Extracurricular Ancient Poems in Senior High School and Their Translation

Fanshi Turning to Socks is a seven-character poem written by Wang Fanshi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Fanshi's poems are written by turning over socks, which are mainly characterized by acrimony and satire, humorous banter and satire. It expresses its profound meaning in daily trifles and reveals social contradictions in a humorous and relaxed way.

Brahma Fansocks (Wang Fanzhi)

Brahma turned over his socks,

Everyone is wrong.

I can stab you in the eye,

Don't hide my feet.

Translation:

Wang Fanzhi turned the socks upside down and put the rough side outside. People say this is wrong. Wang Fanzhi said, "I'd rather dazzle you than make my feet uncomfortable."

Appreciate:

No matter what people do in the world, they like to praise vanity, regardless of the actual effect. What is terrible is that they regard this vain behavior as correct and take it as a principle. Every sock has two sides, the front is the outer layer, which is smooth and beautiful, and the back is the inner layer, which is rough and ugly. People often wear the smooth side outside for beauty, while the rough side is uncomfortable close to the skin. "Fan Zhi" turned his socks upside down and put the rough side on the outside, either out of carelessness or on purpose, but everyone who saw him said he was wearing it wrong. However, people say right and wrong, and "everyone is wrong" is not necessarily wrong. People like Brahma think that it is better to make others feel uncomfortable than to make their own skin feel uncomfortable. Everyone is at fault.

This poem, like other poems by Wang Fanzhi, has a simple and natural language, just like ordinary words, but it can see the big from the small and reflect the truth, which is rare in ancient poetry. We can also see the poet's natural Xu Ya-sheng character.

Zen believes in "self-sufficiency" and advocates full publicity of personality. For example, "Five Lights Meeting Yuan" contains a case-solving that the Zen master in Tianpingshan, Bazhou easily followed: "Ask:' What about Buddha?' The teacher said,' Not heaven and earth.' Ask:' Why not refer to heaven and earth?' The teacher said,' I am the only one.' "It is to emphasize personal will and subjective feelings. That is, the so-called: "If the husband is ambitious, he will not go to the Tathagata." (The Legend of Jingdezhen Lights, Volume XXIX) This poem by Wang Fanzhi embodies this spirit of self-respect and self-love.