Slowly classical Chinese essay

1. Ten ultra-short classical Chinese essays

1. Chu people learn to boat Chu ① There are people who learn to sail boats. At first, they turn and turn ② It is slow and fast, only the boat master is the best listen.

So I tried it out in Zhouzhu, but everything turned out to be unsatisfactory, so I thought I had mastered the art of boating. Then he thanked the boat master, and went forward with the vertebra ③ drum. He was in danger of ④. He looked around and was frightened, and the oar fell and lost his body.

Notes ①Chu: The name of an ancient country. ②Turn: U-turn.

Spin: turn. ③Vertebrae: Knock with vertebrae.

In ancient battles, drums were used as a signal when advancing. ④Urgent: suddenly.

To commit: to encounter. ⑤柁: Same as "rudder".

Translation: There was a man in Chu who was learning to sail a boat. At the beginning, he turned back and forth, turned fast and slow, and completely obeyed the boat master's instructions. So he tried his skills among the islands in the river, and found that nothing he could do was not good enough, so he thought he had learned the skill of sailing.

I immediately said goodbye to the captain and beat the drums (the ancients probably relied on drumming to issue orders) and moved forward quickly. I immediately encountered a big danger, so I looked around and was frightened, and the oar fell. (Jiang) The rudder lost control. However, today's crisis is not caused by the previous success. 2. The people of Lu moved to Yue. The people of Lu were good at weaving silk fabrics ①, and their wives were good at weaving silk silk fabrics ②, so they wanted to move to Yue.

Or it can be said: "The son must be poor!" The people of Lu said: "Why?" They said: "The crotch is for walking ③, and the more people walk ④; the crotch is for the crown. , and the Yue people were sent away. If you want to travel to an unused country with your talents, can you get it?" (Selected from "Han Feizi·Shuo Lin Shang") Notes ①妦: Hemp shoes.

② Silk: white silk. Zhou people used silk to make hats. ③ Shoes: Shoes, used as a verb here, refers to wearing shoes.

④裣: barefoot. Translation: There was a man in the state of Lu who was good at weaving shoes with hemp and kudzu, and his wife was good at weaving silk. He wanted to immigrate to the state of Yue.

Someone said to him: "You will definitely be poor (when you go to Yue)." (Then) The people of Lu said: "Why?" (Answer) said: "The clothes are for wearing, but People in Yue walk barefoot; silk is used to make hats, but people in Yue wear their hair loose.

With your skills, go to a country that does not use (your product), and you want (yourself) not to. "Poor, is this possible?" 3. Salvage the iron ox from Fuliang in the middle of the Song River, and use it to weigh eight iron oxen, weighing tens of thousands of pounds per ox. During the peace period, the water surged to the point of breaking the bridge. The cows were brought in and submerged in the river, and those who could get out were recruited.

Zhending monk Huai Bing used two large boats filled with earth, clamped oxen to hold them in place, and used big wood as a weighing hook to hook the oxen. The transshipment envoy Zhang Tao heard about it and gave him purple clothes.

Notes: 1 Floating beam: floating bridge. 2nd dimension: connection, connection.

3 Zhiping: The reign name of Zhao Shu, Yingzong of the Northern Song Dynasty. 4 Zhengding: But today Hebei is Zhengding.

5. Weigh: weigh the hammer and weigh the beam. Translation: During the Song Dynasty, a pontoon bridge was built and eight iron oxen were cast to support the bridge.

During the Zhiping period, the river surged, destroying the pontoon bridge and causing the iron ox to sink to the bottom of the river. Officials are offering a reward to anyone who can bring the Iron Bull to the surface.

A monk named Huai Bing suggested that the iron ox should be fixed between two large ships filled with mud, and a hook-shaped giant wood should be used to hook the cow's body. At this time, the soil of the two ships would be slowly reduced. , the weight of the hull is reduced and it floats naturally, and the Iron Ox is also lifted out of the water. The transshipment envoy (official name, in charge of military supplies, food, water and land transport) Zhang Tao (also known as Jingyuan) gave the monk a purple cassock as a reward.

4. Encourage children to move from frugality to luxury, but from luxury to frugality is difficult. (It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is very difficult to go from luxury back to frugality.)

If you think about food and clothing, it is difficult to get them, so you don’t dare to spend them easily. A meal of wine and meat can provide a few days of coarse meals; a piece of gauze and silk can provide a few coarse clothes.

It’s enough to not be greedy or cold, so why bother trying to eat well? There will always be days when there will be days when there will be no days, and don’t wait until there are days when there will be days when there will be days when there will be no days and think about the days when there will be no days. Then your children and grandchildren will always have enough food and clothing. Translation: It is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to move from luxury to frugality.

How can I enjoy my (high) salary today for a long time? How can (my) own (health) be maintained for a long time? (If) one day (I am dismissed from office or die of illness, the situation) is different from now. The people in my family have been accustomed to a luxurious life for a long time, and cannot be frugal immediately. (At that time), they will definitely be hungry, cold, and homeless (because of all the squandering) , How come (no matter if I am a high official or not, alive or dead, the standard of living at home remains the same as on the same day)? "Alas, the foresight of a man of great moral ability cannot be matched by an ordinary person! 5. When Duke Jing ordered Qiu to send out millet and hunger and cold, it rained and snowed for three days. Ji. The Duke was wearing a fox-white coat and was sitting in front of his Majesty.

When Yan Zi came in, he said, "How strange!" It rained and snowed for three days but it wasn't cold.

"Yanzi said to him, "Isn't it cold? "The public laughs. Yanzi said: "Young people heard about the wise kings of ancient times. They know people's hunger when they are full, they know people's cold when they are warm, and they know people's labor when they are relaxed.

You don’t know now. "The public said: "Good.

I have heard my fate. "It is an order to send out fur grains to satisfy those who are hungry and cold.

Note: Rain (yù) Snow: snow. Rain, fall, fall, is used as a verb.

Your Majesty: The steps of the palace. Wen Ming: Hearing the resignation.

To hear, to listen; to order, to give up one’s life. Translation: When Jinggong was in power, it snowed for three consecutive days without clearing up.

Jinggong was wearing a white fox fur coat and sitting on the steps on one side of the lobby. Yanzi went into the palace to see him and stood for a while. Jinggong said, "It's strange. It's snowed for three days but it's not that cold."

Yanzi said, "Isn't it really cold?" Jinggong laughed. laughed. Yanzi said: "Yan Ying, I heard that wise kings in ancient times knew that others were hungry when they were full; they knew that others were cold when they were warm; they were comfortable but knew that others were working hard.