The Original Translation of Lingxi Stone Story
There are six stones in Lingxi, four of which were taken by people, and one is small and strange, and it is also a collector. The oldest one was lying by the stream, so it was difficult to be a disciple, so he had to live alone. Every year in first frost, the water dries up. When others see it, they often worship God.
Lingxi, according to the picture, is not contained. In the middle of Huichang in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shuiming's name "Tunxi Story" was written by the secretariat, and the cloud and water flowed out of Yongyangling and passed through Huangdao Mountain. Seeking from the ground, there is no popularity today. Inquired about Chuzhou people and said this stream is also. There is Huainan in Yang Xingmi, and Huai people are afraid of its name and take you as the mausoleum; Cause or possibility.
If there is an address by the stream, the cloud is Liu Jin's home and the stone is Liu Zhi's thing. Jin, a fake general Wu, is the secret of harmony and the 36th hero, one of whom is Jin. Takeo Kimmoto is a brave warrior, but he can understand love and appreciate strangeness. This is good for his children and women. Isn't it because he is in troubled times, has made great achievements, is arrogant and extravagant, but does evil? Think about its pool platform, strange trees and strange grass and this stone, which is also a moment of prosperity! Today, after the Liu family, people are scattered, and some still live by the stream.
I feel that my husband's character is wasted, cherishing cuteness and abandoning it, that is, three cows drag the valley; The one who seeks the smallest one gets it from the Zhu family in Baitaming, so the pavilion is set up in the north and south. The pavilion is near the city, thinking that Chu people are good at swimming when they are old.
It's a pity for those who are curious about things, but it's a pity for those who leave things far away. Those who stay in the eyes and ears will inevitably take things away. Hey, honey! Although Liu Jinzhe is ignorant, he can also be described as a brave man with little ambition in his life. And its later generations, desolate and scattered, as for future generations, I don't know, want to have this stone. As a warning to the rich. Curious people can appreciate this stone at once when they smell it. Why take it away?
Second, translation:
There are six huge stones in Lingxi: four of them have been removed; Although the other one is small in size and strange in shape, it is also collected by local people at home; The biggest one is still lying quietly by the stream, because it is too difficult to move, so it can only stay here. Whenever the weather turns cold, the autumn frost falls and the stream dries up, big stones are exposed. When people near the stream see the strange shape of this stone, they often worship it as a god.
Lingxi, a stream, is not recorded in the pictures and texts of local chronicles. During the Huichang period of the Tang Dynasty, Li Zhan, the secretariat of Chuzhou, wrote an article "The Story of Ruoxi", saying that water flowed out of Yongyangling and flowed westward at the foot of Huangdao Mountain. On-the-spot investigation shows that there is no stream called Wanxi now. Ask Chuzhou people again, and people will say: this stream is Wanxi. When Yang Xingmi occupied Huainan, Huainan people changed the word "You" to "Ling" for avoiding its name. This statement makes sense.
There seems to be a site next to Lingxi. The local people say that this is the residence of Liu Jin, a general of the Five Dynasties, and the boulder is an old relic of Liu Jin's family. Liu Jin, a general of the Puppet Wu Dynasty, and Yang Xingmi joined forces from Hefei. At that time, he was called 36 heroes, and Liu Jin was one of them.
Liu Jin was originally a soldier, a soldier, but he can cherish and appreciate the wonders of the world and has a hobby of Wen Ya. Is it because you are so rich, arrogant and comfortable in troubled times that you have such an elegant state of mind? It is a temporary thing to think of his ponds, terraces, strange trees and strange grass in those days, which are very commensurate with this boulder. Now Liu's descendants are scattered in Chuzhou and become ordinary farmers, some of whom live next to Lingxi.
I think it's a pity that people are fickle and the stone is lovely but abandoned. So I found three cows to pull it to Guquan, and I found a small one in Zhujia, Baita Town, so I set it in the south and north of Fengle Pavilion respectively. Fengle Pavilion is close to the city wall and can be used as a holiday attraction for Chuzhou people.
It's a pity that those strange things in the world are abandoned in dark and remote places. If put in people's eyes and ears, people who love them will inevitably bring them back to their homes. Ah! Although Liu Jin has nothing to praise, he is a brave man after all. Isn't his ambition in life grand? When he died, he was just a wasteland, and future generations were drowned in obscurity. Can you expect to have these stones forever? This story can serve as a warning to the rich. People who like strange stones are very satisfied to hear that there is such a strange stone and come to enjoy it. Why do you have to take it home?
Extended data
I. Introduction to the author
Ouyang Xiu (a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties)
Ouyang Xiu (65438+August 20071-1September 22, 072), whose real name is Yongshu, was born in Yongfeng, Jizhou (now Yongfeng County, Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province), and was a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. Because Jizhou originally belonged to Luling County, it called itself "Ouyang Xiu of Luling". Posthumous title Wenzhong, a bachelor of Hanlin, a deputy envoy of the Council and a political adviser, is called Ouyang Wenzhong. Tired of giving a surname and a duke of Chu. Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong, they are called "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties", and together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi, they are called "Four Masters through the ages".
Ouyang Xiu was the first literary leader to create a generation of literary style in the literary history of the Song Dynasty. He led the poetry innovation movement in the Northern Song Dynasty, and inherited and developed Han Yu's ancient prose theory. His high achievements in prose creation and his correct theory of ancient prose complement each other, thus creating a generation of writing style. Ouyang Xiu not only changed the style of writing, but also innovated the style of poetry. He has also made great achievements in historiography. He once majored in the Book of the New Tang Dynasty and wrote the History of the New Five Dynasties alone. There is a collection of works handed down from ancient times by Ouyang Wenzhong.
Second, the creative background
Lingxi Stone was written in six years (1046), and the author was relegated to Chuzhou. The failure of Qingli New Deal dealt a great blow to the author. Although his original intention of worrying about the country and the people and expecting the country to be rich and strong has not changed, his spirit is decreasing. At this time, most of the articles were written about landscapes and notes. Lingxi Stone is one of the works created in this period.