How to Translate the Classical Chinese Seagull and Swallow

Seagulls meet swallows living in alleys on the island.

Xiangyan said to the seagull, "I came to see you at your residence, but you didn't go to my place." Why? " The seagull replied, "Because I am aloof and unwilling to be bound and attached by others, that's why."

Xiang Yan said, "Because I am a sponsor, I have a barrier in the strong wind, shelter in the cold rain and shelter in the hot sun. From this point of view, how miserable your life is. " The seagull replied, "I seem to be in trouble, but I can live as if there is no trouble, unlike you who live in hidden dangers and can't see for yourself."

Xiang Yan said: "I am attached to people because people don't hate me and still love me." Do you think my life is miserable because I am jealous of being loved? " The seagull said, "Do you think people love me or hate me?" Xiang Yan replied, "None." Seagull said, "I am proud and unrestrained, so people can't talk about my love and hate."

From a human point of view, I am not loved, so I am not hated. So how dangerous it is to be loved! "

Xiang Yan didn't understand the truth and flew away. Later, when people in the alley were eating, the mud in the swallow's nest (falling) stained their rice soup. So they drove the swallow away in a rage, and Xiangyan remembered what the seagull had said.

Original text:

Seagulls and Swallows

Liu Xizai in Qing Dynasty.

Seagulls meet swallows in the sea.

Yan said to the seagull, "I went to my son's place, but my son didn't go to mine." Why? "

Yue: "I am arrogant and don't like to rely on others, so I am also."

Yan said: "I care about people, so I am blocked by hurricanes, sheltered by freezing rain and protected by the scorching sun." You look disgusting. "

Seagull said: "I am sick, and there are people who are not sick. It is not that children know nothing about diseases and have never seen them."

Yan said, "I can rely on others because they don't hate or love them." I hate my son. Do you love him? "

Seagull said: "Confucius said that people love or hate me?" Yan said, "Nothing."

Gull said: "I am proud of the wild, and people hate love, which cannot be discussed." I can't see love, so I can't see hate. However, it is dangerous to see a lover! "

Yan left unconsciously. From then on, people eat in the alley, and their soup is stained with mud. Driven by anger, Yan began to think about gull words.

Extended data:

Moral:

1. Advise people to be self-reliant and don't rely on others to avoid humiliation.

2. Explain that love and hate, misfortune and happiness are interdependent and mutually transformed.

Liu Xizai (18 13 February 25th-18810 March 2nd) was a writer in Qing dynasty. Bo Jian, Rong Zhai, Ya Masako, from Xinghua, Jiangsu. Daoguang Jinshi, Guan Zhi Zuo Chunfang Zuo Zhongyun, studied politics in Guangdong. After that, he gave lectures at Shanghai Longmen Academy for many years. He was a literary theorist and linguist in China19th century. Known as "Hegel of the East".