Translation:
Now those insatiable people in the world, when they see money, don't avoid it and use it to increase their property. They don't know that wealth and commodities have become their own burdens, but they are afraid that the accumulation of wealth is not enough. When they collapsed due to negligence, some were dismissed from office, and some were exiled to remote areas, which was considered as suffering. If they are used, they don't think about repentance. They think about improving their status and increasing their wages every day. They are insatiable and almost fall to their death. They see those who commit suicide because they are desperately corrupt officials, and they don't know how to learn from them. Even though they look huge and are called "people", they are as knowledgeable as bugs. It's so sad!
Whoever has an ancient essay about greed might as well give me a story.
In the past, people in the state of Qi wanted gold, wore clothes and were suitable for gold, but left for their gold. The official caught him and asked, "What can I do to detain people's money when there are people everywhere?" Yes, he said, "when you get gold, you can't see anyone, you only see gold."
Note 1. Chintan: Early in the morning 2. Suit: Go, go, go to 3. Sell.
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Once upon a time, there was a man in Qi who wanted gold very much. He put on his coat and hat and went to the market in the morning. When I went to the place where the gold was sold, I took the opportunity to grab the gold and left. The inspector grabbed him and asked him, "Why did you take his gold when everyone was here?" The man said to the inspector, "when I took the gold, I didn't see anyone at all, only gold."
Who has ancient prose about greed, tell me a story. The short story Hungry Snakes Swallow Snakes is an allusion. Its main idea is that once upon a time, a very poor man saved the life of a snake. In return for saving his life, the snake asked the man to make demands and satisfy his wishes. At first, the man only asked for simple food and clothing, and the snake satisfied his wish. Later, greed gradually emerged. The snake also satisfied him. Until he became prime minister, he was not satisfied and asked to be emperor. At this time, the snake finally understood that human greed is endless, so it swallowed this person in one bite. So, the snake swallowed the prime minister, not the elephant. Therefore, it left the allusion of "the snake swallows the elephant's lack of heart". Up to now, people have gradually written "Snakes swallow like people are lacking in heart". Just like snakes are insatiable and finally want to swallow elephants, China ancient lovers in this world don't avoid goods, so as to enrich their rooms. They don't know if they are tired for themselves, but they are afraid that they will not accumulate. They are lazy, abandon them, migrate, and they are sick. If they can afford it, they don't like it. They think highly of themselves every day and are greedy for their money. (Selected from Liu Zongyuan's Biography of Squidward Tentacles in the Tang Dynasty) Translation: In today's world, those insatiable people don't avoid money when they see it, and use it to increase their property. They don't know that money and goods have become their own burdens, but they are afraid that the accumulation of wealth is not enough. Once they collapse due to negligence, some of them will be dismissed and some will be exiled to remote areas, which will be considered as suffering. I got a raise, and I became more greedy for money, even to the point of falling to my death. I don't know how to learn from those who commit suicide because they are desperately greedy for money. Even though they look huge and are called "people", they are as knowledgeable as bugs, which is pathetic.
4. "Don't be greedy" classical Chinese tells a truth: don't be too greedy, greed is the root of life pain.
Original text:
There is fruit in the bottle. My son reached into the bottle and filled it up. You can't hit my hand. It's sour and impatient. Cry. Mother said, "Don't be greedy, then you can punch."
Vernacular translation:
There is fruit in the bottle. The child reached for the bottle and grabbed it. The bottle mouth is small, so I can't get my hand out. My hand hurts and I cry. Mother said, "Don't be greedy. You can come out with a few hands less."
This article comes from Lesson 24, Book 3 of New Chinese in the Republic of China, which is an anonymous textbook.
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Writing background:
Although the article is short, it contains rich philosophy of life. Until today, it is still thought-provoking. "Not greedy" is the bottom line of moral constraint to be cultivated from an early age. As we adults all know, greed is the root of life's pain. Children don't understand this. They only know what they like and want to eat it all at once.
Since childhood, our parents have told us to stuff them in our mouths one by one. Don't stuff them all at once. Be careful of choking. This is not your business. You can't take it. This is the rule. When eating, eat slowly. Eating less tastes good, but eating more tastes bad.
If adults can teach us this truth in childhood, it will be useful for life. Don't be greedy, it teaches us moderation and choice, and draws the bottom line of greed from thinking and judgment. In our adult world, most people know that they have more than they can chew.
But many people have not formed ideological and moral standards since childhood. When we grow up, facing the world of flowers, feasting and wealth, there is no such threshold and bottom line to restrict our judgment. We are greedy and lose ourselves. Such a simple truth, many people just didn't do it, because they lacked the practical teaching of "don't be greedy" from childhood.
Appreciation of articles:
The article is concise and intriguing. Although it is written about children, it reflects the shadow of adults. Although I wrote about the past, I met the reality:
I take the bus almost every week and queue up to take the bus. I often meet adults with children and say, "Get on the bus and grab some seats." Sure enough, some children wearing red scarves did not wait in line and jumped into the car to help adults grab seats. One grab is two or three seats. It was not his intention that the child in the red scarf grabbed the seat. He is completing the task given by the adults.
Once, I met four women with three children in front of a toy store on the street, buying toys. A child cried and asked for the same thing. One adult kept buying it for him, another adult said "Don't follow her", and the third adult said "Let her go (let him go)".
The third adult should be a crying and noisy child. With the connivance of the mother, the child got several toys. Nevertheless, the child still stared at the toys in the hands of the other two children.
There is an ancient prose about a butcher who killed a wolf. The name of this article is Wolf 1. A butcher came home late and all the meat was left.
On the way, the two wolves traveled a long way. Eliminate fear and throw it at the bone.
The wolf has a bone to stop, and the wolf still comes from. After the re-voting, the post-wolf stopped and the former wolf came again.
The bones are exhausted, and the two wolves drive together. Tu was embarrassed. He was afraid of being attacked by the enemy.
There is a wheat field in Gu Ye, where the landowner earns a lot of money. Tu Naiben leaned against it with a knife on his shoulder.
Wolves are afraid to go forward, eyeing each other. When I was a child, a wolf left and a dog sat in front of him.
After a long time, my eyes seem to be useless and very idle. Tu suddenly and violently, one knife to cut the wolf's head, several knives to kill it.
Fang wanted to go, but after turning to pay, a wolf hole was among them, which meant to tunnel in and attack the back. The body is half in, and only the tail is exposed.
After the slaughter, he died of a broken stock. It was the wolf who fell asleep before enlightenment, and covered it to lure the enemy.
The wolf was afraid, too, but he was killed twice in an instant. What is the geometry of the beast? Stop laughing. 2. A butcher came back at night, and the meat in his burden had been sold out, leaving only bones.
The butcher met two wolves on the road and followed (him) for a long way. The butcher was afraid and threw the bone to the wolf.
One wolf stopped when he got the bone, and the other wolf followed. The butcher threw the bone out again, and then the wolf who got the bone stopped, and so did the wolf who got the bone before.
The bones were gone, but the two wolves chased the butcher together as before. The butcher felt critical and worried about being attacked by wolves before and after.
He looked around and found a wheat field in the field. The owner of the wheat field piled firewood in it and built it like a hill. The butcher then ran over, leaned over the firewood pile, unloaded the burden and picked up the butcher knife.
The two wolves dared not go forward and stared at the butcher. After a while, one wolf went straight away, and the other wolf squatted in front like a dog.
After a while, the wolf sitting there seems to close his eyes and look relaxed. The butcher suddenly jumped up, cut off the wolf's head with one knife, and killed the wolf with several knives.
Just as he wanted to leave, he turned and looked behind the haystack. Another wolf is digging a hole, trying to dig a hole from the haystack and attack the butcher from behind. The wolf's body has gone to half, showing only * * * and tail.
The butcher cut off the wolf's hind legs from behind and the wolf was killed. He realized that the wolf in front pretended to sleep, which was originally used to lure the enemy.
Wolves are also very cunning, and both wolves were killed in the blink of an eye. How many tricks can animals use? This is just a joke. The source comes from the extended data of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio written by Pu Songling in Qing Dynasty 1. Appreciating this passage shows the courage and calmness of the butcher and the cunning and greed of the wolf. This is the * * * and ending of the story.
"One Wolf, One Road", there is another plot; "Dog sits in front" (here "dog" is a noun used as an adverbial, like a dog), which contains the meaning of a butcher and shows the cunning of a wolf. "My eyes are blurred and I am very idle." The performance was realistic and the atmosphere seemed to ease.
The butcher was not fooled by the illusion, seized the opportunity, decided to dare to fight, and won half the victory. It's not a relief here.
"Post-transfer payment" shows that the butcher has deeply realized the nature of the wolf and became alert. "A Wolf in the Cave" will finally reveal the nature of the wolf, and then point out the cunning and sinister of the wolf. Nai Wu shows that the struggle made the butcher have a deep understanding of the wolf's treachery.
2. Author's brief introduction Pu Songling (1640-1765438+February 25, 2005), whose real name is Liu Xian, whose real name is Chen Jian, whose alias is Liu Quan lay man, is known as Mr. Liaozhai by the world and calls himself Yi Shi. Now he is from Pujiazhuang, hongshan town, Zichuan District, Zibo.
Pu Songling was born in a declining family of small and medium-sized landlords and businessmen. /kloc-when he was 0/9 years old, he got the boy's exam and won the first place in county, government and road, which made him famous for a while.
Make up a doctoral disciple. I tried again and again until 7 1
Forced by life, he not only worked as a guest for Baoying county magistrate for several years, but also worked as a teacher for Bijia in Xipu village of this county for nearly 42 years, until the forty-eighth year of Kangxi (1709). He completed 8 volumes of 49 1 Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio in his life, with about 400,000 words.
The content is rich and colorful, and the stories are mostly taken from folklore and anecdotes of unofficial history, personifying and socializing things in the world of flowers, foxes and ghosts, fully expressing the author's love, hate and good ideals. It is considered as the most successful collection of China ancient classical Chinese short stories.
Guo Moruo once commented: "Writing ghosts and writing demons is superior, and stabbing greed and stabbing abuse is three points." In the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi (17 15), he died at the age of 76.
In addition to Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, Pu Songling has a large number of poems, plays, folk songs and works in agriculture and medicine, totaling nearly 2 million words. 3. The Preface to Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio (called Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio for short) is a collection of short stories in classical Chinese written by Pu Songling, a novelist in Qing Dynasty in China.
There are 4,965,438+0 short stories in the book (Notes on the School Meeting of Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio) (494 Notes on Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio by Zhu). They either exposed the darkness of feudal rule, attacked the decay of imperial examination system, or resisted the shackles of feudal ethics, and had rich and profound ideological content.
The works describing the theme of love are the largest in the book, showing a strong anti-feudal ethical code spirit. Some of these works show the author's ideal love through the love between foxes and people.