On a cold snowy day, Master Xie called his sons and nephews together to talk about poetry with them. After a while, it snowed heavily. The teacher said happily, "What is this snow like?" My brother's eldest son, Xie Lang, said, "This is almost comparable to sprinkling salt in the air." His other brother's daughter said, "Catkin is not as good as the wind." Xie Taifu smiled happily. She (Xie Daowen) is the daughter of Xie Wuyi, the eldest brother of Xie Taifu, and the wife of General Zuo.
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Original text:
Xie Taifu (1) collects (2) on a cold snowy day and tells his children (3) the meaning of paper (4). Suddenly (5) it snowed, (6) Gong (7) said, "What is snow like?" Hu Erge (9) said: "The air difference of salt spraying can be calculated (1 1)." Brother and daughter said, "If catkins are not (12), the wind will rise (13)." Imperial guards laughed. That is, the eldest brother has no concubine (14) and the left general Wang Ningzhi (15) has a wife (16).
Precautions:
(1) Xie Taifu: Xie An (320-386), whose name is Anshi, was born in Yang Xia, Chenjun, Jin Dynasty (Taikang, Henan). I have been a governor, a servant in Xing Wu, a minister in the official department and a guard in the army. Be posthumously awarded as a teacher.
(2) Episode: family gathering.
(3) Children: sons and nephews of the younger generation.
(4) Talking about the significance of the thesis: talking about poetry.
5] Russian: Soon, for a while.
[6] Sudden: urgent (fast), tight.
(7) Cheerfulness: a happy look.
Like: that is, "like what", prepositional object. For example. What, interrogative pronoun, what; Like, like.
(9) Hull: Xie Lang. Xie Lang is the eldest son of Xie An's brother. Worked as a magistrate in Dongyang.
The difference can be simulated: almost the same. Poor, roughly, almost; Quasi-comparison.
⑾ If not: incomparable.
⑿ because: by virtue of.
(13) That's right.
[14] May 1st daughter: Xie Wuyi's daughter is Xie Daowen. Famous talented women in Eastern Jin Dynasty. No bureau, that is, Xie An's eldest brother Xie Yi, has no bureau.
⒂: Zi Shuping, the second son of Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, used to be General Zuo and the history of Huiji.
Also: the tone of judgment. You don't have to read it.