Gong read Spring and Autumn Annals for more than forty days and became prime minister. Zhu Jun also began to learn the Book of Changes and The Analects of Confucius at the age of forty, while Huangfu Mi began to learn the Book of Filial Piety and The Analects of Confucius at the age of twenty, and eventually became a great scholar. The marriage crown in the world has not been learned, so it is too late, and it is also a fool's ear following the wall. Young and knowledgeable, like the light of sunrise; Old scholars, like walking alone at night, are still virtuous.
The rise and fall of learning is closely related to the world. The virtue and handsomeness of Han Dynasty are based on the way of sage. When I was there the next day, I was assigned to the personnel, and many people used this to show their respect for each other. In the end, the custom has come to an end, leaving chapters and sentences empty, but it is almost impossible to perform world events by following the teacher's words. Therefore, the children of scholar-officials are all interested in erudition and refuse to specialize in Confucianism. Under the emperor and grandson of the Liang dynasty, in short, we should enter school first and observe our aspirations. After you were born, you joined the ranks of literati and never graduated. Crown, and for the top, then he Yin, Ming Shanbin, yi zhu, Zhou, He Ge, Xiao Zizheng, Liu Sui, etc. They are proficient in literature and history, not just talking. Luo Yang heard about Zhang Qian and Liu Fang, and saw Xing Zicai in the summer night: Although these four Confucian scholars are good at Confucian classics, they are also called. So wise, it is the top grade. Tadano leads others, his words are mean, his style is clumsy, and his reality is unparalleled. A few hundred dollars in a sentence is strange, or there will be no meeting. As the saying goes, "doctors buy donkeys, three volumes, and there is no word' donkey'." It's annoying for you to use this as a teacher. Confucius said, "Learn, and Lu is among them." It's no use being diligent today, and I'm afraid it's not karma. The book of sages, therefore, teaches, but studies the scriptures, understands the meaning, and often teaches by example; Why does "Zhongniju" mean two pieces of paper? What's the point of sleeping and teaching? Is it better to win by this? Time is a pity, just like all lost water. When the Expo is kept secret to help merit, you can have both beauty and harmony.
Confucianism in the secular world does not participate in group books, but is ignorant beyond latitude and longitude. On the eighth day of the eighth year, I made friends with Cui Boling, trying to say that Wang Canji was difficult for Zheng Xuan's Shangshu, and Cui turned to Confucianism and Taoism. At first, I was dumbfounded, and the cloud said, "There are only poems, inscriptions and poems in the collection. How can you talk about classics? " In addition, in the pre-Confucianism, Wang Shen was unheard of. "Cui left with a smile, but he didn't show it in the Spell Set. Wei Shou discussed the ancestral temple with doctors when discussing Cao Cao. He quoted the Analects of Confucius, and the doctor smiled and said, "I have never heard of any classics in Hanshu. "When I was angry, I stopped talking. I threw up with Biography of Wei Xuancheng. After searching all night, the doctor came to thank him and said, "Xuancheng is not so learned. "
After Ye Ping, I saw my disciples enter the customs. Lu Si tasted me and said, "The court has no official position, and the family has no accumulated wealth. We should make every effort to apply for funding. Every time I teach, I am diligent in history and unknown. Can I be safe? " My life says: "A son should take nurturing as his heart, and a father should take learning as his teaching. Let you abandon your studies for your own benefit, and let me have plenty of food and clothing. Are the clothes warm? If I have to go to Wang Zhidao first, I will do what I want. "
It is not easy to revise books. Since Yang Xiong and Liu Xiang, they have called this position. If you haven't read all the books in the world, you must not be presumptuous. Either he thinks it's wrong, this is right, or this is mutually assured destruction, or both are in debt, so don't be partial.
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Since ancient times, sages, kings and emperors still have to study hard, not to mention ordinary people! This kind of thing can be seen everywhere in classics and history books, and I can't list them one by one, just to remind you what is important in modern times. The children of the scholar-officials are all over several years old, most of them have read The Book of Rites and Zuo Zhuan, and a few have at least read Shi Mao and The Analects of Confucius. At marriageable age, the physique and temperament are slightly stereotyped. With this innate intelligence, we must redouble our homework and induce. People with lofty ideals can temper and achieve the cause of the cremation; Those who have no ambition to succeed will become lazy and mediocre. In this world, you should have a major: farmers discuss farming, businessmen discuss wealth and goods, craftsmen elaborate tools, skilled people consider methods and techniques, warriors practice riding and archery, and scribes study and discuss classics. However, it is often seen that scholar-officials are ashamed to set foot in agriculture and commerce, but they can't wear armor when shooting arrows. Only by holding a pen can they remember their names, eat and drink enough, and lead a life of intoxication, and then they can die hard. Some people get a part-time job with their family background, so they feel satisfied and forget to study at all. When it comes to weddings or funerals, they talk about gains and losses and are tongue-tied, just like sitting in the clouds. Public or private parties feast, talk about ancient poetry, silently bow their heads, only yawn and stretch. People who know what to do see it, and they are ashamed to have no place to live. Why don't you want to spend a few years studying hard and humiliate yourself for a long time in your life?
3. Find a 200-word classical Chinese book "Caution for Later Generations" [Song] suitable for calligraphy creation, which is better than teaching; People who are in the middle of the product, teach and then be good; Inferior people are hard to teach.
What is good without teaching, but not sacred? Teach and be a good person, but what if you are not virtuous? If you don't teach well, why not be stupid? Those who know the good are also fortunate; Those who are not good at it are also fierce. Lucky, don't look at the color of indecent assault, don't listen to the sound of indecent assault, don't speak indecent words, don't practice unreasonable places, don't take good, don't take justice, like a saint, avoid evil like a snake and scorpion.
Or if you don't call it a lucky person, then I don't believe it either. Fierce people, cunning people, stop at insidious people, good at decorating mistakes, greedy people, good at diseases, good at eating and drinking, guilty and punished, physically destroyed, and great.
Or if you don't call it a murderer, I don't believe it either. There is a saying: although Ji people are good, they are short of days; It's only a few days before the killer is bad.
Do you want to be lucky? Want to be a murderer? The gain and loss of Yu Xue and Xu Shao in the Eastern Han Dynasty is a great loss, but there is nothing to lose when you are alive. It is too big to live, but there is nothing to kill.
The trouble of gain and loss begins with reluctance. If you don't give it, have fun with stupid ideas.
Everyone has a picture, give it first, then take it, follow people's wishes, and be wise. If the strong don't give, they lose.
If the weak don't give it, it will be hard to predict. Giving is not losing, but being.
Don't be happy, lose or get lucky, regardless of this. Seize the resentment, give birth to respect, and become famous here.
Shun reverse volume 2 suffers from the madness of the dead and the wisdom of the living. Anshun is mediocre, and peace is peace.
Pay more and you won't die; If you give less, you will suffer. Help others and benefit themselves, but God does not help the wicked.
Give birth to life and fight against self-abuse. A gentleman does not blame small mistakes, but laments the loss of virtue.
Little people don't talk big and hate that they can't do anything. A gentleman swims against the current, while a villain drifts with the current.
Happiness doesn't invade, but peace of mind can. Bitterness and happiness are not resentful, and they are not enlightened.
Humble is humble, and lost is humble. Humble people are also self-reliant, and those who rely on them are respected.
It's unlucky to win a gold medal. Force people, threats and worries by force.
Gold can't be abused, power can't be vertical, and it's easy. The poor should not be taken lightly, but their loyalty is precious.
He who does not abandon the base is also generous. Loyal to the wise master, righteous gentleman, there will be retribution.
Fame can't be taken, nor can it be taken. If you work hard, you will get something, and if you get something, you will get something.
It is self-evident that the four things in "Regret for the Past" are different. Life is different, feelings are the same.
Joy can please people, sorrow can grieve people, and sorrow can be given to people. There is no double blessing, but it never rains but it pours.
People who are unconscious are useless. Few people share happiness, and expensive people are far away.
* * * There are many victims, humble and caring. Bitterness comes from people, not bitterness.
Happiness is to be paid, and life is to be respected. The hardest thing is to lose and die.
Honor and disgrace are strong and proud. Honor or disgrace, he's just talented.
People who respect others are proud of themselves. He who humiliates others is humiliating himself.
The gentleman is not old, the villain is not long, and the Tao is the same. Eating when you are hungry is no more pitiful than being sleepy.
Cold is warm, and custom is polite. It can be established to give people want.
Glory is humiliating, but virtue can last forever. If you are humiliated, you will get honor, but if you are good, don't lose it.
There is no formula for success or failure, that is, self-interest and benefit others. Failure has a fixed law, and it is failure to harm others and yourself.
The name of a gentleman is better than the reality of a villain. The misfortune of a villain is worse than that of a gentleman.
You can tell success or failure at a glance. The enemy can be controlled by giving.
Friends can give for a long time. Honey, give them peace.
You can't win without success, and you can't win without success. Fools must not be defeated, fools must not be defeated.
The rise and fall of the seventh volume is all about death, and it cannot be destroyed. Spring and autumn are fleeting, but the macro industry can stay.
Thin and rich, Xing Yan. The government is harsh and resentful, and there is no death.
The rise and fall of man is not for the sake of heaven. You don't have to do anything strange to start a family.
The failure of a villain is worse than betrayal. No bribery, no aiding and abetting, it is right to abide by it.
The joy of heaven does not follow the right path. Don't cheat each other when you meet unexpected things.
Zhuge Liang (18 1-234), born in the Three Kingdoms period (now south of Yishui County, Shandong Province), was the prime minister of Shu. In the letter, he taught his son how to study and stand on his own feet.
Among them, "A Bright Future" and "Quiet and Far-reaching" are widely read by later generations. In the trip to the original monarch, it was quiet to cultivate one's morality, frugal to cultivate one's morality, non-seclusion to control one's ambition, and non-tranquility to control one's distance.
If you settle down to learn, you must learn. If you don't learn, you won't learn widely. If you don't want to learn, you won't succeed. If you are slow, you can't concentrate, and if you are in danger, you can't cure it.
Years pass, meaning and words pass, and then wither? How can you not meet the world? Sad to keep poor, what will happen! Note 1 Husband: The modal particle at the beginning of the sentence indicates that it will be discussed. Gentleman: A person with high moral standards.
Ok: do it. 2 self-cultivation: self-cultivation and self-cultivation.
Xiu De: Xiu De. (4) Dan Bo: It doesn't matter.
⑤ Quiet: Stable and quiet. Far: lofty and ambitious.
6 width: spread. This means an increase.
⑦ fornication: indulgence, unrestrained. Slow: slack off.
Motivation: Motivation. 8 Danger: Disease.
Governance: cultivation. Chi: It runs very fast.
This means that time passes quickly. Attending: Remove and disappear.
? Sui: Finally. Wither: To wither and decline.
This refers to old age, physical weakness, exhaustion of energy and lack of knowledge. ? Duo: It means roughly.
In this letter, Zhuge Liang taught his son how to use wine and banquet to communicate and master the drinking discretion. Original: The design of husband's wine, the combination of ceremony and emotion, physical fitness, the end of ceremony, and this harmony.
If you don't make up your mind, you can get drunk and not mess up. Note 1 to: expression.
2 Return: Consistent. ③ To: Reach the peak.
4 meaning: fun. Lu: Both.
⑤ binge drinking: it means drinking a lot. 6 to: reach.
Confusion: confusion, loss of reason. Explain that this letter is a family instruction written by Zhuge Liang to his nephew Pang Huan.
Pang Huan, the son of Zhuge Liang's second sister, was once the prefect of the county. In this letter, Zhuge Liang taught his nephew how to aspire, cultivate one's morality and become a useful person.
The ambition of the original husband should be lofty, admire the sages, abandon lust, doubt and stagnation, and be the ambition of ordinary people, show the ambition and feel the ambition. Endure all landowners, go into details, ask questions, besides being too stingy, why harm beauty and suffer despite staying for a long time? . If the ambition is not strong, the intention is not generous, just mediocre and stagnant? , silently tied to love, forever falling into the dust? , it is inevitable that it is dirty? ! Note 1 Exogenous: nephew.
Health, with "nephews". 2 Save: Yes.
3 stagnation: rigidity. 4 Ji Shu: refers to the sages.
5 uncover: reveal. Save: save.
6: Sincerely. 7 forbearance: tolerance.
Qu: wronged; Frustration stretching: stretching, smoothing.
8 subdivision: small and complex. 9 suspicion: complaining, dissatisfaction.
Distress: regret, regret. Attending to overflow: stay.
Stay long: stay long.
4.6 Classical Chinese (Peng Qing Duanshu) 100 is it difficult to learn? For it, it is easy and difficult; If you don't do it, it's hard for easy people.
Is it difficult for people to learn? Learned, difficult people will be easy; If you don't learn, it will be difficult for easy people. I am too faint to catch people, and I am too incompetent to catch people; Learn once and for a long time, but don't be lazy, you will achieve it, but you don't know its vagueness and mediocrity.
I am smart, I am smart, I am smart, I am smart; Abandoning it is tantamount to fainting and mediocrity. The way of being a saint was handed down by Lu.
However, it is useless to be stupid and clever. There are two monks in Shu: one is poor and the other is rich. The poor man said to the rich man, "What do I want in the South China Sea?" The rich man said, "Why should I go?" "A bottle of a bowl is enough for me.
The rich man said, "I've been wanting to buy a boat for years, but I haven't been able to buy it." Why do you want to go? "In the second year, the poor will come back from the South China Sea to tell the rich, and the rich will be ashamed.
I don't know how many miles it takes to go to the South China Sea in West Shu, but the rich monk can't, and the poor monk's determination is not as good as the humble monk in Shu! Therefore, cleverness and sensitivity can be relied on, but they cannot be relied on; It is self-defeating to rely on its cleverness and sensitivity without learning. Confusion and mediocrity can be limited but not limited; Those who are restless in lethargy and mediocrity and tireless in machinery are also self-reliant.
2 Persuade to learn (Xunzi) The gentleman said: You can't learn. Green is taken from blue, and green is blue; Ice, water, but colder than water.
Wood is straight in the rope, not a wheel, and its curve is in the gauge. Although there is a crisis, those who stop coming forward will make it happen.
Therefore, the wood is straight by the rope, the gold is sharp, the gentleman is knowledgeable, and he saves himself every day, so he knows clearly without fault. Think all day long, it is better to learn it in a moment; I've tasted it and I'm looking forward to it. Let's go hiking.
Climb a trick, the arm does not lengthen, but the person you see is far away; Call with the wind, the sound does not add disease, but the listener is obvious. Those who cheat horses are not good enough, but cause thousands of miles; A man who pretends to be a boat can't swim, but he can't swim.
The life of a gentleman is the same, and the goodness lies in personal leave. Accumulated soil becomes mountains, and the wind and rain are prosperous; The water drops merged into the ocean and the dragon was born; Accumulate goodness into virtue, the gods are complacent, and the sacred heart is prepared.
Therefore, you can't take Wan Li Road without accumulating steps; If you don't accumulate small streams, you won't be a river. Leap, not ten steps; This is a great contribution to the success of Ma Xu.
Perseverance, rotten wood can't be carved; Perseverance, the stone can be carved. Earthworms do not have the advantages of minions, and their bones and muscles are strong. They eat the earth and drink the yellow land with their hearts.
The crab kneels six times and pinches twice. Those who are not snakes' caves and eels have no sustenance are impatient. The humble room inscription (Yuxi, Liu Tang) is not high, but there are immortals. The water is not deep, and the dragon is the spirit.
I am a humble room, but I am virtuous. The moss on the stage is green, and the curtain grass is green.
There is no Ding Bai who laughs and has a university. You can tune the pipa and read Jin Dian.
There is no confusion, and there is no complicated form. Zhuge Lu in Nanyang and Ting Yun Pavilion in West Shu.
Kong Ziyun: "What's the matter?" 4 Hu Ailian said (Song Zhou Dunyi) that the flowers of land and water are very fragrant. Tao Jinyuan clearly loves chrysanthemums.
Since Li Tang came, people all over the world have loved peonies. Love lotus alone, dirt-free, clear but not demon. Straight outside, not crawling, fragrant and clear. It is slim and elegant, so you can look at it from a distance without looking ridiculous.
Want to call chrysanthemum, the hermit of flowers; Peony, blooming with wealth; Lotus, the gentleman of flowers. Hey! The love between chrysanthemums and flowers is rarely heard after Tao.
Who gave the lotus love? Peony love is suitable for many people. 5. Night Tour to Chengtian Temple (Song Sushi) On the night of 20061October 12, Yuanfeng undressed and wanted to sleep. He entered the house by moonlight and set off happily.
Those who find nothing go to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin. They are still awake, walking in the atrium. The courtyard is as empty as water, and the algae and grass in the water are intertwined and covered with bamboo and cypress.
What night is there no moonlight? Where is there no bamboo and cypress? But few idle people are like me. 6 With Zhu Shu (Wu Jun in the Southern Dynasties), the wind and smoke are clean, and the Tianshan Mountains are colorful.
Floating from the stream, anything. From Fuyang to Tonglu, it is unparalleled in the world.
The water is blue, and thousands of feet bottoms out. You can swim with the fine stones and look directly at them.
If fierce wave is in a hurry, the arrow will fly faster. The mountains near the shore are all cold trees, competing for novelty and beauty, competing for the high finger peak.
Spring rock, crisp; Good birds sing, they rhyme. Cicadas are endless, and apes are endless.
People flying in the sky, watching the peaks rest; He who is in charge of the affairs of the world looks at the valley and forgets to betray. The horizontal branches are covered, and the day is still faint; The thin strips set each other off, and sometimes the sun shines.
5. Translating a Classical Chinese One winter, Gong Jing went to the suburbs for a cruise. When he saw any buried hunger on the way, he was indifferent. Yan Zi remonstrated, saying, "When the late Lord Huan Gong went on patrol, he gave food to the hungry and money to the poor and sick, and ordered him not to be forced to work or to pay exorbitant taxes. Therefore, whenever Huan Gong wants to travel, people are happy to say,' The king is so lucky to visit our village!' Now that the monarch has an outing in winter, the people who live within forty miles of the capital are not enough to pay taxes, and they will wait on you if they are exhausted. The people were hungry and cold, but the king ignored them, which was beneath the monarch's virtue. When wealth is exhausted, why can people hold the monarch? Arrogant and extravagant, the monarch is far from loving the people. Centrifuge up and down, the monarch and the minister don't kiss, which is the reason for the decline of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties! Now you are repeating the mistakes of three generations. I'm afraid the monarch's family is in danger and the throne has a different surname. "Gong Jing said," yes! The monarch only cares about his own enjoyment and forgets the sufferings of the people. He only knows how to extort money, regardless of the lives of the people. My sin is too great. "So he ordered the hungry people to be buried, took out public grain to help the poor, and let the people around him not accept labor for a year. Gong Jing hasn't gone sightseeing for three months.
Duke Jing of Jin asked the groom to keep a horse he loved, and the horse suddenly fell ill and died. Gong Jing was furious and asked people to take a knife to help the horse breeder. At this moment, this is waiting beside Gong Jing. The left and right took the knife and stopped them. Then they asked Jing, "Who started Yao Shun's liberation?" Gong Jing blurted out in horror: "Start with me." Horse owners have no choice. But he said, "Put him in jail." Yan Zi said. "This man died because he didn't know what he had committed. Please teach the king a lesson, let him know his sins, and then send him to prison for punishment. " Gong Jing said, "Yes." Yan Zi recounted his crimes: "You have three major crimes: the king told you to keep a horse, but you let it die, which is the first capital crime;" You have the king's favorite horse, which is the second capital crime; You let the king kill for a horse. When people hear about it, they will hate our king. When the princes hear about it, they will despise our country. You killed the king's horse, let the people hold grudges against the king, and our army will be defeated by neighboring countries. This is the third capital crime. Now let you go to prison for a crime. " Hearing this, Gong Jing sighed and said, "Please let Old Master Q release him! Please release him quickly! Don't hurt my good virtue. "
Gong Jing's hunting dog died. He ordered it to be treated with a coffin and prepared sacrifices for it in the palace. Yan Zi heard about it and came to dissuade him. Gong Jing said; "It's just a little thing, just to play with the waiter." Yan Zi said, "You are wrong! To take property from the people is not to give it to the people, but to waste money to win a smile, to despise the people's sufferings and to focus on the pleasure of servants. In this way, the country has no hope. What's more, the lonely old man is hungry and cold, and the dead dog enjoys the success. The lonely and helpless are not given relief, and the dead dog still occupies the coffin, which is ridiculous. If the people know this, they will certainly hate their monarch. If the princes know this, they will definitely despise our country. The people complained bitterly, and the governors despised our regime. You think this is a trivial matter! You'd better reconsider! " Gong Jing said, "You are right." Hurry and urge the chef to kill cook the meat, the dog, and take him to have dinner with the ministers.
6. An ancient Chinese translation: Li Cun Sou, the eldest son of Li Keyong.
At that time, Li Keyong defeated Meng in Xingzhou and withdrew to his hometown. He gave a banquet in Sanchanggang, and the actors performed Song of a Hundred Years. When he was weak and old, his voice was sad, and everyone here felt sad. At this moment, five-year-old Li Cun roared by, and Li Keyong brushed his beard generously, pointing to Li Cun and said with a smile, "I'm getting old. This is a wizard. Twenty years later, he will be able to fight here instead of me. "
At the age of eleven, Li Cunxu defeated Wang Xingyu with Li Keyong and was sent to Beijing to report good news. Zhao Zong was surprised to see his appearance. He gave him a jade plate and a glass of wine, stroked his back and said, "You look very strange, and you will be rich or expensive in the future. Don't forget our country then. " Li Cun whooshed up and rode and shot well. He is brave and extraordinary. He learned a little Spring and Autumn Annals and understood the truth of justice. He especially likes music, singing, dancing and funny juggling.
7. A classical Chinese text was translated into Shuowen.
Vole, vole, don't eat my millet! I have served you hard for years, but you don't care about me. Vowed to get rid of you and go to a happy land. Promised land, win my place!
Vole, vole, don't eat my wheat! I have served you hard for many years, but you are not kind to me. Swear to get rid of you and enjoy the state. Guo Le Guo Le, I'm straight!
Rat, vole, don't eat my seedlings! After years of hard work, you don't want me! I vowed to get rid of you and go to the suburbs to laugh. Happy suburb, its name is forever!
Translation:
Mouse, mouse, don't eat my millet! I have worked hard to raise you for several years, but you ignore my life. Swear to leave you and go to that ideal new paradise. New paradise, new paradise, is a good place to live!
Mouse, mouse, don't eat my barley! Who will be grateful for raising you for so many years? Swear to leave you and go to the ideal new music city. New willingness, new willingness, labor value belongs to yourself!
Mouse, mouse, don't eat my seedlings! Who will comfort you after working hard to feed you for so many years and sweating? Swear to leave you and go to that ideal new music suburb. New Music Suburb, New Music Suburb, who has been there?
8. Translation of a Classical Chinese Once upon a time there was a rich man who was stupid and didn't know anything. When I came to a rich family, I saw a three-story building, which was very tall and solemn and envied. She said: "I have this asset, why not build such a building?" So he called craftsmen and told them to do so. The next day, craftsmen came here to lay bricks and rest at night. The woman saw it and asked strangely, "What are you doing?" The craftsmen said, "Be the bottom layer first." The rich man said, "I don't want these houses on the ground floor." The craftsmen were very surprised and said, "If you don't make the ground floor, where can you build the third floor?" The rich stubbornly say that's it. There is nothing to laugh at when others see it!
I think you should have encountered this problem in Chinese reading, so I translated it word for word and thought it was the most standard!