1. Classical Chinese "In the past, people in the Song Dynasty loved doing good things

Once upon a time, there was a person in the Song Dynasty who was willing to do good deeds. His family has been doing good deeds for three generations. The black cow in the family A white calf was born for no reason, so he went to consult Confucius, who said: "This is an auspicious sign and should be sacrificed to ghosts and gods. "

A year later, the father's eyes went blind for no reason. The black cow gave birth to a white calf again. The father asked his son to consult Confucius again. His son said: "I listened to my teacher last time. ,, you are blind, and now you have to ask him, why? The father replied: "The sage's prediction first violates the truth and then conforms to the facts." The outcome of this matter is still unclear, so let’s try to go there and ask him again. His son had no choice but to ask Confucius again. Confucius replied: "This is an auspicious omen. We should also sacrifice to ghosts and gods." The son went home and conveyed Confucius's words to his father. His father said: "Do as the teacher said." "

Another year passed, and the son's eyes became blind for no reason. Later, the Chu State attacked the Song State and surrounded the city where they were. At this time, (the people in the city ran out of food) They had to exchange their children for food, and split their corpses for firewood. All the adult men died in the battle. Even the elderly, sick, and children climbed onto the city wall to defend the city so that (the Chu army) could not take it. The King of Chu was furious. After the city was captured, all the people who defended it were slaughtered. Only the father and son did not go up to the city wall because of their blindness. After the war was over, the father and son regained their sight. . Huainanzi. The translation of human training begins with "In the past, people in the Song Dynasty loved good people"

Once upon a time, there was a person in the Song Dynasty who was willing to do good deeds. The black cow in his family has been doing good deeds for three generations. A white calf was born for no reason, so he went to consult Confucius, who said: "This is an auspicious sign and should be sacrificed to ghosts and gods. "

A year later, the father's eyes became blind for no reason. The black cow gave birth to a white calf again. The father asked his son to consult Confucius again. His son said: "I listened to my teacher last time. ,, you are blind, and now you have to ask him, why? The father replied: "The sage's prediction first violates the truth and then conforms to the facts." The outcome of this matter is still unclear, so let’s try to go there and ask him again. His son had no choice but to ask Confucius again. Confucius replied: "This is an auspicious omen. We should also sacrifice to ghosts and gods." The son went home and conveyed Confucius's words to his father. His father said: "Do as the teacher said." "

Another year passed, and the son's eyes became blind for no reason. Later, the Chu State attacked the Song State and surrounded the city where they were. At this time, ( The people in the city had no food, so they had to exchange their children to feed themselves, and split their corpses for firewood. All the adult men died in the battle, and even the elderly, sick, and children went up to the city wall to defend the city. (The Chu army) could not capture it. The king of Chu was furious. After the city was captured, all the people who defended the city were slaughtered. Only this father and son did not go up to the city wall after the war was over. Both father and son regained their sight.

3. Those who are good are known to ministers and friends; those who are not good cannot be known. Classical Chinese Translation

Good ministers make friends with me, so I understand them; those who are not good (I do not associate with them) , so) would not understand them. "History of the Ming Dynasty: Song Lian's Biography" records: Song Lian tried to drink with a guest, and the emperor secretly sent someone to investigate. The next day, he asked Lian if he drank yesterday, who was the guest, and what was the food. Lian responded with facts. . Smiled and said: "It is true that you will not deceive me." Jian Zhao asked the county officials whether Zang was good, and Lian Wei cited the good ones and said: "The good ones are friends with me, and I know them; the bad ones cannot be known." The person in charge is Mrs. Ru. Su wrote a letter of more than ten thousand words. The emperor was angry and asked the courtiers. Some people pointed out his letter and said, "This is disrespectful and this slander is illegal." He asked Lian, and he said: "He is loyal to your majesty. Your majesty opens the way for his words. He will be severely punished." After the emperor read his book, he found something interesting. He summoned the court officials to question him, and because of the call Lian, he said: "Wei Jing Lian, who made some mistakes. Translation: Song Lian once drank with a guest, and the emperor secretly sent someone to go there." The detective inspected. The next day, the emperor asked Song Lian if he had any drinks yesterday. Who was the guest? What was the meal? Regarding the quality of ministers, Song Lian only mentioned those good ministers. The emperor asked him why, and Song Lian replied: "The good ministers make friends with me, so I understand them; those who are not good, (I don't make friends with them) The emperor, Ru Taisu, wrote a memorial of more than 10,000 words. The emperor was furious and asked the ministers in the court. Someone pointed to Ru Taisu's memorial and said, "This is disrespectful, and the criticism here is illegal." ." (The emperor) asked Song Lian, and he replied: "He is just loyal to your majesty. Your majesty is openly speaking out, how can you rebuke (him)? "Soon after the emperor read Ru Taisu's memorial, there was something worthy of adoption. The courtiers were all scolded, so he shouted Song Lian's name and said: "(If) there was no Jing Lian, (I) almost mistakenly blamed the person who came to remonstrate. ". 4. Translation of Song Dynasty people's good deeds in classical Chinese

Original text: In the past, people in Song Dynasty loved good deeds, which was difficult to understand for three generations ①.

A black cow gave birth to a white calf for no reason. Let me ask Mr. ②.

The Mr. said: "This is auspicious for the enjoyment of ③ ghosts and gods. "After living for a year, his father became blind for no reason.

The cow gave birth to a white calf again. The father asked his son to ask the teacher again.

The son said: "Mr. Qian Ting I was blinded by the words, now I ask again, what can I do? His father said: "The words of the sage first disobey and then reconcile." The matter has not been investigated ⑤, so I will try ⑥ and ask again. "

His son asked his husband again. The husband said: "This is auspicious, and it is used to feed ghosts and gods. "

Return, fatal ⑦ His father. His father said: "Mr. Xing's words are also true. "

After living for a year, his son became blind again for no reason. Later, Chu attacked Song and surrounded its city.

At this time, he changed his son to eat, and separated his body to cook. . The old and sick children all went up to the city and stayed there.

The king of Chu was furious. The city was destroyed and all the defenders were killed.

Because the father and son are blind, they can't take the city. When the army breaks up and surrounds them, both father and son will watch. When the cow gave birth to a white calf, she went to ask Confucius: "This is a sign of good luck. Use it to sacrifice to ghosts and gods." "After a year, his father's eyes went blind for no reason.

After that, the black cow gave birth to a white calf. His father asked his son to ask Confucius again.

He His son said: "I heard Confucius say it was a good omen before, but your eyes were blind. Now I ask him again, what's the point?" His father said: "The words of saints often conflict with each other at first, but then they become very consistent." The matter is not over yet, you can ask him again. "

So his son asked Confucius again. Confucius still said: "This is an auspicious sign, use it to worship ghosts and gods. "

The son went home and conveyed his words to his father. The father said: "It will be as he said. "

A year later, his son's eyes became blind again for no reason. After that, the Chu State attacked the Song State and surrounded Song City.

At this time, children were exchanged for each other to eat, and human bones were split and burned. All the adult men died in the battle, and even the elderly, sick, and children climbed onto the city wall to defend the city so that the Chu army could not take it.

The king of Chu was very angry. After the city was captured, all the defenders were massacred.

The father and son did not have to go to the city to guard the city because they were both blind. When the Chu army retreated and the siege of the city was lifted, the father and son's eyesight recovered.