1. Historical records of Xu Zhenqing
Xu Zhenqing, courtesy name Changgu, was from Wuxian County. He is gifted and special, and his family does not have a single book, but he knows everything. He has written poems since he was a scholar. He collaborated with local people Tang Yinshan, Yinyan, Shen Zhou and Yang Xunji, so he became famous. He was promoted to Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi's reign. Xiaozong sent an envoy to inquire about the names of Zhenqing and Huating Lu Shen, and Shen was selected for the palace, but Zhenqing refused because of his appearance. He was awarded the title of Deputy of Zuosi Temple in Dali. He was imprisoned and was demoted to Doctor of the State. Young Master Zhenqing is as famous as Zhu Yunming, Tang Yin and Wen Zhengming, and is known as the "Four Talents in Wuzhong". As a reader, he likes Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi. After he ascended the throne, he traveled with Li Mengyang and He Jingming. He regretted his lack of achievements and moved to the Han, Wei and Tang Dynasties. However, the old habits were still there, and Mengyang ridiculed him for keeping them and not changing them. He died at the age of thirty. Zhenqing was a man of pure body and spirit, and his poems were refined and refined. He was the top poet in Wuzhong. Although he was short-lived, he was well-known among scholars. Zibo Qiu was able to lift people and write poems. 2. Wang Feng, courtesy name Wei Mei, was born in Qiantang. Classical Chinese translation
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Wang Feng, courtesy name was Wei Mei, and was born in Qiantang. Ming Dynasty survivors. He was lonely, poor, and mechanical, and he was not in harmony with others, so he was nicknamed Wang Leng. He passed the Jimao Township Examination in Chongzhen and was as famous as Lu Pei in the same county.
After Jiashen, Pei Zijing died, and Jie offered a memorial ceremony to him. He mourned for a long time, so he gave up the imperial examination. The marriage party wanted to test the Ministry of Rites, and offered his wife a thousand pieces of gold to persuade her to drive away. The wife said, "My husband cannot persuade her, and I disdain this money." She traveled to and from the valley alone carrying medicine and had no fixed place to stay or eat. When Jian lived in the old city, his mother was old and wanted to see Jian from time to time. His brothers Cheng and Yun also abandoned their old clothes and moved out of the city to follow their mother. When the time comes, the province will be settled, but if the time comes, the family will not be able to trace it.
Due to the war, he followed his mother to Tiantai. The Marine Division set off, and the bandits filled the valley and returned to Qiantang. At that time, there were three filial piety and honest people on the lake, all of whom were high-ranking scholars. One of them was Feng, who was very important in matters of affairs. Corporal Lu Gaoyou, the supervisor, met Jie in the monk's house one day and asked, "Where is Wang Xiaolian?" Jie responded, "I was here, but I have gone now." Gao was disappointed, not knowing that the person who responded was Jie. Gaochang was carrying wine in his boat on the West Lake. About three noble men met each other with unworldly courtesy, but they didn't come. Already, knowing that it was in Gushan, we took a boat to it and escaped against the wall. If he fails to enter the city, he will be buried in a rough place if there is a minister who may use his salary as his longevity. The noble man here asked for a tombstone and offered him a hundred gold, but he refused to accept it. He moved to Gushan, with a quilt on his bed and several volumes of broken books. He left his home, returned or never returned, and there was no trace of him. When you meet a good friend, you can drink a fight without getting drunk.
Wei Xi came to visit from Jiangxi, and Schaeffer met him. Xi left a letter saying: "I would rather be the capital of Wei Xi. I want to shake hands with you and cry bitterly!" The secretary of Jian Province was shocked and felt as happy as ever when he saw him. Parting, holding hands and crying. Jian tried to study the transcendental Dharma from monk Yu'an, and Xi said: "You are so careful about Yu'an, how can you intend to be his disciple?" Jian said: "I respect Yu'an very much, but most of today's people with lofty ideals are led by the Shi family. This is why I "Disdainful."
In the autumn of the fourth year of Kangxi's reign, he finally moved to the monk's residence in Baoshi Mountain, at the age of forty-eight.
Translation:
Wang Feng, whose courtesy name is Wei Mei, is from Qiantang. Ming Dynasty survivors. He lost his father when he was young and his family was poor. He studied hard and had an aloof temperament. It was difficult to get along with others. People called him Wang Leng. He passed the Chongzhen Ji Mao Year Township Examination and was as famous as Lu Pei in the same county.
After the Jiashen Incident (Li Zicheng captured Beijing), Lu Pei hanged himself and died. Wang Feng wrote an article to commemorate him, but he cried so hard that he almost died, so he gave up the imperial examination. His relatives wanted to force him to take the examination of the Ministry of Rites, so they paid a thousand taels of silver to visit his wife and asked her to urge Wang Feng to leave. Wang Feng's wife said: "My husband cannot be persuaded, and I despise this money." Jie) once traveled alone in the valley carrying medicine bags, with no fixed place for food and accommodation. Wang Feng originally lived in the city. His mother was old and wanted to see Wang Feng often. His elder brother Wang Cheng and younger brother Wang Yu also gave up their status as health workers and moved outside the city to serve their mother. Wang Feng often came to say hello to his mother, but Wang Feng could come by himself. The family tried to find traces of him, but they couldn't.
Later, due to the war, his mother was transferred to Tiantai Mountain to serve as a minister. The war at sea broke out again, and the mountains were full of thieves, so they returned to Qiantang. At this time, there were three filial and honest people on the lake. They were all noble men. Wang Feng was one of them. People in power respected them. Supervisor Lu Gao was a corporal of Li Xian. One day, Lu Gao met Wang Jie in the monk's residence and asked: "Where is Wang Xiaolian?" Wang Jie replied: "He was here just now, and now he has left." Lu Gao was very disappointed and did not know. The person who answered was Wang Feng. Lu Gao once rowed a boat on the lake with wine and invited three noble men to meet him with worldly etiquette. Only Wang Jie did not come. Soon, Wang Jie learned that he was in Gushan and took a boat to visit him. Wang Jie fled in panic. Wang Feng did not enter the city, and some officials used their salary to wish him a birthday. He could not refuse, so he dug a hole and buried it. The dignitaries in his hometown asked him to write an epitaph and gave him a hundred taels of silver, but he refused to accept it. He moved to Gushan to live with only a few tattered books in addition to a basket bed and quilt. He locked the door and went out, sometimes returning and sometimes not. No one knew his whereabouts. When you meet a good friend, you can drink a pint of wine without getting drunk.
Wei Xi came to visit him from Jiangxi but refused to see him. Wei Xi left a letter and said: "I am Wei Xi from Ningdu. I want to shake hands with you and cry bitterly!" Wang Jie was very surprised after reading the letter. When he met for the first time, he felt like a lifelong old friend. Before parting, they held each other's hands and shed tears.
Wang Feng once followed the monk Yu'an to explore the method of rebirth. Wei Xi said: "You treat Yu'an so respectfully, do you have the idea of ??becoming his disciple?" Wang Feng said: "I respect Yu'an very much, but most of today's people with lofty ideals Being attracted by Buddhism is the reason why I feel unworthy (to join Buddhism)."
In the autumn of the fourth year of Kangxi's reign, Wang Feng died in the monk's residence on Baoshi Mountain at the age of forty-eight. 3. Translation of Wang Jinggong and Ding Mu's Worry in Classical Chinese
Original text:
When Duke Jing knew how to make imperial edicts, Ding Mu was worried about her. She was already fifty years old. She was so sad that she did not stay at home, so she wrote the manuscript. Straw is recommended, so he sleeps on the ground in the hall. At that time, Pan Su knew about Jingnan and sent a letter to Jinling. I arrived in a hurry and saw a man sitting on the floor in the hall. His face was thin and skinny. He was shocked to think that he was a veteran. After calling for orders to bring the books into the house, the master hurriedly took the books and opened them on the bed to read. He said angrily, "Is it okay to leave someone else's book and dismantle it in the yard?" Anxious and frightened, he rushed out and said: "It's good to give up to others." -
Translation:
Wang Jinggong was in charge of drafting the edict. When his mother died, he was already over fifty. , excessively sad, no longer living at home, using a straw mat as a mattress and sleeping on the floor in the hall. At this time, Pan Su was in charge of Jingnan and sent someone to deliver a letter to Jinling. After the urgent messenger (similar to a courier) arrived, he saw a skinny man sitting on the floor in the hall. He was shocked and thought he was a veteran. Asking him to deliver the letter to the inner house, Jinggong took the letter and opened it on the floor to read. The messenger said angrily: "(Letter from Zhongshushe) and the veteran can open and read it without authorization?" He shouted, The attendants on the left and right said: "This is the person from Zhongshushe." The messenger quickly exited in fear and said: "What a good person from Zhongshushe, what a good person from Zhongshushe!" 4. Is that Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming, Zhou Wenbin or... Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming,
The Four Talents, also known as the "Four Talents of the Wu Clan", were four talented cultural figures living in Suzhou during the Ming Dynasty.
It is generally believed to refer to the collective name of Tang Yin (i.e. Tang Bohu), Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing.
1. Tang Yin's ancestral home was Jinchang, which was the Jincheng area of ??Shanxi Province after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Therefore, in his calligraphy and painting signatures, the four characters "Jinchang Tang Yin" were often written. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the Tang family moved south and began to do business in Nanjing and Suzhou. Tang Yin was born into a merchant family in Wu Qili, Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture. His father is Tang Guangde and his mother is Qiu. Tang Bohu was talented and intelligent since he was a child. He was familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics, and was well-read in historical books. At the age of 16, he won the first place in the scholar examination, which caused a sensation in the whole city of Suzhou. At the age of 19, she married Xu, who was Xu Tingrui's second daughter. When he was more than 20 years old, his family suffered a series of misfortunes. His parents died one after another. His wife died of illness when he was 24 years old, and his sisters also passed away one after another. His family was in decline. Under the advice of his friend Zhu Zhishan, he concentrated on studying. During this period, he may have married another wife. At the age of 29, he joined the army. In the Tianfu public examination, he won the first place "Jie Yuan". At the age of 30, he went to Beijing to take the examination. However, he was implicated in a fraud case in the examination room and was denounced as an official, and his wife left because of it. After that, he decided not to make progress and made a living by selling paintings. In the ninth year of Zhengde (1514), he went to Nanchang for more than half a year at the invitation of King Ning Zhu Chenhao. Later, he realized that King Ning had evil intentions, so he pretended to be crazy and escaped and returned. Later, she married Shen, also known as Jiuniang. She lived in poverty in her later years and died of illness at the age of 54.
2. Zhu Zhishan, whose courtesy name is Xizhe, was born with six fingers on his left hand, so he came from Haozhishan and was born with Zhizhi, so he was also known as "Zhuzhishan" and "Zhujingzhao" in the world. A native of Changzhou (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province). Zhu Yunming has shown various artistic talents since he was a child. "At the age of five, I can write big characters with a ruler", and at the age of nine, I can write poems. In the fifth year of Hongzhi's reign in the Ming Dynasty, he passed the imperial examination and was appointed magistrate of Xingning County, Huizhou Prefecture, Guangdong. In the first year of Jiajing, he went to Yingtian Prefecture (today's Nanjing) as a judge. In the second year of Jiajing's reign, he returned home due to illness. He died in the fifth year of Jiajing at the age of sixty-seven.
3. Wen Zhengming, formerly known as Bi, had the courtesy name Zhengming. At the age of forty-two, he began to use the character Xing and changed the character Zhengzhong. Because he was born in Hengshan, he was named Hengshan Jushi, and was known as "Wenhengshan" in the world. He was a member of the Imperial Academy and was a native of Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). He was born in the sixth year of Chenghua reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Ming Dynasty and died in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing reign of Emperor Shizong of Ming Dynasty at the age of ninety. He is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and his poets are Bai Juyi and Su Shi. His literary studies are from Wu Kuan, his calligraphy studies are from Li Yingzhen, and his painting studies are from Shen Zhou.
4. Xu Zhenqing, also known as Changgu, also known as Changguo, was born in Meili Town, Changshu, and later moved to Wuxian County (now Suzhou). He was a writer in the Ming Dynasty and was known as the "Wuzhong Poetry Champion". He was one of the four most talented people in Wuzhong. (also known as one of the Four Great Talents in Jiangnan). He is famous for his quatrain "The articles on Jiangzuo's family are full of jade, and the moonlight is on the trees and flowers in Yangzhou".
Hope it can help you 5. Sun Sheng, translation of Yin Haoqing's classical Chinese text on Forgetting to Eat
Sun Sheng, courtesy name Anguo, was born in Zhongdu, Taiyuan. Zu Chu, prefect Feng Yi. Father Xun, the prefect of Yingchuan. Xun met a thief in the county and was killed. When he was ten years old, he took refuge across the river. He is tall, knowledgeable, and good at speaking theory. At that time, Yin Hao was good at being famous for a while, and those who resisted it were just prosperous. Sheng tasted Yihao's discussion, and threw the tail of the squid vigorously at the food, and the hair fell into the rice. Four people had eaten cold food but then warmed it up again. In the evening, they forgot to eat, and the reason was uncertain. Sheng also wrote medical divination and "The Theory of Yi Xiang is better than seeing the form". Many others found it difficult to understand, so he became famous.
Translation
Sun Sheng, whose courtesy name was Anguo, was from Zhongdu, Taiyuan Prefecture. Grandfather Sun Chu served as the prefect of Feng Yi. His father, Sun Xun, served as the prefect of Yingchuan. When Sun Xun was serving in the county, he encountered thieves and was killed. When Sun Sheng was ten years old, he crossed the Yangtze River to avoid disaster. When he grows up, he will study extensively, be good at speaking, and understand things clearly. At that time, Yin Hao's reputation was unparalleled, and the only one who could argue with him on an equal footing was Sun Sheng.
Sun Sheng once visited Yin Hao and talked with him about the relative diet. When he waved his tail, all the animal hair fell into the rice. The food was cold and then reheated. He repeated this many times. In the evening, he forgot to eat. In the end, the mystery was not determined. Sun Shengyou wrote articles on medical divination and "The Theory of Yi Xiang Miao Yu Jing Xing". Yin Hao and others were unable to criticize it in the end, so he became famous. 6. Classical Chinese translation of "Chu Zhuang is worried about death"
"Chu Zhuang is worried about death"
The king of Chu Zhuang planned something, but none of the officials could catch him, and he retreated from the court with a worried look. Duke Shen's witch minister came forward and said, "Why do you look worried when you retire from the dynasty?" The King of Chu said, "I heard that the princes choose their own teachers to be kings, and their own friends to be hegemons. We are now debating it as a traitor to the court, and none of the ministers can catch it. Our country is about to be destroyed, so I feel worried." (Liu Xiang's "New Preface: Miscellaneous Matters No. 1") < /p>
[Note] Bugu: A humble word for the ancient kings to call themselves.
Classical Chinese Translation
King Zhuang of Chu planned something and did it well. None of the ministers could catch up with him. After he retired from the court, his face showed a sad look. Duke Shen, the witch minister, came forward and said, "Why did you look worried after you retired?" The King of Chu replied, "I have heard that if the princes can choose their own teachers, they can be crowned kings. He who can choose his own friends can dominate; he who is complacent and his officials cannot compare with him will lose his country. Now, if an incompetent person like me discusses important matters in the court, the officials will not be able to compare with me. We The country was probably going to perish, so I looked sad.
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