(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!

141. What kind of person am I

Mu Zhu: I don’t know what to fill in this sentence, I would like to ask you all. The test questions are as follows: “aman’sworthlies not somuchin________hehasasin_______heis.”

Yuxuan: It’s really hard to fill in this empty space. Simei see what to fill in.

Simei: What's the difficulty?

Mu Zhu: "worth" and "liein" are not easy to understand.

Simei: "worth" is a noun here, which means "value" in Chinese. "liein" in Chinese means "in" in a certain aspect.

Mu Zhu: I said, why is it so difficult? I thought "worth" was an adjective. It's easy to understand now. The first blank is "what" and the second blank is "who", right?

Simei: The first one is right, the second one is inappropriate.

Yuxuan: Also fill in "what" is right?

Simei: It's totally correct.

Mu Zhu: What does this sentence mean in Chinese?

Simei: This bright moon knows.

Mingyue: The general meaning is: "A person's value does not lie in what he has, but more in what kind of person he is."

Mu Zhu: Being a human being is very important. I know what it is not important to have? The Simei family is rich.

Simei: Where can I have money in my family? It can only be a few million at most.

Yuxuan: It’s not bad to have a few million, it’s much more than my family.

Mingyue: Fortunately, her father never squanders. If he is involved in gambling habits, millions of dollars are far from enough. Some people have more than a dozen houses at home, but in the end they lose more than half of gambling.

Mu Zhu: I still understand. What is more important than what you have, and its importance is probably here.

Yuxuan: It’s really unspeakable to calculate this way.

Mingyue: If you can’t say it all, then don’t say it all, just talk about it for a few minutes.

Mu Zhu: If you have a mountain of gold and silver, if you don’t know how to control yourself, you will also be able to live in vain.

Simei: You can also eat three highs, and the heights are so cold.

Yuxuan: It is dangerous to finally climb to a high position, but it is difficult to control it. The word "greed" is mysterious enough to pull people into the abyss.

Mingyue: It depends on the occasion when drinking, drinking and driving are a lot of trouble.

Mu Zhu: Don’t drink it without any chance. If you drink it, you will suffer from the bitter fruit.

Yuxuan: I heard that there was an official, who was about fifty or sixty years old, but he died in the kiln house.

Mingyue: If you don’t take it seriously, just talk about yourself.

Mu Zhu: I have something to say.

Simei: You are really forgetful. Mu Zhu is very smart, everyone knows it. But you were very playful at the beginning, and you fell in love with video games from time to time. You always secretly went online, and your academic performance plummeted.

Mingyue: Mu Zhu has changed now, and she has changed her past playful habits. Please tell me why the changes have changed so much?

Mu Zhu: Just learn well with you. With you as an example, how can I learn bad things? With sisters, I have to run forward. Things in the book can broaden my horizons, enlighten me, enhance my abilities, and teach me how to be a human being. If you play too much games, it is really boring, and it tastes like chewing wax.

Simei: It also hurts her health. Recently, the news broke: A man had a stroke in an Internet cafe and was lying in front of the computer. He only found out that he was immediately sent to the hospital and missed the best treatment time. Another man played games all night and died suddenly shortly after returning to the dormitory.

Yuxuan: People’s most valuable quality, do you know what it is?

Mu Zhu: I have heard people say more than once that moderation is the only life-saving straw for mankind.

Simei: No wonder Mu Zhu woke up early, because he grabbed the life-saving straw.

Yuxuan: What kind of person you want to be is more important than what you have.

Mingyue: I am willing to be a person with faith, a person who is persistent, and a person with self-control.

Mu Zhu: In addition, I also want to be an honest and trustworthy person, a person who abides by laws and regulations and cares for others.

Simei: There are actually many things I want to do, such as being diligent in thinking and willing to contribute.

Yuxuan: He has a open mind and is worthy of his heart.

The bright moon: Living in the world, you are worthy of heaven and earth.
Chapter completed!