I. Original text
On the year, month and day, the more Ji's father heard about your seven-day mourning, the more he could show his grief and sincerity, and the more he made it, the more ashamed he was, and he told you about the spirit of Shiro:
Oh! I am lonely and long. I don't care what I have, but my brother and sister-in-law are dependent. My middle-aged brother died in the south, I was young with you, I was buried in Heyang from my sister-in-law, and I have been eating Jiangnan with you for a whole day. I have three brothers in my life, all of whom are unfortunate. Inheriting the latter, in, in-Wu. Two worlds together, alone. Sister-in-law tried to caress you and said to me, "Han Dynasty, that's all!" " "When you are young, you will lose your memory; Although I can remember, I don't know the sadness in his words.
I came to Beijing at the age of nineteen. I will come back to you in the next four years. Four years later, I went to the grave in Heyang Province and met you at my sister-in-law's funeral. Two years later, I assisted Prime Minister Dong in Bianzhou, and you saved me until I was one year old. Please take it back. Prime Minister Qi will go to Bianzhou next year, but you won't come. That year, I helped Rong Xuzhou, and the one who took you started. I stopped you and you couldn't come.
I think you are from the east, and the east is also a guest, which won't last long; Those who plan for a long time, just like going back to the west, will get married and lead you. Oh! What do you mean, you're dead! You and I are both teenagers, thinking that although we have been apart for a while, we should get along for a long time. So, I left you, in order to win the prize, I traveled to eat in Beijing. Knowing this, I won't leave you for a day, although it is a common fact.
Last year, Meng Dongye went, and my book said to you, "I am not yet forty years old, but I look at the vast expanse, but my teeth are shaking." If you miss your father and brother, you will be healthy and strong and die young. If you are my failure, can you last long? I can't go, you don't come, you are afraid of death, and you hold endless sadness. "Who said less dead old people live, strong death is sick?
Oh! Its belief is evil? Its dream evil? Is it true or not? Believe me, my brother died of virtue? Are you clean, but not fooled? A few strong people die, and the elderly and the weak live? It can't be a letter! The dream is not true, the book of Dongye and the newspaper of Genglan are by my side.
Oh! Its letter is true! Your brother's virtue killed his heir. You can't be ashamed of your simplicity and propriety. The so-called unpredictable days, unpredictable gods. The so-called reason cannot be pushed, and the longevity is unknown.
Although, since the beginning of this year, gray people have become white; People who waver may fall, their hair and blood are getting weaker and weaker, and their ambitions are getting weaker and weaker. Why won't geometry die from you? What is the geometric separation when knowing death? Its ignorance, sadness for hours, not sad indefinitely.
Your son is ten years old, my son is five years old, and several of them are strong, so how can a child hope to establish evil? Alas! Alas!
Last year, you wrote a book saying, "When your feet are weak, it is often a play." I said, "This is a disease, which is common in Jiangnan people." Before I started, I thought I was worried Alas, it actually died because of this? Do you want to stop other diseases from coming to you?
Your book, June 17; Dongye Yun, you died on June 2nd; Even more, there is no sun, moon and sky. I don't know when to ask my family, such as Geng Lan Bao, and I don't know when to say it. Dongye and my book are people who ask questions and pretend to respond. What is this? What else is there?
Today my Jianzhong is dedicated to you, hanging your orphan and your wet nurse. He has food to keep until the end of his funeral, but he must keep it from after his funeral; If you can't keep the funeral, then accept it. The rest of the handmaiden, leave you in mourning. I can bury you again, I will bury you in the omen of my ancestors, and then I will do what I want.
Oh! When you are ill and ignorant, you can't live with each other, you can't caress you to do your best, you can't be gathered without your coffin, and you can't be near your cave. I did something wrong to God, but you will die. Strange and unreasonable, but not with you to raise a lifetime, die together.
One is at the edge of the sky and the other is in the corner of the earth. Being born with a shadow does not depend on my shape, but dying with a soul is not connected with my dream. I'm really doing it. What is it? The sky is the sky, and it is extremely extreme! From now on, I have no intention of dying! When we look for a few hectares of land above Yihe, we will wait for the rest of the years. Teach my son your son, fortunately; My eldest daughter married your daughter, that's all.
Alas, the words are inexhaustible, do you know their evil? I wonder if it's evil? Alas! Shang Xiang!
Second, translation.
On a certain day, on the seventh day after hearing the news of your death, Uncle Han Yu expressed his sincerity to you with sadness and asked Jianzhong to prepare timely food as a sacrifice to comfort you in the distance.
Alas, I lost my father when I was a child, and I don't know what my father is like when I grow up. I can only rely on my brother and sister-in-law. When my younger brother was in middle age, he was implicated because of his close relationship with the criminal prime minister, and was demoted to the secretariat of Shaozhou. The following year, he died in the demotion office. You and I were young, so we followed our sister-in-law to send the coffin back to Heyang's hometown for burial. Then I went to Jiangnan with you to make a living. I was lonely and never separated for a day.
There are three brothers above me, all of whom died unfortunately. Inheriting the descendants of my late father, there are only you among my grandchildren and only me among my sons. There is only one person left in the Han family for two generations, and it is lonely. Sister-in-law once stroked your head and said to me, "There are only two generations in the Han family!" At that time, you were younger than me, of course, I can't remember; Although I can remember the scene at that time, I still can't understand the sadness in her words!
When I was nineteen, I came to Beijing for the first time to take an exam. It was four years before I came back to see you. Four years later, I went to Heyang to sweep the grave and met the coffin that you escorted my sister-in-law to be buried. Two years later, I assisted Prime Minister Dong in Bianzhou. You came to see me and stayed for a year. You asked to go back and pick up your wife and children. The following year, when Prime Minister Dong died, I went out of Bianzhou, but you didn't arrive. I assisted in military affairs in Xuzhou this year. I was fired as soon as the person sent to pick you up left, and you didn't come.
I think you and I are both guests in Xuzhou, Bianzhou in the east, so it is impossible to stay long. In the long run, I might as well go back to my hometown and pick you up after I settle down there. Alas! Who knew you would suddenly leave me and die? At the beginning, you and I were both young, and we always thought that although we were temporarily separated, we would be together for a long time after all. So, I left you and lived in Chang 'an, looking for a meager salary. If I really knew this would happen, I would be a senior official or a prime minister. I don't want to leave you for work all day!
When Meng Dongye came to see you last year, I wrote to you and said, "I am not yet forty years old, but my vision is blurred, my hair is gray and my teeth are loose." I think of all my fathers and brothers who died young when they were healthy and strong. Can a weak person like me live long in the world? I can't leave (my post) and you won't come. I'm afraid that if I die sooner or later, you will have endless sorrow. "Who would have expected that the young died first, while the old were still alive, the strong died early and the weak were still alive?
Alas! Is it true?/You don't say. Or are you dreaming? Or is the news from here unreliable? If it's true, then my brother's moral character is (so) good and he died young? You are (so) pure and clever, but you can't bear his kindness? Should the young and the strong die young, and should the old and the weak live in the world? I really can't believe it!
If it's a dream, the bad news is not true, but why is Nobuyoshi Toyo and Genglan's funeral home by my side? Ah! It is probably true! My brother has a good moral character and lost his son in his early years. You are pure and smart, you should inherit the family business, but now you can't bear your father's kindness. This is the so-called heaven. It's really hard to guess. It's really hard to know God's will! The so-called nature is unpredictable, and the length of life is unpredictable!
It was from this year that my white hair turned white, my loose teeth seemed to fall off, my body became weaker and weaker, and my spirit became worse and worse. I will die with you soon. If you know after death, how long can you be apart? If I am ignorant after death, then I can't grieve for much time, and time without sorrow is infinite.
Your son is only ten years old, and my son is only five years old. Young adults are hopeless. How can you expect such a big child to grow up? Ah, sad, really sad!
Last year, you wrote: "I recently suffered from soft feet, and I often have severe pain." I said, "Jiangnan people often get this disease." There is nothing to worry about. Alas, (who knows) it will hurt him? Or is this misfortune caused by other diseases?
Your letter was written on June 17. Dongye said that you died on June 2, and Geng Lan didn't say the date when he sent him to the funeral home. Maybe people in Dongye don't know the date of asking your home, and Geng Lan's funeral service doesn't know the date? Or did Dongye just ask when he wrote to me, or did he just say a date to deal with it? Is that so? Is this still the case?
Now I send Jianzhong to pay homage to you and comfort your children and your wet nurse. They have food to mourn until the end of the mourning period, so they will wait until the end of the mourning period to get it; If I can't stay until the mourning period is over, I'll get it right away. The remaining handmaiden, let them wake up together. If I have the ability to move and bury you, I will eventually bury you next to my ancestral grave, and then I will forget my wish.
Alas, I don't know when you are sick, when you are dead and when you are alive. You can't live together and take care of each other. I didn't touch the body and cry when I died. I didn't wake up in front of the coffin when I died, and I didn't go to the grave when I was buried. My behavior failed the gods, so you died so early. I am unfilial to my superiors and unkind to my subordinates. I can neither take care of my life with you nor die with you.
One is in the end of the world, and the other is in the corner. You can't be with me when you are alive, and the soul doesn't appear in my dreams after death. This is all my disaster. Who can complain? God, where is the end? From now on, I have no mind to run around in this world! Or go back to your hometown to buy a few hectares of land and spend the rest of your life. Educate my son and your son in the hope that they will become talents; Raise my daughter and your daughter until they get married, that's all.
Alas! When the words are finished, the sadness can't end, you know? I don't know yet. Sad! Hope to enjoy the sacrifice!