From: Biography of Women in the Later Han Dynasty by Ye Fan in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Original text:
Henan Leyangzi's wife doesn't know He's daughter.
The sheep tasted the road, got a golden cake and returned it to his wife. The wife said, "I heard that people with lofty ideals don't drink"? Stealing the water from the spring, honest people don't expose their food, and they pick up the missing parts to benefit and pollute their behavior! "Sheep shame is to donate money to the wild and learn from the teacher. After going home for a year, his wife knelt down and asked him why. The sheep said, "it doesn't make any difference if you think about it for a long time." "
The wife pointed a knife at the machine and said, "This kind of weaving was born from the cocoon and formed on the loom. A little tired, even inch by inch, and then become a horse. If we stop knitting today, we will lose success and waste time. Master accumulates learning, and when he knows his death, he is also virtuous; What's the difference if you go back to the middle road? " The sheep felt his words and returned to his last career, so he didn't return for seven years.
I tasted it and gave up the chicken and went into the park. My aunt stole and killed, and my wife cried without eating. Gu Guai asked her why. The wife said: "I hurt myself, and I lived very poor before I could eat." Ignore it. A thief who wants to marry must rob his aunt first. When the wife heard this, she came out with a knife. The thief said, "whoever releases your sword from me can do it all. Whoever doesn't come with me will kill your aunt."
The wife looked up at the sky, sighed, raised her knife and choked to death. A thief won't kill his aunt. Hearing this, the satrap killed the thief, gave silks and his wife a burial, and posthumous title became "true".
Translation:
The wife of Leyangzi in Henan Province no longer knows whose daughter it is. On one occasion, while walking on the road, Yang Le found a piece of gold lost by others and took it home and gave it to his wife. The wife said, "I heard that ambitious people don't drink water from stolen springs, and honest people don't accept food, not to mention picking up things lost by others and seeking personal gain to defile morality!" "
Yang Zi was very ashamed after hearing this, so he threw the gold into the wild and went to study as a teacher himself. A year later, Yang Zi came home, and his wife knelt down and asked him why he came back. Yang Zi said, "I have been away for a long time, and I feel homesick. Nothing special. " Hearing this, the wife picked up a knife and walked quickly to the loom and said, "These silks are all born from cocoons and woven on the loom.
A little at a time, only one inch long, one inch at a time, only a horse. Now, if we cut off these silk fabrics being woven, we will give up success and delay wasting time. When accumulating knowledge, we should' learn what we don't understand every day' to achieve virtue; What's the difference if I come back halfway and cut this silk? "
Yang Zi was moved by his wife's words and went back to finish his studies. He didn't come back for seven years. During this period, a chicken raised by a neighbor accidentally broke into Leyangzi's garden, and her mother-in-law secretly caught it, killed it and cooked it. At dinner time, Le Yangzi's wife cried at the plate of chicken and stopped eating it.
My mother-in-law was surprised and asked her why. Le Yangzi's wife said: "I am sad that my family is too poor, and what I eat at the dinner table is actually someone else's chicken." My mother-in-law threw away the chicken.
Later, a thief wanted to invade Le Yangzi's wife, so he hijacked her aunt (mother-in-law, husband and mother) first. Hearing this, the wife ran out with a knife. The thief said, "if you put down your knives and obey me, you can save your lives." If you don't listen, I'll kill your mother-in-law. " The wife sighed, raised her knife and cut her neck to commit suicide.
The thief didn't kill her mother-in-law. When the satrap learned about this, he arrested the thief and gave it to Yang Le's wife, Silk, and held a funeral for her, and named her "Yizhen".
Extended information 1. appreciate
"Son and wife" (in? Yáng zǐ qī:), is a biography. Praised the noble character and extraordinary talent of Le Yangzi's wife. Le Yangzi's wife was from Aiqiu (now Gushu Town, Yucheng County, Henan Province) in the Western Han Dynasty. ?
Two paragraphs of Le Yangzi's wife, whether in the past, present or future; But also has far-reaching significance to people of different nationalities, political views, cultures and religions. She warned people: to be a man should have noble character, and to have the spirit of not giving up halfway.
Two. Brief introduction of the author
Ye Fan (398-445), a native of Yang Shun (now Xichuan, Henan Province), was the great-grandson of Wang Fan, the grandson of Fan Ning, the satrap, and the son of Fan Tai. Officials, historians and writers in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty.
Ye Fan was born into a noble family. In the second year of Yuanxi (420), Liu proclaimed himself emperor, recruited as an official, and served as the champion general and secretary of Liu Yikang. In the ninth year of Yuanjia (432), he was demoted as the satrap of Xuancheng for offending Liu Yikang, and wrote the Book of the Later Han Dynasty during his tenure.
In the 17th year of Yuanjia (440), Ye Fan took refuge in Liu Jun, the king of Shixing, and served as the commander of the army, the prefect of Nanjun and Prince Zhan. In the 22nd year of Yuanjia (445), he was defeated and beheaded at the age of 48 for participating in the coup plot of Kong Xixian and Liu Yikang, the king of Pengcheng.
Ye Fan is brilliant and has made outstanding achievements in history. His Book of the Later Han Dynasty is rigorous in structure and rich in words. It is also called "the first four histories" with Historical Records, History of the Han Dynasty and History of the Three Kingdoms.
Three. Introduction to the Book of the Later Han Dynasty
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is a biographical history book that records the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was compiled by Ye Fan, a historian in the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty. Together with Historical Records, Hanshu and The History of the Three Kingdoms, it is called "the first four histories".
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is divided into ten chapters, eighty biographies and eight records (from Sima Biao's Continued Han Dynasty). The book mainly describes the historical events from the first year of Jianwu (25 years) of Guangwu Emperor in the Eastern Han Dynasty to the 25th year of Jian 'an Emperor in the Han Dynasty (220 years), *** 195.
The progressiveness of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty is also reflected in the courage to expose dark politics, sympathize with and praise justice. On the one hand, it exposed the power of the fisherman, on the other hand, it praised the middle and lower classes who were strong and upright and not afraid of rape. For example, in Biography of Wang Chong and Wang Fu in Zhong Changtong, Ye Fan included eight articles attacking current politics in detail.
Most of the later Han books followed the ready-made styles of Historical Records and Hanshu, but they were innovative. First, he added Empress Ji after Emperor Ji. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, there have been six queens, and their activities are written in the form of discipline, which is well-founded and accurately reflects the political characteristics of this period.
Secondly, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty added seven biographies: Danggu, eunuch, Wen Yuan, viceroy, Fang Shu, Yimin and Lienv. Ye Fan was the first historian to write biographies for women in biographical history books.
The first Biography of Wen Yuan grasped the development trend of literature in the Han Dynasty and put the literature with the lowest status in the four books of Confucius in its proper position. In addition, a biography of the party history and eunuchs was established to reflect the characteristics of a generation and summarize the major events of a generation.
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