Translation of Selected Annals of Ji Xiang, a compulsory Chinese course in senior high school.

Jixuan, Qiannan attic. This room is only ten feet square and can only accommodate one person. A century-old house, the dust and mud are seeping (shèn), and the rain is betting; Every time I move a box, there is no place to put it. The room faces north, so it gets dark at noon. I repaired a little (gas) to prevent water leakage. Four windows were opened in front, and a wall was built around the yard to keep out the sunshine in the south. It was sunny and the room was bright. In addition, the orchid bamboo trees planted in the court, and the old rafters (shǔn) also increased the victory. Borrowing books, singing, sitting still, everything can be heard; And the court (step) is silent, birds peck, and people don't go. On the night of the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, the moon is high, illuminating half of the wall. The shadows of osmanthus trees are scattered, and the shadows are shaken by the breeze, which is very lovely.

However, I live here, and there are many things to be happy about and many things to be sad about. Before that, the courtyard was connected with the north and the south. Parents are different. There are many small doors inside and outside, and the walls are often reversed. Dogs bark in the west, guests have a feast, and chickens live in the hall. The yard was fenced in at first, then the wall was repaired and changed twice. There is an old woman (Yu) in my family, and I live here. Yi, the first maid, the second breast, Xian Yan (bǐ) caressed him very thick. The west and the back of the house are connected, and my mother used to come. Every time I say Yu, I say "somewhere, and my mother is here." Yu added, "Your sister (zǐ) is in my arms, quack (gū) is crying; Mother knocked on the door with her finger and said,' Are you cold? Do you want something to eat? I responded outside the board meeting. "Never put off till tomorrow what you can, I cried, I cried. One day, when I was in the reading room, my mother said to me, "Son, long time no see, why are you here silently?" Instead of going, he closed the door with his hand and said to himself, "My family's study has been ineffective for a long time, but I can wait for my son to succeed!" After a while, he came with an elephant (hù) and said, "This is what my great-grandfather Xuande insisted on using. You will use it one day! "Looking at the ruins, just like yesterday, people can't control the trombone.

The veranda with windows on the ridge has caught fire four times and can't be burned down. It must be protected by gods. Yu Ji (Ji not ng) and Yu Yu (yǒu) lived together. For a long time, they could distinguish people by their feet. Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought for the world, and Zhuge Liang was born in central Gansu, and made great achievements.

Ji Xiang said, "Shu Qing defends the Dan point, which is beneficial to the world, and then Qin Huang builds a daughter to clear Taiwan; Liu Xuande and Cao Cao fought for the world, and Zhu Gekongming started in Longzhong. The ignorance of both sides is in a corner, and the world knows enough. The rest of the area is defeated in the house, and when the eyebrows are raised and the eyes blink, it is called a spectacle. What's the difference between a famous figure in Kan Jing and a frog? " (There is no such passage in the second semester of Grade One in the last edition 16. )

The author wrote this story many years later. I wrote this story for this purpose. In the last five years, my wife came back to the porch to ask me about ancient things or learn some books. When the lady returned to Ning, she said to the younger sisters, "I heard that the younger sister has a pavilion. What is a pavilion?" In the next six years, my wife died and the ridge of the ridge was not renovated. Two years later, I was ill in bed for a long time without any sustenance, and I sent someone to repair the South Pavilion. The pattern was slightly different from the past. However, after that, I was more outside than living here.

There is a loquat tree in the yard, which was planted by my wife when she died. Now it stands tall and luxuriant like an umbrella.

-Gui Youguang's "Ji Xiang Xuanzhi" (with the Soviet Union to pay high school compulsory five)

To annotate ...

1, Xuan: Watch the room.

2, old: old, original.

3. Abbot: One foot square.

4. Dust and mud infiltration: the soil (on the roof wall) leaks downwards. Infiltrate, infiltrate. Leakage: slowly leak through small holes.

5. Yuze bet: It rains cats and dogs. Get down! Get down! Yuze: Rain.

6. Cases: several cases, tables.

7. Gu: Look around. Looking around, he. (Xu Shen's "Shuo Wen Jie Zi")

8, can not get the sky: get the sky, according to the sun.

9. I was dizzy in the afternoon: faint, the light is unknown.

10, fixed (wéi). Repair: repair, repair, repair.

1 1, open.

12. Wall the courtyard: build a wall around the courtyard. Wall, where nouns are used as verbs, refers to building a low wall. Wall: Build a wall. Zhou ting, go around the field.

13, when: Welcome.

14, Dongran: shiny appearance.

15, column rafter (shǔn): railing. Vertical columns are called columns and horizontal columns are called rafters.

16, gain: add luster. Victory: Brilliance.

17, Yang Yan: Yang Yan, get down. Lift up, lift up reluctantly, and live in peace.

18, whistling song: whistling or singing. Here refers to chanting, expressing unrestrained. Whistle, and your mouth makes a long and clear sound.

19, sitting quietly: sitting quietly alone. Sit straight.

20. All sounds can be heard: all sounds in nature can be heard. All sounds refer to all sounds in nature. Come on, the sound made in the cave also refers to the general sound.

2 1, the night of March 5: the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

22. Shanshan: Yu Pei's voice extends to her beautiful appearance.

23.(dài) paternal difference (cuàn): when uncles and uncles separated. Wait a minute. All fathers, uncles and uncles are collectively referred to. No, cooking in different stoves means running away from home.

24, often: refers to everywhere, everywhere. And: modify relational conjunctions. Yes: this (sample).

25. Oriental dogs bark at the west: Oriental dogs bark at the west. It means that after separation, dogs treat people who used to live in a yard as strangers.

26, over the banquet: eat in the kitchen. Dong, the kitchen

27. Yes: Yes, soon.

28. Everything has changed again: everything will always be * * *. Again, twice.

29. Answer each other: answer one by one. Phase: a compound word with partial meaning, referring to her (my mother).

30. Bundle hair: In ancient times, boys put their hair in a bun when they were adults. 15 years old refers to childhood.

3 1, Jingri: all day. Unexpectedly, from beginning to end.

32. He (hé): Pass on' He'. Turn it off.

33. Looking at the ruins: reminiscing about the past. Vision: look ahead. C: Look back. Expectation: Generally speaking, it means expectation and nostalgia.

34. Close the window. Close (from the inside). You, window.

35. Almost: I'm afraid, probably, the tone of speculation.

36. Return: Marry my family. Returning, ancient women got married.

37. Use a few books: Learn to write in several cases. A few small or short tables. Book: write.

38. Mothering: Married daughters return home.

39. System: refers to the format and appearance of the building.

40. Manual planting: Manual planting. Hand: by hand.

4 1, graceful as a cover: tall and straight, with a canopy like an umbrella cover. Elegant and straight. Cover, called umbrella in ancient times.

42. Repair: Repair.

43. All: All.

Different meanings of ancient and modern times

1, there is only the abbot in the room (abbot, ancient: one post is now: abbot in the temple)

2, the wall is often (often, ancient: everywhere today: often)

3. Yuzi tied her hair (tying her hair, ancient times: referring to today's children: tying her hair)

polysemy

1, go

Dong Ran is at the beginning of the room.

At first, the court was a fence, and it was already a wall (adverb, at first, at first)

Step 2 pass the exam

I fainted after noon (verb, part)

My mother said (verb, visit)

Pass by the porch (verb, pass by)

Step 3: a group

Take care of those who have nothing to put (verb, put)

Multi-door inside and outside (verb, setting)

4, and

I live in the same place (conjunction, table modification)

All voices can be heard, but the steps of the court are silent (connection, table juxtaposition)

Walls are often (conjunctions, table decorations)

Somewhere, but mother is here (through "er", pronoun, yours)

Cry when you croak (conjunction, table modification)

5. for

What started as a fence became a wall (verb, tie/build).

Dong Xuan tastes like a kitchen (yes).

In court, the north and the south are one (yes)

I responded from outside the chessboard (preposition, for, give)

Let me modify (preposition, for, for) a little.

Step 6 take it

Think of it as a day in the south (conjunction, table, used for)

Can distinguish people by foot sounds (prepositions, dependence)

Hold this against the DPRK (equivalent to "er", conjunction, table modification)

Step 7 forecast

What is a pavilion?

Every time you say Yu Yue (tell, talk about ...)

8. One

In the court, the north and the south are one.

Taste for the first time (adverbs, sometimes)

9. One day

Can't get the sun.

It's past noon (the sun).

One day, my mother spent the rest of the day (day, day and night are all days)

10, first of all

First of all, the north and the south are one in the imperial court (before ...)

So did the first mother and maid (dead, dead)

1 1, front

The first four windows (noun adverbial, in front)

Pass by the porch

12 in total

My wife planted it herself when she died.

One day you will use it (pronoun, referring to elephant)

Children's achievements (auxiliary words, eliminating sentence independence between subject and predicate)

Clear treatment (auxiliary word, regulating syllable)

13, west

East dog is called west (noun adverbial, going west)

This room connects with the boudoir in the west.

14, Germany

Get no sunshine (shine)

Don't burn (canned food)

15, already

I fainted after noon (adverb, already)

Has become a wall (adverb, soon)

16, when

Become the sun of the south (block)

You will need it one day.

17, however,

The room begins with a hole (adjective suffix, like ...)

However, I live here (conjunction, however, but)

18, reservation

Borrow a shelf full (of books)

Or by studying books (writing)

19, food

Birds peck at (food) from time to time.

Want to eat (eat)

20, big

So are all kinds of girls (adverbs, very, very)

The first big mother and maid (big mother, disyllabic word, referring to grandmother)

2 1, cable

Where mother is.

My wife planted it herself the year she died (demonstrative pronoun before the verb, ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

22.

I responded from outside the chessboard (preposition, from, from)

Ask Yu about ancient things.

23, since

I am very busy (from, from, preposition)

Say to yourself: "…" (ego, pronoun)

24. Return

My wife will come back (verb, women get married)

My wife is mothering (verb, return. The mother-in-law pointed out that the married daughter went back to her family to visit relatives)

25, every

Every time you move a box, look at the person who has nothing to put (adverb, every time)

Every time Yu said to Yu, "Somewhere, and my mother is here." (adverb, often)

Common words

1, and mother is here. Also, by "uh", yours

2, the wind is moving, cute. Shanshan, called "Shanshan", describes Yu Pei's voice as a beautiful appearance.

Flexible use of parts of speech

1. Nouns are used as verbs

(1) Milk II (breastfeeding)

(2) After the guests have finished, they will hold a banquet.

(3) to the court (hearing)

(4) My family's study has been ineffective for a long time (effective means famous)

(5) Or learn (write) books from several books.

(6) the wall of the surrounding courtyard (built on the wall. )

2. Nouns are used as adverbials

(1) Yuze betting; Do not leak (downward, downward, upward, from above)

(2) Four windows in front (front refers to the north of the pavilion, because the pavilion is north)

East dog barks west.

I planted it with my own hands the year my wife died.

(5) There are many small doors inside and outside (inside and outside)

From time to time

3. Numerals are used as nouns

In the court, the north and the south are one.

Special sentence patterns

1, sentence

2. The brackets in the following sentences indicate the omitted parts. For example:

Shu method in Shu (omitting the preposition "Yu")

3. The adverbial (italics) below the inverted sentence (prepositional structure is put behind) is put after the verb (bold). In translation, adverbials generally move forward. For example:

Garden planting Phyllanthus (garden planting Phyllanthus)

Live here (live here)

Attached to the boudoir (attached to the boudoir)

Live in the hall

Different from before (different from before)

4. Passive sentences

Don't burn (passive sentence)

5. Preposition object sentence

translate

Xiangjixuan used to be the south attic. This room is only ten feet square and can only accommodate one person. A century-old house, the soil (roof wall) leaks from above, and the accumulated water keeps flowing downwards; Every time I move the table, I look around and there is no room for the console table. The house faces north again, so the sun can't shine. After noon, the sun has dimmed. I repaired it a little so that it wouldn't leak from it. Four windows were opened in front, and a wall was built around the yard to block the sunshine in the south. The sun is reflecting and shining, and the room is very bright. I planted orchids, osmanthus trees, bamboo and so on. Walking around the yard at will, and the railings in the past have added new luster. Borrowed books are full of shelves, while I live indoors, reciting poems, and sometimes I sit quietly alone, listening to the sounds of nature; The courtyard and steps are quiet, birds fly down from time to time to peck, and people don't leave here. On the night of the fifteenth, the bright moon hung high, illuminating half of the wall. The shadows of osmanthus trees were scattered, and the breeze blew through the shadows, which was very lovely.

However, I live here, and there are many things to be happy about and many things to be sad about. Before this, the courtyard was connected with the north and the south. When uncle and uncle were separated, many small doors were set up indoors and outdoors, and walls were everywhere. After separation, dogs treat people who used to live in a yard as strangers, guests have to go through the kitchen and chickens live in the hall. The yard was fenced off at first, then it was built into a fence and changed twice. There is an old woman at home who used to live here. This old woman, my dead grandmother's handmaid, has nurtured two generations, and my mother is very kind to her. The west of the house is connected with the inner room. My mother used to come here often. The old woman often says to me: "This place, your mother used to stand here." The old woman added, "Your sister is crying in my arms; Your mother knocked on the door with her finger and said,' Is the child cold? Or do you want to eat? I answered one by one through the door ... "Before I finished, I began to cry, and the old woman shed tears. I have been studying on the porch since I was fifteen. One day, my grandmother came to see me and said, "long time no see, son." Why do you stay here silently all day? What a nice girl. "When you leave, close the door with your hand and say to yourself,' Our scholar has not become famous for a long time, and the success of (my) child is just around the corner! "Soon, he came up with an elephant and said," This was used by my grandfather when Gong Xuande was in office. I will definitely use it in the future! "Recalling these things in the past, as if it happened yesterday, really makes people burst into tears.

There used to be a kitchen to the east of Jixiangxuan, and people had to pass in front of it to go there. I live in it with the windows closed. After a long time, I can tell who it is by the footsteps. A ridge porch * * * was burned four times, but it couldn't burn down. Probably protected by the gods.

Xiang Ji said: There was a widow named Qing in Bashu. She inherited the cinnabar mine left by her husband, and the mining profit is the highest in the world. Later, Qin Shihuang built a "pregnant platform for women" to commemorate her. Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought for the world, and Zhuge Liang made contributions to farming. These two people are still in an unknown remote corner. How can the world know? I live in this shabby hut today, but I enjoy myself and think there are wonders. If anyone knows my situation, I'm afraid I'll be regarded as a short-sighted frog in the well!

After I finished writing this article, my wife came to my house five years later. She often comes to the porch to ask me some old things. Sometimes she learns to write at her desk. My wife went back to her parents' house to visit relatives, and came back to relay the words of the younger sisters: "I heard that there is a small attic in my sister's house. What is that small attic?" Six years later, my wife died, and Ji Xiangxuan was dilapidated and not renovated. Two years later, I was ill in bed for a long time and had no (spiritual) sustenance, so I sent someone to repair the South Pavilion, and the pattern was slightly different from the past. Since then, I have spent more time outside than here.

There is a loquat tree in the yard, which was planted by my wife when she died. Now it is as tall and lush as an umbrella.