Rope wonders original:
On August 5, the 24th year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, prostitutes were set up in the Imperial Building. The technician leads the long rope first, and both ends belong to the site, and the anchor machine is buried and tied. He also erected a few feet long post to lift the rope, which was as straight as a rope. The skilled woman climbed up from the end of the rope and looked at it like a fairy. In the middle of the road, those who meet sideways pass by, taking obstacles, but those who tend to pitch are obstacles. Or draw a pole to connect the calf to five or six feet high, or jump to three or four heavy objects, then turn over and throw it down until the rope is returned and never falls. It is a wonder that the gongs and drums festival should be strictly observed.
Precautions:
1, lead (La)
2. Genus (ZH incarnation, connection)
3. Pulley [(Lü lú), originally an instrument installed on the well to lift the bucket, refers to the rope twisting device]
4. Tie (tie)
5. Rope [Support Rope]
6, end (head) nie (niè, step on)
7. Suddenly (shū, suddenly (describe quickly)
8.[(jρ), wooden shoes]
9. Strict drums (fast drums)
2. Seeking: The whole process of the performance of the ancient prose "Rope Prostitute" is urgent. On August 5, 2004, in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, rope prostitutes (female artists performing acrobatics on ropes) were introduced into the royal palace building.
First pull out a long rope, put both ends on the ground, bury two windlasses (wooden wheels, similar to windlasses used in ancient times to draw water), and tie the two ends of the rope. There are some birds in the middle of the windlass. Erect a post to support the rope (rotate the hoist at both ends to straighten the rope), and the rope is stretched like a rope.
Then the geisha tiptoed up from both ends of the rope and walked back and forth fluttering, looking like a fairy. Some met in the middle of the rope, and the two passed by in the wrong way. Some people walk on it in clogs, bend down and look up calmly.
Some draw poles tied to the calf, five or six feet high, or walk on stilts, people pile up three or four floors, then jump off the somersault and stop on the rope, and never fall off. Everyone follows the rhythm of drum music, which is really a spectacle.
Hu Jialing, a bodyguard, wrote a poem "Ode to a Rope Prostitute" dedicated to the emperor, and the words were very flowery and fluent. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was very happy after reading it, and he was promoted to Cao Shen Jun (official name).
Since the banditry spread all over the country (referring to the war caused by An Shi Rebellion), artists have been dismissed. Such artists only exist outside the country, such as military camps and banquets, and sometimes they only perform once.
3. For the translation of "ventriloquism" in classical Chinese, see.
There is a man in Beijing who is good at performing ventriloquism. It happened that someone invited guests to a banquet, and an eight-foot-wide screen was set up in the northeast corner of the hall, so that ventriloquists only need a table, a chair, a fan and a piece of wood to sit in the screen. Many guests are sitting around the screen. After a while, there was only a bang on the screen, and everyone was silent. No one dares to speak loudly.
I heard a dog barking in a deep alley in the distance, and then a woman woke up with a yawn and a stretch. She shook her husband and talked about things between husband and wife. My husband was talking in his sleep, but he didn't promise her at first. The woman kept shaking him, so their voices gradually mixed together and the bed made a "chug" sound. After a while, the child woke up and burst into tears. The husband asked his wife to comfort the child to eat milk, the child cried with his nipple, and the woman hummed to coax him. Another big child in bed woke up and nagged loudly. At this time, the woman patted the child's voice with her hand, hummed to coax the child, the child cried with her nipple, the sound of the older child just waking up, the sound of the bed, and the voice of her husband scolding the older child. All these sounded at the same time, and all kinds of wonderful effects were achieved. There is not a full house of guests who don't cran their necks, squint their eyes, smile slightly and admire silently, which makes them feel wonderful.
After a while, the husband began to snore, and the voice of the woman patting the child gradually stopped. I vaguely heard the sound of mouse activity, the tilting of pots and pans, and the coughing of women in dreams. The guests relaxed a little and gradually straightened up.
Suddenly I heard a man shouting "Fire!" The husband got up and shouted, the woman got up and shouted, and the two children cried together. After a while, hundreds of people shouted loudly, hundreds of children cried, hundreds of dogs barked, and the sound of flapping sounded with the sound of houses collapsing, the explosion of fire, the whistling wind and thousands of voices; There are hundreds of cries for help, the sound of pushing down the burning house, the sound of picking up things, and the sound of splashing water. There is nothing to listen to. Even if a person has a hundred hands and each hand has a hundred fingers, he can't point out one of them; A person has a hundred mouths, and each mouth has a hundred tongues, and he can't tell a place apart. At this time, none of the guests changed their faces, left their seats, rolled up their sleeves, stretched out their arms, and their legs trembled, almost rushing away.
Suddenly, I woke up and all the sounds disappeared. Take off the screen and see, there is only one person, a table, a chair, a fan and a piece of wood.
After a while, it was a moment, and then suddenly.
1. means suddenly: suddenly.
At the same time: once.
It means one thing after another: right away.
It happened in a certain time: it was timely.
It happened in a short time: after a while.
Yes, just in time.
Banquet: Hold a banquet.
Hall service: hall and living room.
Stone: Set it up, set it up.
Barrier: refers to screens, tents and other things used to block the line of sight.
Foot stroke: props used by artists to perform, also called "awakening wood".
But smell: only smell. But: only. Smell: I heard it.
However: the way it looks.
There was silence: there was silence. Sit down and give up your seat.
Bark: A dog barks.
Stretch in fright: yawn and stretch after waking up. Stretch: yawn, stretch
Milk: feeding.
Whoops: humming a child to sleep.
Less: a little. Abbreviation: the adverb of time, which is interpreted as "immediately" according to the etymology, is gradually here.
Name: say it.
Femur: thigh.
Go: Run.
Absolutely: disappear.
Slightly: gradually.
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1. Sit: All the guests sit (sit down) and become silent.
2. Milk: A woman caresses the baby's milk (suckling) and the baby cries (* * *).
3. And: when the child wakes up (suffix indicating adverb of time, without translation), the woman pats and hits (conjunction, table juxtaposition).
4. Wonderful: All wonderful things are ready (beautiful) and I think I am wonderful (good).
5. Pointing: A hand has hundreds of fingers (fingers) and cannot point to one end (pointing outward).
6. Absolute: think that the wonderful (extreme) group sounds absolute (stop)
4. According to the classical Chinese of the Wolf, expand the imagination of acrobatics and tell the story. A butcher came home at night, and the meat in his burden was sold out, leaving only bones. I met two wolves on the road and followed them for a long time.
The butcher was afraid and threw the bone to the wolf. A wolf got a bone and stopped. Another wolf is still following him. The butcher threw the bone to the wolf again, and the wolf who got the bone behind stopped, but the wolf who got the bone in front came again. The bones have been thrown away. But the two wolves chased the butcher together as before.
The butcher was embarrassed and anxious, and I was afraid that he would be attacked by wolves. The butcher saw a threshing floor in the field. The owner of the threshing floor piled firewood in the threshing floor and built it like a hill. The butcher then ran over, leaned over the pile of firewood, put down the burden and picked up the butcher's knife. The two wolves dared not go forward and stared at the butcher.
After a while, one wolf went straight away, and the other wolf squatted in front of the butcher like a dog. After a long time, the wolf's eyes seem to be closed, and it looks very leisurely. The butcher suddenly jumped up, cut off the wolf's head with one knife, and hacked the wolf to death with several knives. The butcher just wanted to leave, but he turned and saw the back of the firewood pile. Another wolf is digging a hole in the firewood pile, intending to drill a hole to attack the butcher's back. The body has been drilled into the middle, showing only * * * and tail. The butcher cut off the wolf's thigh from behind and killed the wolf. The butcher realized that the wolf in front pretended to sleep, which was originally used to lure the enemy.
The wolves were too cunning, but after a while, both wolves were killed. How deceptive can animals be? Can only add jokes to people.
5. Ma Jun's reading biography in classical Chinese, the original text of Mr. Ma Jun, whose word is virtuous, is also famous in the world.
Travel less, you don't know how to be smart. What can I say about Zhihu at this time? Mr. Ma Jun, whose name is Deheng, is a world-famous high-skilled talent.
He lived a life of amusement when he was young and didn't know he had skills. At this time, he never talks about technology with others. How can anyone know him? The original text is a doctor, living in poverty, but thinking about the change of silk machine, it goes without saying that the world knows his cleverness.
The old silk loom has been used for 50 years, 60 years and 60 years. My husband suffered from the loss of work and it took a lot of time, so it was easy to use it for 12 years. His strange pen is written by feeling, and it is still natural and infinite in yin and yang.
This round of equal rights can't be said, how can I say it? When he became a doctor and lived in poverty, he wanted to improve his silk loom. Needless to say, people know that he is very skilled. On the old loom, fifty healds (healds: grouping warp yarns on the loom) were used, and sixty healds were used for sixty healds. Mr. Ma thought this design was laborious and time-consuming, so he improved the machinery and changed them all into twelve harnesses.
After improvement, you can weave all kinds of wonderful patterns at will. After weaving, it looks like natural formation, and it changes endlessly like Yin and Yang. It's like a wheel-maker (wheel flat: an ancient wheel-maker) answering someone's question: That ingenious place can't be explained in words, how can it be tested in words? In order to give something, Mr. Yuan had an argument with Qin Lang, a general who often served Gao He, about the South Locomotive.
The second son said that there was no south locomotive in ancient times, but his words were false. The gentleman said, "It has existed since ancient times.
Without thinking, what is a husband? "The second son said," Mr. Jun's name is Deheng, your name is the model of the device, and the scale determines the weight of the object, so it is not the model! "Mr. Wang said," It is better to work hard and be effective than to talk empty words. "So the second son took Emperor Bai Ming and Mr. Zhao as guides.
This difference is also impossible to say. From now on, the world is suitable for its cleverness.
After Mr. Wang became an official, he once argued with assistant minister Gao He and general Qin Lang about the South Compass in the court. The two of them said that there was no compass in ancient times, and the statement on the record was false.
The gentleman said, "In ancient times, there was a south guide car. We didn't think about it, what a distant thing! " They laughed at him and said, "Sir, your name is Jun, and the tuba is Deheng.
Jun is the mold of pottery, and the scale determines the weight of things. You are not sure about the weight of this scale yet, and you want to make a mold! "。 The gentleman said, "It's better to have a try than to talk and argue blindly. "
So the two of them reported it and ordered the king to do it. Later, he made a compass. This is a beautiful thing, but it can't be clearly stated in words.
From then on, everyone in the world admired his skills. Originally living in the capital, the capital has land for gardens and no water for irrigation.
Teacher Wang is a rollover, so that the children can't turn around, but irrigation is self-sufficient and more effective than usual. So are these two differences.
He lives in the capital, and there is land in the city to grow vegetables, but he is worried that there is no water nearby to irrigate. Mr. Wang did a rollover and asked the young people (children: young people) to turn. The pumped water can be poured into the ground by itself, and turned inside out, which is much more efficient than ordinary waterwheels.
This is the second wonderful thing. After the original text, there are hundreds of performers who can pose but can't move.
Yi Di asked Mr.: "Is it movable?" Right: "Movable." The emperor said, "Is cleverness beneficial?" Right: "Yike."
Be ordered to do it. Make it look like a wheel with a big wood carving structure, apply it on the ground and dive into the water.
Set it as a female music and dance image, and let Woodenhead play drums and flutes; As a mountain, Woodenhead jumps over the pill and throws a sword, with a side wall and handstand, and it is free to go in and out, while the Guanbai Administrative Office is full of changes. So are these three differences.
Later, someone presented a set of acrobatic models, which could only be decorated and could not be moved. The emperor asked the gentleman, "Can you make them move?" The answer is: "You can move."
The emperor said, "Can you do it more skillfully?" The answer is: "It can be better." So he accepted the order of the empire to make it.
He carved and cut big wood, made it into the shape of a wheel, put it on the ground, and set a mechanical device started by water under it. There are women idols who play music and dance, and puppets who play drums, flute and stack arhats. Puppet can also throw a wooden ball, throw a sword, walk a rope, somersault with flexible movements, as well as sit in court for trial, rice milling, chicken fighting and other actions.
This is the third wonderful work. The former teacher saw Zhuge Liang's crossbow and said, "Brilliant is brilliant, but not perfect." What he said can be increased five times.
There is also a stone car, and the enemy hangs wet cowhide on the side of the building. If it is in the middle, it will fall and the stone will not attach. To make a round, hang dozens of big stones, drum up the wheels with machines, and often break the hanging stones and fly to the enemy city, so that the first and last electricity will arrive.
Try to hang dozens of wheels and fly hundreds of steps. Mr. Wang saw the crossbow designed by Zhuge Liang and said, "This thing is very clever, but it is not perfect."
He said that crossbows can be made, and the efficiency of sending arrows can be improved five times. Some people think that the effect of sending stone trucks is poor. If the enemy hangs wet cowhide on the side of the tower, the stones sent in the past will slide down when they touch the cowhide, and the stone delivery car will not be able to fire continuously.
He wants to make a kind of wheel, hang dozens of big stones, turn the wheel mechanically, the rope hanging on the wheel will break at a certain rhythm, and the stones will be thrown at the enemy tower, which can be thrown one by one quickly. He once tried to hang dozens of bricks and tiles on a wheel, which could be thrown hundreds of steps away.
The original text has Pei Zi, and the scholar of the country is also proficient in seeing and hearing it. Mr. Nainan, what Mr. Nainan said is wrong. Peizi found it hard to get, so she kept saying.
Fu Zi said to Pei Zi, "He who is good at his words is good at his shortcomings. The strength of Ma Shi is skill, but those shortcomings are also eloquent.
If you use your son to attack his shortcomings, you have to surrender; If you lack a son, it is difficult for him to be strong, then you are confused. A wise man is confused by trivial things in the world. It is difficult for him to hit the other person and he will be far away.
Mahalanobis is wrong because the heart obeys the inside and the mouth obeys the outside. There is a Mr. Pei, a famous person in Beijing, with profound knowledge. When he heard about Mr Pei, he laughed at him.
6. Lan Yiji:
There was a tramp named Zilan in Song State. He used his unique skills to ask for audience with Wang Song and Song Yuanjun. Song received him and asked him to perform his skills in public. I saw this basket tied to his calf with two wooden sticks twice as long as his body, walking and running for a while, and playing with the seven swords for a while.
This time, Song was furious and said, "The man with special skills came to see me before. Although his skill was useless, I was in a good mood, so I rewarded him with gold, silver and jade. " Today, Zilan must have heard about it before begging me to watch him perform. I'm offering my skills for greed, hoping to get a reward from me. "So Song ordered people to catch him. He was going to kill the man, but he was released after being locked up for a month.
Original text:
In the Song Dynasty, there were Zilan people who used their skills to do the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Summoned in the Song and Yuan Dynasties to see their skills. Double its body with two branches and connect its tibia, neck and neck. Get seven swords, jump over each other, and five swords are always in the air. Yuan Jun was frightened. He used gold and silk as gifts.
There are also violets that can swallow opera. When they hear about it, they will return to Gan Yuanjun. Yuan Jun was furious and said, "Those who used to fuck me with different skills are incompetent. I am favored and given gold and silk. He will smell this and enter and look forward to my reward. " Arrested and intended to be slaughtered, he was released that month.
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Significance of Eupatorium adenophorum entering the technical field
Expose the moodiness and cruelty of feudal rulers. At the same time, it also enlightens people that everyone's environment and opportunities are different. Maybe you can do whatever he does, but his road to success may not be suitable for you. When various conditions and factors change, the result may be just the opposite.
Zilan: In ancient times, he was a juggler. Use: use, rely on doing: seeking Song and Yuan Dynasties: this refers to Song Yuanjun. Tibia: Leg Tendencies: Trot: Trot: Bopyan Opera: Drama.
Its skills are as agile as swallows. Yan, the same "acting" has been heard: I heard that it is common: the same "use", reuse the correct value: just in line with the plan: preparation.
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7. Begging for a translation of classical Chinese, Mr. Ma Jun, a man who helps the wind, has a noble moral character and is the best in the world. When he was young, he lived a life of pleasure and didn't know that he had a gift for originality.
When he became a doctor, he lived in poverty, so he wanted to improve the loom. He didn't deliberately promote anything. People already know that his technology is original. In the old twill loom, 50 needles are used for 50 healds and 60 needles are used for 60 healds. Mr. Ma thought it was laborious and time-consuming, so he improved the machine and switched to 12 needles.
When Mr. Wang became an official, he had an argument with Qin Lang, a Sanshou general who often served Gao He, on the issue of South Guide Car in the court. The two said that there was no compass in ancient times, and the recorded statement was false. Mr. Wang said: "There was a South Locomotive in ancient times, which (we) didn't think of. This is not a distant thing. It is better to give it a try and verify it. " So the two of them reported it and ordered the king to do it. Later, he made a compass. This is the first strange thing.
He lives in the capital, and there is land to grow vegetables in the city. What worries him is that there is no water to irrigate nearby. (Sir) made a rollover, told the children to turn, and the collected water was poured into the ground, and the rollover turned inside out, which was 100 times more efficient than the ordinary waterwheel. This is the second strange thing.
Later, someone paid tribute to a set of acrobatic models, only for decoration, not for activities. The emperor asked Mr. Wang, "(Can) make them move?" The answer is, "You can move them." The emperor said, "Can you do it more skillfully?" The answer is: "It can be better." He accepted the royal order to make it. He carved and cut the big wood into the shape of a wheel, put it on the ground and let it rotate with the running water below. There are dancing idols of female artists and puppets playing drums and flutes. It also looks like a mountain. Puppets can throw wooden balls, throw swords, climb ropes and somersault, and walk flexibly. This is the third strange thing.
Mr. Wang looked at the crossbow designed by Zhuge Liang and said, "This thing is very clever, but it is not perfect." He said he could make crossbows, and the number of arrows could be increased five times. A Mr. Pei laughed at Mr. Pei. He questioned Mr. Wang, who was inarticulate and simply didn't answer. Mr. Pei thought that his cross-examination hit the other side's key and went on. Mr. Fu said to Mr. Pei, "Your strength is that you can talk, but your weakness is that you can't think skillfully. Mr. Ma's strength is ingenuity, but his weakness is his inability to speak. Use your strengths to attack his weaknesses, of course, he can only be wronged and not answer; But if you compare his advantages with your shortcomings, there must be a lot you don't understand. Cleverness and so on are extremely subtle and profound things in the world. You don't understand, but you keep attacking. The content of the attack must be beside the point of Wan Li. He doesn't agree with you in his heart, but he can't say it in his mouth. This is why Teacher Ma didn't answer you. "
8. Reading and Answering in the classical Chinese "Biography of the New Tang Dynasty" 4 1: Lu Xiangqi, profound and kind, from Zhangzhou. Father, you have a plan. Gaozu entered the customs, worshipped General Jun Grey, sealed Xinxing County, and moved to General Wuwei. Emperor Taizong went to levy Liao, led Zuo Tun to camp soldiers, fought against North Korea in the mountains and died in the battlefield. He was dedicated to the Governor of Youzhou, Zuo Wei, and Xingguo Gong, and was buried with Zhaoling.
He was kind to his father's death, granted the doctor a court, and attacked Duke Xing. Crown Prince, Zhuo and Zuo have a good margin. The prince gave a banquet in the palace and ordered the palace officials to throw it down. The second time was fine, but he said, "Your Highness has excellent people, and I will give you an order. This is not a question of wings. " The prince thanked him. Gao gave a hundred silks. In addition to the general tour, Emperor Wei also said, "I am honest and honest, so I have three important positions. Ministers can't come to my place unless they search it. I know how expensive this official is, because Pei Er's big horizontal knife is on our side. " No disease. It's called Wei In the vertical arch, the calendar is clear. Hungry people in Shandong wrote to the governor for relief. Worship Guan Chun Shangshu. He is a Qin Zhou secretariat, Yizhou secretariat and Guanglu doctor. He is an official with an old illness.
In the first year of Shen Gong, Qidan disturbed Lu and attacked the history of Weizhou. The marquis of Wu always said, "If you are ill, you can walk 30 miles a day with your wife, help me with my border and be a shield." It is appropriate to be good at dealing with chaos because he has been slow to ask the government about its gains and losses. Later, he said: "The last enemy is not feasible, and the government must be assisted." Stay in Baines' history. Lai Chen Jun was sentenced to death in prison, but later he wanted to release him. He Shan said, "A handsome minister is fierce and cunning, which leads the world to despair and evil. If you don't suppress the evil of Yuan, you will be worried if you shake the fetus. " Accept it later. The return of King Lu Ling was highly praised. Since you are the Crown Prince, please go abroad to arrange your minister.
And the good is not very literary, but honest and self-sufficient, with a minister's day. At that time, there were two courtiers who didn't attend every banquet and were good at chopping. Later, they said, "You are too old to wait for you, but you have to look in the school cupboard." So I begged bones, but I was still not allowed to do so. I changed Wenchang's left photograph and Fengge's three products. He died at the age of eighty-two, and was given the prefect of Yizhou and buried with Gan Ling.
(Excerpted from the forty-first series of Biography of the New Tang Dynasty, with some abridged)
Note: ① throwing: an ancient acrobatic in which people jump backwards. (2) Suspended arch: the title of Wu Zetian when he was in office.
Reference translation
Wang Jishan was born in Handan, Mianzhou. Father, your majesty. Deep and wise. When Gaozu led the rebel army to settle in Guanzhong, he appointed Wang Jun as the general, and later he was appointed as the emerging county magistrate and promoted to General Zuo Wuwei. Wang Junshi followed Taizong's expedition to Liaodong, and also led the military forces of Zuotun camp to fight against North Korea in the mountains. Wang Junshi took the lead and died in a fierce battle. Zuo Wei, the prefect of Youzhou and the Duke of Xingguo, was buried with Zhaoling.
Jude Wong Shan was made an imperial doctor because of his father's death, and attacked Qi Huangong. Prince Li Hong was established, and Wang Jishan was promoted to be left to the wind. When the prince was feasting in the palace, he ordered the palace ministers to dance backwards. When it was Jude Wong's turn to be kind, he refused to say, "Your Highness has his own music officer. If I am ordered, I am afraid it will not be for your highness. " The prince apologized and asked him to leave. After hearing this, Emperor Gaozong added a special reward and presented a hundred silks. Soon, he was named General Wei, and Emperor Gaozong said to him, "Because of your loyalty and prudence, I will give you three important positions. Others can't come to me unless they are called. Do you know that this official is a nobleman? " Soon, he was dismissed due to illness, and then he was appointed Wei Xiang. In 687, Wang Jishan was appointed as the secretary general. At that time, there was a famine in Shandong, and Wang Jishan served as the governor for disaster relief. Soon, he was appointed as Shangshu, transferred to Governor, and Yizhou as a long history, and was awarded Dr. Guanglu. Ask for retirement because of old age and illness.
In the first year of Shengong, the Khitan rebellion made Shandong uneasy, so he was taken as the secretariat of the sliding state. Wu Zetian said to him: "Although Qing is ill, she can take her wife and children and walk 30 miles every day (slowly to work) to manage the border for me and make it a barrier against the enemy." At this time, Wu Zetian asked about the gains and losses of the court. Wang Jishan elaborated on more than ten measures to control chaos. Wu Zetian said, "That's a trivial matter. This is a fundamental event. You can't go." So he stayed in the civil history of the court. Lai Junchen was arrested and imprisoned for a crime and sentenced to death by a company. Wu Zetian wanted to forgive him and not kill him. Wang Jishan said, "Lai Junchen is cruel, treacherous and unjust. He led the outlaws and framed and killed a good minister, which was hated by everyone. I think that if we don't get rid of the first evil, it will become the root of the disaster and the disaster will not end. " Wu Zetian accepted his opinion. Soon, Wu Zetian will make King Luling a prince. When King Luling comes back, Wang Jishan will help him plan. When King Luling was a prince, Wang Jishan invited the prince to come to foreign countries to comfort the people.
Although Wang Jishan's writing style is not very good, he is always honest, self-sustaining and firm in the face of things, which has a kind of ministerial nature. At that time, the Zhang Yizhi brothers were favored. Every time they gave a banquet, no one gave me a gift. Wang Jishan repeatedly criticized to stop this kind of behavior. Wu Zetian was unhappy and said to Wang Jishan, "Qing is too old to take part in this kind of amusement. Just review the affairs in the cabinet. " So Wang Jishan begged for retirement, but he was not allowed. He was appointed as the left phase of Wenchang, the same as Fengge Luantai. At the age of 82. Shi was appointed as the prefect of Yizhou, Zhen of posthumous title, and was buried in Ganling.
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