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    第十二冊 課文英譯

                sense,	but	I	like	bamboo	not	because	it	is	useful.	  showed	them	a	piece	of	my	literature	composition.	                loved	by	people,	especially	the	two	clauses	“採菊東  the	ridge	with	a	serious	hangover.	From	then	on,	Wu
                Do	you	know	that	the	bamboo	stalk	has	nodes	and	  Teacher’s	wife	kept	praising	on	my	work,	saying	                     籬下，悠然見南山 (I pick chrysanthemums by east           Song	became	famous.
                is	hollow?	The	hollowness	symbolizes	humbleness.	  that	I	was	“talented”	that	I	could	be	a	literary	man.	              hedge sometimes and freely see the south hill there as   My	dear	friends,	do	you	like	this	story?	This	is
                Its	nodes	mean	integrity.	Both	are	the	characteristics	  Teacher	was	happy	upon	hearing	this,	saying,	“Of	             I look up)”	that	had	even	been	passed	upon	for	years.  the	story	of	Wu	Song	from	the	Water Margin.
                of	righteous	people	and	those	are	the	extraordinary	  course	he	is	a	‘promising’	student.	He	is	sure	to	‘sur-              The	following	were	the	explanation	of	the	    Note:
                things	out	of	the	ordinary.	So,	many	artists	like	to	  pass’	me.”	However,	Dad	just	laughed	out	and	said,	             whole	poem:                                       One	of	the	Four	Great	Classical	Novels	of	Chinese
                paint	bamboo.”                                    “He	just	showed great ability at the young age.”                         “I	live	in	the	peopled	world	without	the	feel-  literature,	along	with	Romance of the Three King-
                    Grandfather’s	eyes	were	still	glued	to	the	paint-  One	said	I	was	“talented”;	another	said	I	“sur-                 ing	of	coach	or	horse	sound.	If	I	was	asked	how	it	  doms, the Journey to the West	and	Dream of the
                ing	when	he	was	talking,	as	if	he	was	attracted	by	the	  pass”	and	was	“promising”;	still	another	said	I	              is	made	possible,	I	shall	reply:	Because	the	carefree	  Red Chamber.
                painting.	                                        “showed	the	great	ability	at	the	young	age.”	What	                   mind	makes	me	seem	living	outside	the	world.	I	pick
                    Now	I	understood	why	grandfather	loved	the	   would	those	mean?	                                                   chrysanthemums	by	east	hedge	sometimes	and	freely	  Lesson 12 : The Journey to the West
                painting	so	much.                                      Seeing	I	was	so	confused,	they	all	burst	into	                  see	the	south	hill	there	as	I	look	up.	Day	or	night,
                                                                                                                                                                                              The Journey to the West	is	a	folk	novel	written
                Note:                                             laughter.	Teacher	said,	“We	just	used	some	idioms.	                  the	natural	fog	that	hangs	over	the	mountain	pre-  by	Wu	Cheng-en	in	Ming	Dynasty.	The	included	sto-
                An	East	Asian	type	of	brush	painting,	also	known	  Being	‘talented’	means	you	have	a	wide	range	of	                   sents large smoke plumes from a distance, with flying   ries	are	about	Xuanzang’s	pilgrimage	to	the	West
                  as	wash	painting.                               knowledge	and	skills.	Being	‘promising	to	surpass’	                  birds	playing	in	pairs,	forming	the	beautiful	scene.	In	  to	obtain	Buddhist	religious	texts	called	sutras.
                                                                  means	you	can	be	better	than	your	teacher	through	                   all	these	things	there	is	the	true	sense	that	is	beyond
                Lesson 8 : Plum Blossoms                          your	own	efforts.”                                                   descriptions.”	                                        The	West	refers	to	India.	In	the	past,	transporta-
                                                                       I	felt	happy	upon	hearing	this,	and	asked	teach-                    Now, dear friends, do you find his descriptions   tion	was	not	developed	well,	so	it	was	almost	impos-
                    Teacher	taught	me	a	song	named	“Plum	Blos-    er,	“What	about	‘showing	the	great	ability	at	the	                   of	nature	really	picturesque?                     sible	to	travel	from	China	to	India.	However,	Xuan-
                som”	today.	I	sang	it	to	my	older	sister	when	I	re-  young	age?’	Does	it	mean	I	am	outstanding	since	I	                                                                  zang	traveled	miles,	overcame	obstacles	and	obtained
                turned	home:                                      was	young?”	                                                         Lesson 11 :  The Tiger-fighting Hero, Wu          sutras	out	of	stubborn	belief	and	perseverance	in	the
                    “Plum flower blossoms everywhere                   Teacher	smiled	and	remained	silent	while	Dad	                                                                     end.
                    The	colder	it	gets,	the	more	it	blossoms      hugged	my	shoulder	with	his	one	arm,	saying,	“The	                                Song                                      The	most	appealing	part	in	the	novel	comes	to
                    Its	perseverance	symbolizes	                  complete	idiom	should	have	been	‘A	person	who	                           One	afternoon	in	fall,	Wu	Song	was	thirsty	and	  the	appearance	of	Xuanzang’s	disciples-	Sun	Wu-
                    Our	great	ancient	cultures”                   showed	the	great	ability	at	a	young	age	might	not	                   tired	on	his	way.	A	liquor	shop	suddenly	caught	his	  kong	born	from	a	mythical	stone,	lop-eared	Zhu	Ba-
                    When	I	just	started	to	sing,	my	older	sister	un-  grow	up	to	be	especially	capable.’”                              attention. The shop had a flag by the door that reads   jie,	as	well	as	the	river-ogre,	Sha	Wujing.
                expectedly	followed	up.	She	had	already	learned	the	   I was nervous upon hearing this, so I confirmed                 “Drunken	Within	Three.”                                Sun	Wukong	is	talented	and	clever.	He	knows
                song.                                             it	with	teacher.                                                         Wu	Song	walked	into	the	shop,	pointing	at	the	  72	transformations.	He	also	has	superb	speed	that
                    Then	my	mom	smiled	and	said,	“I	can	sing	this	     Teacher	smiled	and	said,	“Don’t	worry.	Your	                    flag and asking, “What does it mean?” The shopkeep-  he	can	travel	108,000	li	in	one	somersault.	He	is
                song,	too.	I	can	also	sing	another	piece	of	‘Plum	  father	was	being	humble.	We	all	know	that	you	have	                er	proudly	replied,	“We	serve	strong	liquor.	Anyone	  naughty	and	loves	to	play	tricks,	yet	he	symbolizes
                Blossom.’”                                        been	working	very	hard	that	you	will	certainly	suc-                  who	drinks	up	to	3	bowls	will	certainly	be	drunk	and	  truth and justice. He is also a capable fighter against
                    Both	my	older	sister	and	I	were	happy,	so	we	  ceed	in	the	future.”                                                will	not	be	able	to	pass	through	the	Jingyang	Ridge	  any	demons	or	evil	spirits.
                clapped	hands	to	invite	mom’s	singing.                 I	now	realized	that	if	we	were	aware	of	the	ori-                ahead.”                                                Zhu	Bajie	is	a	fat	and	lop-eared	pig	characte-
                    The	melody	was	good,	while	mom’s	voice	was	                                                                            Upon	hearing	this,	Wu	Song	burst	out	laughing	  rized	by	his	prominent	snout.	He	always	gets	himself
                even	better.	Here	were	the	lyrics:                gin	of	idioms,	we	were	not	likely	to	misunderstand	                  and	said,	“How	could	it	be	possible	to	get	me	drunk?	  into	trouble	by	his	laziness	and	the	lust	of	pretty
                                                                  its	meanings	simply	from	words.	After	knowing	the
                    “I	have	been	to	many	countries                background	story,	you	will	like	using	the	idiom	and	                 Serve	me	some.”	And	so	Wu	Song	drank	18	bowls	    women,	so	Xuanzang	always	blames	him.
                    Being	homeless	to	wander	the	corners	of	the	                                                                       without a stop. After he felt satisfied, he paid the bill   Sha	Wujing	is	red-haired.	He	has	black	face,
                world                                             get	used	to	using	it.                                                and	stood	up,	tapping	his	belly,	and	was	about	to	  glowing	eyes	and	a	necklace	consists	of	nine	skulls.	He
                                                                       I	will	learn	a	lot	more	background	stories	about
                    I have seen many famous flowers               idioms	from	now	on	so	that	I	would	not	mistake	the	                  brave	out	the	adventure.                          always	walks	a	white	horse	and	accompanies	Xuan-
                    But	my	favorite	one	goes	to	the	lovely	plum	  negative	ones	as	positive	ones,	as	I	had	mistaken	                       The	anxious	shopkeeper	instantly	dragged	him,	  zang.
                blossoms”	                                        “showing	the	great	ability	at	the	young	age”	to	be	a	                saying,	“Stop,	stop.	There	is	a	big	tiger	in	the	Jing-  It	is	a	long	way	to	India.	Tougher	and	tougher
                    After	singing,	mom	drew	a	plum	flower	on	a	   positive	one.	                                                       yang	Ridge.	It	has	killed	about	30	people.	You’d	bet-  evil	spirits	turned	up	one	after	another	along	the	way.
                sheet	of	paper.                                                                                                        ter	go	with	others	tomorrow	morning.”             However,	three	disciples	protected	Xuanzang	and
                    Mom	said	that	it	was	extremely	cold	up	in	the	  Lesson 10 : Tao Yuan-ming                                              Wu	Song	turned	down	his	kindness	for	staying	  braved forward, so they finally achieved and obtained
                north	during	the	winter,	and	all	the	plants	withered	                                                                  him,	so	he	shook	his	head	and	threw	off	the	shop-  the	sutras.	Upon	reading	this	part,	readers	cannot	but
                except	plum	blossoms.	Despite	the	icy	wind	and	the	    Tao	Yuan-ming	was	a	famous	poet	in	Jin	Dynas-                   keeper	and	braved	his	way	ahead.	                 hail	for	their	success.
                snowy	coldness,	plum	blossoms	could	bear	harsh	   ty.	He	loved	reading	and	writing	since	he	was	young.	                    As	the	drunken	Wu	Song	walked	into	groves,	he	     For	hundreds	of	years,	The Journey to the West
                conditions	and	still	go	blooming,	bringing	limitless	  Just	a	book	and	a	pen	alone	will	please	him	a	lot.              saw	the	sun	was	setting,	so	he	found	a	huge	rock	and	  has	been	one	of	the	popular	novels	among	Chinese
                liveliness	to	the	nature.                              At	that	time,	people	mostly	studied	to	become	                  was	ready	to	sleep	on	the	top	of	it.	The	moment	he	  people,	and	so	Sun	Wukong,	Zhu	Bajie	and	Sha	Wu-
                    I	felt	touched	after	hearing	it.	I	thought	we	real-  government	officials.	Tao	Yuanming	used	to	be	a	              lay	down,	the	big	tiger	in	the	groves	pounced	on	him	  jing	become	the	characters	that	are	widely	known	by
                ly	should	learn	the	perseverance	from	plum	blossoms	  country	magistrate,	too.	However,	soon	after	the	                at	once.                                          everyone.
                and	the	colder-it-gets-more-it-blossoms	spirit.   inauguration	as	a	governor,	his	disgust	at	Jin	Court	                    Wu	Song	was	frightened,	and	so	he	made	a	     Note:
                                                                  about the superficial interactions, which were totally               right-hand	turn.	The	tiger	missed	its	target	and	  A	famous	Chinese	Buddhist	monk	that	brought
                Lesson 9 :  “Talented” And “Showing the           foreign	to	his	nature,	prompted	his	resignation	to	end	              growled.	It	turned	back	and	made	another	pounce.	   up	the	interaction	between	China	and	India	in	the
                            Great Ability at the Young Age”       this	two-month	job.	                                                 Wu	Song	dodged	and	at	that	instant,	he	grabbed	the	  early	Tang	period,	also	known	as	Tang-	sanzang
                                                                       	  After	his	resignation,	he	found	a	real	him	in	               tiger	by	the	neck	and	thrust	the	tiger	against	ground	  (“Tang	Tripitaka”	monk).
                    One	day,	teacher	and	his	wife	visited	us.	Mom	  Mother	Nature.	He	grew	crops	in	farm,	studied,	and	                with	70	or	80	violent	punches	downward	on	its	head.	  A	traditional	Chinese	unit	of	distance	which	now
                                                                  wrote	poems,	leading	a	carefree	life.	His	poems	were	                When	the	tiger	was	killed,	he	stumbled	his	way	down	  has	a	standardized	length	of	500	meters	or	half	a
                                                                                                                                                                                           kilometer.
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