Tí Xīlín Bì
题西林壁
Sū Shì(Sòng )
苏 轼(宋)
Category: Chinese Reading
[Funny Story] Raise wages
An email from Marian Shih Translation: 亲爱的老板 : 在这一生中,我们都非常渴望一些东西。我认为您应该明白我们都需要什么:我们这些员工支持你的公司,并付出了这么多汗水与工作。我肯定您一定猜到了我的意思,并能很快回复。
Tales from the Hundreds Surnames《百家姓》故事
The Hundred Surnames" is a book on Chinese surnames, compiled in early Northern Song dynasty. Originally it embodied 411 surnames, and later added to 504, among it 444 simple surnames and 60 combined ones. The order of the surnames according not to the population with the surnames but to convenience for reading and memorizing. “Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li” are the top four surnames in it for when it was compiled, the kings of the period was surnames “Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li”, the compiler did it for honoring the kings.《百家姓bǎi jiā xìng 》是一本关于中文姓氏的书,成书于北宋初。采用4个宇一句的歌谣形式,共讲568字,介绍了504个中国人的姓氏,其中单姓444个,复姓60个。《百家姓》的次序不是依各姓氏人口实际排列,而是因为读来顺口,易学好记。 “赵钱孙李”成为《百家姓》前四姓是因为百家姓形成于宋朝的吴越钱塘地区,故而宋朝皇帝的赵氏、吴越国国王钱氏、吴越国王钱俶正妃孙氏以及南唐国王李氏成为百家姓前四位。《百家姓》以“赵”姓打头,并非因为“赵”为天下第一大姓,而是因为它是宋代钱塘儒生所作。宋代的皇帝是赵氏,“赵”自然成为“天下第一姓”,不排在首位,就有“欺君之罪”,会引祸上身。又宋时吴越王的后裔居浙江,所以,“钱”姓便排列第二,钱的妃子姓孙,借钱氏之威势,“孙”又排在第三。“李”姓排在第四,大约是因为南唐皇族为李氏之故。
Poem: A Spring Sigh 唐诗《春怨》
chūn yuàn
春怨
Jīn Chānɡxù(Tánɡ)
金昌绪(唐)
Dǎ qǐ huánɡyīnɡér,
打起黄莺儿,
mò jiāo zhī shànɡ tí.
莫教枝上啼。
Tí shí jīnɡ qiè mènɡ,
啼时惊妾梦,
bú dé dào liáo xī.
不得到辽西。
Tales from Three Character Classic《三字经》故事
The Three Character Classic, or San Zi Jing, is one of the Chinese classic texts. It was probably written in the 13th century and attributed to Wang Yinglin during the Song Dynasty. The work is not one of the traditional six Confucian classics, but rather the embodiment of Confucian thought suitable for teaching young children. Until the latter part of the 19th century, it served as a child's first formal education at home. The text is written in triplets of characters for easy memorization. With the short and simple text arranged in three-character verses, children learned many common characters, grammar structures, elements of Chinese history and the basis of Confucian morality.《三字经》与《百家姓》、《千字文》并称为三大国学启蒙读物。《三字经》是中华民族珍贵的文化遗产,它短小精悍、琅琅上口,千百年来,家喻户晓。其内容涵盖了历史、天文、地理、道德以及一些民间传说,所谓“熟读《三字经》,可知千古事”。基于历史原因,《三字经》难免含有一些精神糟粕、艺术瑕疵,但其独特的思想价值和文化魅力仍然为世人所公认,被历代中国人奉为经典并不断流传。古人曰:“熟读三字经,便可知天下事,通圣人礼。” 《三字经》自南宋以来,已有七百多年历史,共一千多字,可谓家喻户晓,脍炙人口。三字一句的韵文极易成诵,内容包括了中国传统的教育、历史、天文、地理、伦理和道德以及一些民间传说,广泛生动而又言简意赅。《三字经》早就不仅仅属于汉民族了,它有满文、蒙文译本。《三字经》也不再仅仅属于中国,它的英文、法文译本也已经问世。1990年新加坡出版的英文新译本更是被联合国教科文组织选入“儿童道德丛书”,加以世界范围的推广,也是儿童的必背读物。
Poem: Yellow Crane Tower 唐诗《黄鹤楼》
Huánghè Lóu
黄鹤楼
Cuī Hào (Táng)
崔颢(唐)
Poem: Chrysanthemum 唐诗《菊花》
Júhuā
菊花
Yuán Zhěn (Táng)
元稹(唐) Qiū cóng rào shè sì Táo jiā,
秋丛绕舍似陶家,biàn rào lí biān rì jiàn xié.
遍绕篱边日渐斜。
Bú shì huā zhōng piān’ài jú,
不是花中偏爱菊,
cǐ huā kāi jìn gèng wú huā.
此花开尽更无花。
The souvenir which impresses me deeply 对我意义重大的纪念物
如果你拥有一样值得珍藏的东西,是一件很幸福的事。令我印象深刻的纪念物有两样,其中一样是棉被,这件棉被对我的意义重大,不单单只是一件让我暖和的东西,它里面有满满的爱心,是在我不懂事的时候,奶奶所送给我的第一件礼物,所以我一定要好好珍惜它。
If you have something to be cherished, you are really blessed. There are two souvenirs leaving me deepest impression. One is a quilt with cotton wadding which means a lot to me. It is not only a thing to keep me warm. It is a representation of love. It is the first present from my grandma when I was little. Therefore, I cherish it.
An Inscription on Li Ning’s Retreat 唐诗《题李凝幽居》
tí Lǐ Níng yōujū
题李凝幽居
Jiǎ Dǎo(Táng)
贾岛(唐)
Chinese reading: My happy memory 遗失的美好
那个冬日的下午,我重温了遗失的美好。
On that sunny winter afternoon, I went over my happy memory.