Ming translation of Ma Danzi in Jiaxing

Original text:

Ma Danzi, a famous scholar in Jiaxing, loves to study industrial poetry. He said: "Poets have different attainments. Those who have great talents, such as the Qing Palace and the Mingtang, have the beauty of ancestral temples and the wealth of hundreds of officials; Small as a thatched cottage, elegant and complacent. My talent is not high, only small. Never be greedy for too many things.

Such as reed curtain bamboo building, suddenly Chen Huangzhong and Dachang have tools, which are beautiful. If you don't say that Mr. He is tired of having obtained the provincial examination, you will be merciful and embarrassed in the room. His wife will persuade him not to go, but Mr. He can't, so just be polite. Make trouble, make trouble, make trouble, make trouble, and look forward to news. On the release day, stand at the front of the door. At the same meeting, Shen Lian liked to watch Chinese style, and the registrant mistakenly entered his home, and the neighborhood accepted it, and everyone congratulated him.

Mr. Wang was overjoyed, went upstairs to change clothes and ordered his wife to be boots. He looked forward to this day and said, "What?" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly shouted downstairs, "All wet! The winner was Mr. Shen, who dispersed in a hubbub before his boots were ready. His wife threw her back that day: "How come?" "The taste of laughter. In the next few years, Mr. Wang chose Jingning as a trainer.

Translation:

From the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Jiaxing has always been a city that can show typical Jiangnan cultural characteristics. But since modern times, with the opening of Shanghai, well-dressed people have left Jiaxing and moved to Shanghai. Coupled with the influence of war and political movements, the city has become a traditional immigrant settlement without memory.

In the history of Jiaxing, there are not only talented people, but also imperial examinations can be compared with Suzhou, Shaoxing, Hangzhou and Ningbo since Tang Luzan. Ma Fen described by Chen Qiyuan is quite similar to Zhou Jin and Jin Fan, and his mentality can be regarded as the universal law of literati at that time. Ma Fen's wife is a good woman with a sound mind, and she has a very profound understanding of real life.

Tao Kan is in Guangzhou. When he is free, he always transports the white bricks outside the study early in the morning and then transports them back to the study at night. Someone asked him why he did this, and he replied: "I am trying to recover the lost land in the Central Plains. I am too leisurely and afraid that I can't undertake major events. I just work hard."