Original text: The Palace of the Qing Dynasty at the foot of Laoshan Mountain is two feet tall in winter and dozens of meters wide. The peonies are more than ten feet high and are as bright as brocade when they bloom. Huang Sheng from Jiaozhou gave up reading it. One day, I saw a girl from the window, her plain clothes hidden among the flowers. How can I find this in my doubtful mind? Trying to get out, already escaping. It has been seen frequently since. Then he hid himself in the trees to wait for his arrival. Not long after, the girl came again with a man in red clothes. Looking at them from a distance, they were both stunningly beautiful. As they approached, the man in red clothes backed away and said, "There is a stranger here!" The two girls ran in panic, their sleeves and skirts fluttering, and the fragrant breeze filled them. They chased past the short wall, and the silence was gone. My admiration is overwhelming, because the inscription under the tree says: "The infinite lovesickness is painful, and the affection is for the short vat.
I am afraid that I will return to Shazhali, where can I find Wushuang?" Return to the studio and meditate. The girl suddenly entered and was greeted by surprise. The girl smiled and said: "You are as fierce as a bandit, which is scary. I don't know that you are a noble scholar, so why don't you meet me." Shengkowao's life story said: "I have a small name of Xiangyu, and my hometown is Pingkang Lane. I was locked up in a mountain by a Taoist priest. It's really not what you want." The student asked, "What's the name of a Taoist?" The woman said, "No, I don't dare to force you to have a long-term tryst with the romantic man." Asked: "Who is the one in red?" She said: "This name is Jiangxue, she is my sworn sister."
Then they got in love with each other. When they woke up, the dawn was already red. The woman got up anxiously and said: "I am greedy for pleasure and forgetful." It's dawn. "I put on my clothes and put on my shoes, and said: "I'm paying you for your work, don't laugh: "The good night is more likely to end, and the morning is already at the window." I wish to be like the swallow on the beam, where it perches and becomes a pair. ’” Sheng held his wrist and said, “You are so kind and so generous, which makes people love you and forget about death.” A day's departure is like a thousand miles apart. You'll come when you have time, don't stay late at night. "The girl promised her. From then on, we must be together all night long. Every time an emissary invites Jiangxue to come, she often doesn't come, which makes her resentful. The girl said, "Sister Jiang has a very downtrodden nature, and she is not like my concubine who is infatuated with love. Please advise the driver calmly and don't rush. ”
Translation:
In the Qing Palace at the foot of Mount Laoshan, there is a two-foot-tall winter-resistant tree with a trunk so thick that several people can hug it to surround it; there is also a peony, also ten feet tall. How high, when the flowers are in bloom, they are dazzling and dazzling, just like a ball of beauty. Huang Sheng in Jiaozhou fell in love with the tranquility and elegance of this Taoist temple, so he borrowed a room to make a study.
One day, Huang Sheng was studying in the study. Looking up out of the window, he saw the figure of a girl in white looming among the flowers. Huang Sheng thought, where did the Taoist priest come from? He hurriedly walked out of the study to see what was going on, but the girl was gone. After that, he saw the girl coming out several times, so Huang Sheng hid in the bushes and waited for the girl to come again. After a while, the girl came, accompanied by a girl in red. Huang Sheng looked at two young girls, red. The white contrasts, dazzling, really gorgeous.
The girl got closer and closer. Suddenly, the girl in red stopped, stepped back and whispered: "There is a stranger here!" "Huang Sheng refused to miss the opportunity and pounced forward. The two girls turned around and ran away in fright. The long sleeves of their skirts fluttered, and a strong fragrance came. Huang Sheng chased over the short wall, and the beautiful figures of the girls disappeared again. Huang Sheng She was so in love with her that she wrote a quatrain on the tree: I miss you endlessly, but I am still in love with you. Where can I find Wushuang?
He walked in while thinking about it. In the study, the girl in white suddenly walked in with a smile. Huang Sheng was surprised and happy. She stood up to greet him. The girl smiled and said, "You looked like a robber just now. It was scary. I didn't expect you to be a romantic and elegant poet." Well, then we might as well meet you. " Huang Sheng asked about her life experience, and the girl said: "My name is Xiangyu. I was originally from a brothel. I was locked up in this mountain by a Taoist priest. I really didn't do it willingly. Huang Sheng asked hurriedly: "What is the name of the Taoist priest?" I will definitely wash away your shame. Xiangyu said, "No need." He didn't dare to force me. It would be nice for me to take this opportunity to have frequent trysts with you, a romantic scholar.
Huang Sheng asked again who the girl in red was, and Xiangyu said, "Her name is Jiangxue, and she is my sworn sister." The two of them talked more and more intimately, and Nocturne spent the night in Huang Sheng's study. When she woke up the next day, the red sun was already approaching the window. Xiangyu hurriedly got up and said, "This is really fun and forgetting the dawn!" While dressing, he happily said to Huang Sheng: "I also wrote a poem, which can be regarded as a reward for your masterpiece yesterday. Don't laugh at me: the good night is more difficult to end, and the morning is already at the window." I wish to be like the swallow on the beam, where it perches and becomes a pair.
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When Huang Sheng heard this, he was overjoyed. He held Xiangyu's hand and said, "You turn out to be so beautiful and smart, so adorable! Being away from you for a day is like being separated by thousands of miles. You must come as soon as you can, you don’t have to wait until night! " Xiangyu agreed. From then on, the two would meet every night. Huang Sheng often begged Xiangyu to invite Jiangxue, but Jiangxue never came. Huang Sheng felt regretful. Xiangyu had to comfort him: "Sister Jiang's temperament is uncooperative. , not as infatuated as I am. You have to allow me to persuade her slowly and not to be impatient!"
Appreciation of the novel "Fragrant Jade":
The beginning of the novel uses a double-ladder to carry the law, which lays the groundwork for the rest of the story. The main character of Xiangyu is highlighted. The so-called double mention means that Naidong and Peony are mentioned at the same time, and Jiangxue and Xiangyu are explained at the same time. The so-called single inheritance means that the plot of the story is unfolded with Xiangt as the main clue. /p>
At the beginning of this novel, three people are confessed at the same time, and they are united; in the middle, Xiangyu and Jiangxue retreat to the background, and they are divided; at the end, one of them dies and two are martyred, and the three of them are reunited, and they are united again. In this way, the special relationship between these three people is handled very appropriately.
Reference for the above content:
Baidu Encyclopedia - Xiang. Jade (Chapter of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio")