Answer to the translation of Cheng Boda's thesis

The original text of Zhu Xia's paper on Cheng Bo in Song Dynasty is as follows:

People who can talk in ancient and modern times don't want to be above one hundred generations, but they will be below one hundred generations. However, there are so many people who have lost their dreams and their lives. If you don't know enough, you can't become a family statement, even this ear. After three generations, only a dozen people stood out as a family, and the rest were eliminated, so those who believe in heaven, are not superior but not in groups, are hard to pretend to be articles. Compared with insulting books, it is generally not up to "husband's works are magnificent and elegant, and the affair is only superficial and beautiful." This is very important for people who are familiar with ancient books, but it must be rooted in classics and Taoism. Their records, biographies and preface all have their own ways and cannot be confused. For his speech and resignation, and Xi for stealing thieves' works? Today, it is not rooted in classics, not in Taoism, but in a biography of a hundred schools of thought, so its argument is not based on its own size but on its own details, and it has been solid since childhood. How can you keep pace with the ancients? Old Su Zhiwen, after setbacks and twists and turns, is pale and gloomy. His sculptures are steep and sharp, and he can hardly compete with others. However, there are still people of insight who scoff at Yan and refute it with reason, but they can't fully conform to the way of saints. There is no talent of Su Gong today, and the debate is far from Su Gong. Why not hope that his words will stand and not serve? In ancient times, the method of using troops, its combination and dispersion, was surprisingly successful, solid and unpredictable. When it comes to marching in procession, the rope is in a mess. Because writing instead of using the law means using teachers instead of using the law. Ancient papers must have structure first, then clumsiness. For example, the workshops of catalpa people are not far from the overall situation, but the residence of governors and adults, the house of pagoda, the house of Lao Tzu, the house of lawsuit and the house of Shu Ren are stable and independent. If the record is the same as the preface, then the Shu Ren Room will be the same as the Laozi Temple in the pagoda. Is it possible? Casting a sword is better than a knife, but it is not enough; Driving with Xiao Yuzhou is very embarrassing. Zi Han came to Ye Wen, but he wanted to make a statement. Although it is not as good as today's Chinese characters, it should be published less. It's no less than Wu Zifeng to learn from the strange characters in ancient books. Is it evil to turn brown upside down? Perilla said, "Gorgeous and beautiful clothes are also beautiful." However, if you cut it by size, if you mix it together and believe it, it is wrong. Mr. Jin wants to gather Britain to think of Huawei factory, which is also different from the author's view. Many people in the world, seeing the wealth of their neighbors, attack drilling day and night. Fortunately, they get bribes from their goods, treasures and wealth and think they have a plan. If you get it in a day, you will steal it. Today, as a writer, he will never understand it, and if the service is divided into different categories, his spirit will be impregnable. How can it be as vast and powerful as a river? The ancient is the text, and there is no intention of writing. Wind is to water, then it depends on the situation and culture is born. So drums are waves, waves, squats, exercises and beads. It's not water, it's wind. The two complement each other, but culture is also natural. What is heaven to things, and is it lonely? Those fine ones, those fine ones, those Dan ones and those white ones are all beautiful, but what about the creator? Everything pays for itself, and the cleverness of the world is nothing. Some people don't know anything about it, and they carve leaves in three years. And the literature is still music, the ancient voice is peaceful and elegant, while the customs are pure and the people are right; Sang Jian Pushang, obscene and boring, forgot to return because of the popular custom. Is it safe for Mr. Wang to know about it? Then why just doubt the words? The teacher said, "If you don't have the beauty, you will have to borrow your husband's leave to cover up his ugliness.". "... is a dead wood that can be carved, a mud wall that can be carved. Without salt, the world knows its evil. Being dragged to Luo Qi by Zhu Ji is not enough to deceive the world. If you make the world look beautiful, then you can accept that everything in the world is not good, and Mr. Wang has hardly seen her husband's positive color. "Mr. Wang called me again:" Is the theory of the five permanent members still Yuan? " Taiyuan is easy to use, but it is easy to come from nature, while Yuan was born for intellectual reasons and could not avoid her husband's difficulties. Confucianism has long laughed at his hard work and clumsiness. So there are no good people who have been dead for more than a thousand years. Mr. Jin is going to write a book that imitates Yuan, and I'm afraid it will be unbearable. Mr. Wang added: "I often write poems and order people to be included in On Lu." The Preface to Poetry is used to talk about poetry. If you are rich, a gentleman will laugh at the people and regard the wind of ancient poetry. This is also very strange. "Mr. Wang said in his last teaching:" He also read my ancient prose, and he can know the right and wrong of a gentleman in one sentence. "The season of the song dynasty, extremely corrupt. The legacy of learning goes deep into people's hearts. If the black is not "it can be white". "At this time, if it is not the other way around, it is not enough to catch up." Teacher Wang thought it was too much, but Wu knew it was the same as that. Mr. Wen, at first, wanted to be strange and clumsy; Start beautiful, but die of evil; At first, I wanted to be a man, but I was weak. His speaking style is not only rebellious from ancient times to the present, but also difficult to say. Because my husband is different from me, said the servant, but not when it is in his heart. If the servant wants to lead Mr. Wang astray, then "I am willing to learn between the lines, take Han to recite it day and night, feel that my point of view is different from others, and then spit out his words." Does it meet? "

The following is a modern translation:

People who can speak in ancient and modern times, who doesn't want to be outstanding in one hundred generations and be immortal? However, in the end, no one understood the mystery, and how many people died in obscurity! Isn't it because you don't have enough knowledge that you can't make your own statement, which leads to this? After three generations, only a dozen people can speak for themselves, and the rest are lost in obscurity. This is really because talent is not extraordinary, so it is difficult to pretend to be an article.

What you mentioned in your letter is generally that you can't do magnificent and elegant works, and it is not advisable to pursue superficial and gorgeous articles. I heard that people who wrote articles in ancient times must write according to the classics and conform to the Tao. Their records, biographies, prefaces and praises all have their own genres and cannot be confused. As for their speeches and phrasing, how can plagiarism be their work? Now it is not based on the classics, which is not in line with the Tao, but on the biographies of a hundred schools of thought contending, so their arguments fail to see the big angle and belittle themselves. How can they keep pace with the ancients?

Lao Su's article is full of twists and turns, pale and gloomy, sharp and sharp, and almost no one can match it. However, people of insight criticized him mainly because his arguments were complicated and could not fully conform to the way of saints. Now Su Gong has no talent, and his arguments are far inferior to Su Gong's. How can we expect his remarks to be established?

In ancient times, soldiers used to gather and distribute, and they won by surprise, although unpredictable. As for their troop formation methods, they are rigorous and orderly, and can't be chaotic. Writing an article without observing the statutes is like using troops without discipline. In ancient critical articles, we should first look at the genre, and then look at the skills. For example, when a carpenter builds a house, although the role of rafters cannot be very different, there must be great differences in the residence of princes and monks, and the system of government and private houses. If there is no difference between memory and order, then the houses of civilians and the residences of monks and Taoists are the same. Is it okay? It is impossible to cast a sword like a casting knife; How is it possible to carve a car into a boat?

Han Yu tries to avoid cliches in his articles. Although we can't do it completely like Han Yu now, we should try to cut some. If all the strange words in ancient books are put together, isn't it like the sky is all purple and brown is upside down? Su Shi said: "splendid clothes are the most beautiful clothes." However, if the inch-by-inch brocade is cut open and mixed together to make clothes, it will not be as good as ordinary crepe. Now Mr. Wang wants to gather all the talents, which is also different from the author's point of view.

There is a kind of poor people in the world. Seeing that neighbors have money, they steal it day and night, and get the property by luck, thinking that they are cheap. One day, he was caught by a policeman and became a thief. Now writers don't understand this truth until they die, and they are still trying to piece it together. Then his strength has run out. How can he be as boundless and powerful as a river?

Moreover, writing articles in ancient times was not intentional. Just like wind and water, it only produces articles. So encouraging it will form waves, including ripples, squeezing it will form crepe, clarifying it will form fine silk, and stimulating it will form pearls. This is not water, but wind. When the two meet, an article will be produced. Isn't the sky the same for everything? Slim, rich, red and white are all extremely beautiful, but how can the creator carve them one by one? Everything has its own characteristics, which is the most ingenious in the world. People who don't understand this truth can only carve one leaf in three years.

And the article is like music, ancient music, peaceful and elegant, so the customs become simple and the people's hearts become upright; The music on the bamboo slips is obscene and disturbing people, and people's hearts and customs have become dissolute, and I don't know how to return. If Mr. Wang participated in the creation, how would he choose? Why do you only have questions about the article?

My husband taught me: "Without the beauty of hair and stone and the help of makeup, you can't hide ugliness." . This is rotten wood to carve, and the wall of dirt to repair. Without salt, the world knows her ugliness. Even if she wears pearls and drags Luo Qi, she can't fool the eyes of the world. If everyone in the world is blind, you can cheat them, but everyone in the world is not blind, and Mr. Wang has never seen a real beauty. "

Mr. Wang added, "My' five permanent members' are like Yuan, aren't they? Taiyuan imitates Yi and creates it. And easy out of nature, Yuan out of selfishness, it is inevitable to make a far-fetched and incomprehensible gesture. The ancients criticized its hard work and clumsiness. So I've been away from bears for thousands of years, but no one likes them. Now Mr. Wang wants to write a book to imitate Yuan, and I'm afraid I'm not even qualified to make a sauce jar. "

Mr. Wang added: "I often write poems and named my collection of poems" On Hulu and Deer ". The preface to poetry says that poetry is so widely used, but Mr. Wang thinks it can only make people laugh. This is a depreciation of the atmosphere of ancient poetry, and it is also a weird mistake. "

Finally, Mr. Wang taught me: "After reading my ancient prose, you can summarize it in one sentence, hoping to know the right and wrong of a gentleman." At the end of the Song Dynasty, the article was corrupt to the extreme. Heritage is deeply rooted in people's hearts, just as black cannot turn white. At this time, unless you do the opposite, you can't catch up with the ancients. Mr. Wang thinks that he has surpassed the ancients, but he is no different from the ancients. Mr. Wang's article was strange at first, but it seemed clumsy at last; At first I wanted to be gorgeous, but in the end I looked ugly; At first I wanted to be grand, but in the end I looked weak. His style and speech are quite different from those of the ancients, which is also difficult to express in words. Moreover, since Mr. Wang doesn't agree with me, even if I say it, it won't suit him. I want to pull my husband back from his lost path. "I hope he can express his thoughts without reservation, pick up Han Meng's articles, read them day and night, feel that his views are different from before, and then express his thoughts. Maybe it will fit? "