The original text of Han Yu's Shi Shuo
Shi Shuo is a famous work by Han Yu. We can regard Shi Shuo as a solemn declaration of Han Yu advocating "ancient prose". The following is the original text and appreciation of Shi Shuo. Let's have a look.
original text
The teacher said
Author: [Tang] Han Yu
Ancient scholars (1) must have teachers. Teacher, so 2 preach 3 by 4 industry 5 also. People are not born to know (6), who can not be confused? If you are confused and don't follow the teacher, you will be confused (7) and you will never understand. Born before (8) me, I heard that (9) was also fixed before me, so I borrowed it (10); After I was born, I studied Taoism first, so I studied Taoism. I'm a teacher, and Fu Yong knows that his date was born by me (1 1)? Therefore, there is no nobility, no length, no shortage, the existence of Tao and the existence of teachers (12).
Ha ha! Teacher Dao (13) has not been passed on for a long time! It's hard to be confused! Ancient sage, male (14), still in the distance, (15) asked the teacher questions; Today's people (16) are far from saints, and they are ashamed to learn from their teachers (17). Therefore, saints are good for saints and fools are good for fools (18). What makes saints holy and fools stupid? Love your son and choose a teacher to teach him. On him, he is ashamed of his teacher and confused (19)! The boy's teacher (20), who teaches and learns to read sentences (Dü u) (21), is not what I said to explain his confusion. I don't know, I don't understand, or I don't know (22), or I don't know (fǒu), but I left a legacy in primary school (23), and I haven't seen it clearly. Witch doctor (24) is a musician (25), and he is not ashamed to be a teacher (26); Scholar-officials (27), who called their master and pupil Yunzhe, laughed together. When asked, say that he is similar to that year (28) and similar to Tao. Humble position leads to shame (29), and official position leads to contempt (yú)(30). Oh! The teacher's road is gone (3 1)! Witch doctors are highly skilled musicians, and gentlemen (32) are contemptuous (33). Today, their wisdom is (34) and they cannot reach it. Very strange and embarrassing (yú)(35)!
Saint impermanence division (36). Confucius studied under Zanzi (37), Hong (38) and Hong (39). A disciple of Tan (37) is not as virtuous as Confucius. Confucius said, "Where there are three people, there must be a teacher." (40) Therefore, a disciple need not (4 1) be inferior to a teacher, and a teacher need not be superior to a disciple. There is an order of teaching and learning, and there is a profession with specialization (42), that's all.
Li (pán)(43) is seventeen years old, and he is good at classical Chinese. His six art classics (biography) (44) are all familiar with Tzu Chi, and he learns more regardless of time (45). Yu Jiaqi can take the ancient road (46) and write Shi Shuo to convey (yí)(47).