original text

When Zhang Zuozhi, the county magistrate of Jinhua, went to a place, he saw countless frogs, all cocky and complaining. George is different. When you get off the bus, frogs are jumping as leaders. In the wild, three bodies were piled up. Powerful, hand patted two bodies, the next body moved slightly, and it was filled with soup, and it hasn't recovered yet. He said: "My business also knows that the two baskets on their shoulders are suitable for fairs, and they are both frogs, so I bought them and set them free. The two men replied,' This is shallow water. Although released, it will be captured by others. There is Qingyuan in front, but it is also a release pool. "From then on, I accidentally spent a lot of money, so I was killed. The second servant followed closely, with a hundred gold around his waist. He will be lured here and killed to win gold. " When Zhang Zuozhi arrived in the county, he hurried to catch it, and everyone got it in a few days. I spit it out as soon as I heard it, died of sin, and the money I won was returned to the merchant.

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When Zhang Zuozhi, the chief executive of Jinhua County, arrived at a place, he saw many frogs barking by the roadside, and they all held their heads high, as if they had something to say. Zhang Zuozhi felt very strange and got off the bus and left. He looked at it as he walked. When the frog saw him get off the bus, he jumped in front of him and showed him the way. All the way to the edge of a field, I only saw three bodies piled together. Zhang Zuozhi held up the above two bodies by hand, and found that the bodies below were still shaking, so he fed the man hot water to drink. After a while, the man woke up and told the story: "I am a businessman." On the way to the market, I met two people with baskets on their shoulders. There are frogs in the basket. They are all moaning. So I bought frogs and let them go. Two frog sellers said, "The water here is very shallow. Even if you let the frog go, you will be caught by others. There is a deep pool in front, which is a release pool. So I went to the release pool with those two people. But who would have thought that the two men were waving axes, so I was hurt by them. My servant is not far behind me. They all brought a lot of money. The man who hurt me must have lured the servants here, killed them and took all the money. " After hearing this, Zhang Zuozhi immediately returned to the county and arrested the two men who killed him. Soon, everyone was arrested. After the trial, both of them confessed the facts of the crime, sentenced to death, and returned the stolen money to the businessman.

To annotate ...

1 Jinhua: Ancient place name, now Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province.

Sheriff: the chief executive of a county.

3: mention.

4 From: Follow.

5 kg: axe.

Guide: lead the way

7 and: at the same time.

8 Qingyuan: Water depth.

City 9: Go to the market.

10 soup: hot water.

1 1 Fitness: Go

12 lead: open the way.

13 Yan: Over there.

14 Not long: Soon.

15 Congzhi: Follow

16 Mourning: Feel sad.

17 is different: it feels strange.

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Good people get what they deserve, and evil people get what they deserve.

Classical Chinese knowledge

Quantifiers in modern Chinese are always followed by numerals, such as three people, five cars, eight horses and ten flowers, while in classical Chinese only three people, five cars, eight horses and ten flowers are said. This is mainly because there are few quantifiers in ancient times, so proper quantifiers should be added when translating classical Chinese. Such as "three-body", "two-person", "two-servant" and "one-message" should be translated into "three-body", "two-person" and "first instance".