(Global Village Department Chat Room Notes vi)

abrook water poem

liupu(aged8) Li Qufei English translation

(mingdynasty,1368-1644)

abrookinfrontofmygate, a ditch of water in front of the door,

runstotheeastnightandday. Flowing eastward day and night.

"hey, whereare youheading,mate?" I asked where to go?

"i’mtot’vastoceanfaraway!" Cangming stopped!

129. Is it wrong to like it?

Mu Zhu: I read a sentence today and see if my translation is correct. "Itisnotwhatwehate but justwhatwelove that destroysus." "What destroys us is not what we hate, but exactly what we love." - Neil Pottsman, a famous media culture researcher

Simei: The translation is not only right, but also very right. Where did you see it?

Mu Zhu: "Special Digest" magazine, 2019 Issue 2.

Yuxuan: Mu Zhu's English is getting better and better.

Mu Zhu: It’s not good. In the context of internationalization and globalization, many companies now recruit employees and need to be proficient in at least one foreign language.

Mingyue: Mu Zhu is preparing for the future and never digging wells when she is thirsty.

Mu Zhu: We are each other, Simei is ahead. At first glance, she is a little shocked to see this sentence, but then she thinks that there is something worth discussing.

Mingyue: "If you study without thinking, you will be confused; if you think without learning, you will be in danger." Mu Zhu has learned to think. Tell me what is the discussion.

Mu Zhu: I know that some people nowadays regard ugliness as beauty, and their aesthetics have serious misaligned. Some cultures promote the official position of fighting slaves, such as some TV series that once hit.

Simei: For example—

Mu Zhu: It’s better not to point it out, just know it and I. This is just one of them.

Yuxuan: What about the second one?

Mu Zhu: Mobile phones are a topic that cannot be avoided at the moment, and almost no one dares to say they don’t like it.

Simei: So what?

Mu Zhu: Everything must be divided into two parts. If you are not restrained, you will be able to play well. If you don’t expect your studies, your health will be ruined.

Simei: Fortunately, we were not caught in.

Yuxuan: On several occasions, I saw grandma with her grandson on the bus. A three or four-year-old child was playing with a big screen. Grandma was full of joy when she looked at it. I was really worried that if she continued to spoil her like this, would she still love to study when she grew up?

Mingyue: What you like may not be really good, and it is really distressing to be uncontrollable.

Simei: Just like diet. Some people love sweets, but their teeth are eroded. When they reach thirty or forty, there is no one left.

Yuxuan: Some people eat and drink a lot, but end up getting sick.

Mingyue: Last night's news broadcast, someone drove drunk and fell off a cliff. Another person drove drunk and drove directly into the river.

Simei: Some people stayed up late to gambling and playing cards for a long time, but they fell asleep and never woke up again. Some children were too obsessed with playing games, and their mother took away her phone and refused to let her play, so she even chased her mother with a knife.

Yuxuan: Too many likes lead to too many misfortunes, but there are still too many people who don’t have a memory.

Mingyue: There are so many misfortunes that can’t be finished in three days and three nights. Mu Zhu seems to have not answered yet where to discuss it.

Mu Zhu: As for the discussion - I said I like you, will you ruin me?

Mingyue: Don’t talk to your sister, just talk serious.

Mu Zhu: Just kidding, don’t be angry with me. If it’s too far away, you’re afraid that you can’t explain it clearly. Let’s talk about learning now. Using the above words to analogy, learning is what we like, will it also ruin us? Does it seem unreasonable?

Simei: A coin has two sides, and there is no absolute thing in the world. Of course, the above words need to be understood in a specific context. If you learn to death and overdraw your brain power too much, it will be counterproductive.

Yuxuan: "Books are the ladder of human progress." You cannot do without learning at any time unless you are willing to wait for the bottom of the well.

Mingyue: Work and rest are combined, and work is gained. Overdrawing too much will make you feel sad. Don’t go to extremes in everything, nothing can ruin us. If you insist on going to extremes, then everything is hard to say.

Mu Zhu: Understand the above words rationally, understand the great principles in them, and be happy to benefit others and yourself.

Simei: I have almost understood myself. Should we go out and relax?

Yuxuan: Peach blossoms in Taoyuan are in full bloom, let’s go there.

Mingyue: Good idea. Wait for me.
Chapter completed!