be brave in face of a devil(guǐ pà èr én)

be brave in face of a devil

Fear of the evil comes from the contents of Aizi zashuo. It tells us that in the old society, the domineering and domineering officials, as well as the bullies and hooligans, were all big and small "ghosts". They fish the people and humiliate them. But these characters are often bullying. Those who are obedient to them or even bend their knees will gain an inch. Those who give them resistance and contempt will be restrained.

original text

AI Zixing water painting, see a temple, short and decorated very strictly. There is a small ditch in front of it. Some people walk to the water, so they can't get involved. Gu temple, and often take the king as horizontal in the ditch, walk away. Another man came to see it and sighed again and again, saying, "the statue of God is so scornful!" He lifted himself up, brushed the ornaments with his clothes, held them to his seat, and then bowed away. In a moment, AI Zi heard the small ghosts in the temple and said, "the king lives here as a God and enjoys the sacrifice of his family. It's a disgrace to a fool. Why don't you punish him?" The king said, "however, misfortune should be done to the latecomers." The kid also said, "the former is to act as a king, but not to blame. Later, those who respect the great king will fight against it." Wang said, "the predecessors have no longer believed in it, and they have brought disaster." AI Zi said, "ghosts are afraid of the wicked."

translation

AI Zi was walking on a road with water, and saw a temple. The temple was very small, but the decoration was very solemn. There is a small ditch in front of the temple. A man walks to the water and can't wade through it. Looking back at the temple, he took the statue of the king in the temple and laid it on the ditch. He stepped on his statue and passed by. Another person came here, saw the scene, sighed again and again and said: "the statue has been desecrated and insulted like this!" So I personally picked up the statue, wiped it with my own clothes, put it on the throne, and worshipped it again and again before I left. After a while, AI Zi heard a kid in the temple say: "the king, as a God, should enjoy the sacrifice of the villagers, but he was insulted by the ignorant people. Why not punish him with disaster?" "The ghost king said:" in this case, then the disaster should be imposed on the people coming from behind The kid then asked, "the person in front of you trampled on the king with his feet. There was no greater insult than this, but he didn't inflict disaster on him. The person who came to the back of you was very respectful and polite to the king, but inflicted disaster on him. Why?" the ghost king said, "the person in front of you no longer believes in ghosts and gods. How can I inflict disaster on him?" AI Zi said, "ghosts are really afraid of villains."

Add some words

Very strict: very neat and solemn

To: to

Water crossing on foot

Look back and look around

Mr. Li: that's it

Shoes: step on

Later on, it happened again

Zhiyou: actually

Scorn: insult

Li people: Villagers

Goodbye again: goodbye again

Punishment: punishment

In a moment: after a while

Again: again

Ann: how

Aizi: a fictional character of the author

source

On AI Zi

AI Zi Za Shuo is a collection of jokes. The old title was written by Su Shi. In fact, it was entrusted by someone. Lu Xun said that it was written for the purpose of "ridiculing the situation of the world and the illness of the time"

Su Shi (from January 8, 1037 to August 24, 1101) was called "Su Dongpo" by the world. He is a famous writer, calligrapher and painter, poet, gourmet and representative of bold and unconstrained CI poets in the Northern Song Dynasty. Han nationality, born in Meizhou (now Meishan, Sichuan, Meishan City in the Northern Song Dynasty), is a native of Luancheng. According to historical records, Su Shi was more than eight feet and three inches long. He was open-minded and broad-minded. Su Shi, the eldest son of Su Xun, became a Jinshi with his younger brother Su Zhe in the second year of Jiayou (1057). He was awarded Dali to judge affairs and signed a letter to the magistrate of Fengxiang mansion. In the second year of Xining (1069), when his father's funeral system expired, he returned to the court and sued the court for the magistrate. They disagreed with Wang Anshi's political views and opposed the implementation of the new law (not totally, but some of them approved it. They opposed it in the early stage and went deep into the people in the later stage. They learned the advantages of the new law and turned to favor the good aspects of the new law.) He was appointed to Hangzhou. Moved to Mizhou (today's Shandong cities), moved to Xuzhou. In the second year of Yuanfeng (1076), he suffered from the "Wutai poem case" and was responsible for granting the Deputy envoy of tuanlian in Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei Province). He was resettled in this prefecture and was not allowed to sign official documents. Zhezongli, Empress Dowager Gao, was restored to the imperial court of fenglang zhidengzhou (now Penglai, Shandong); four months later, he moved to be a doctor in the Ministry of rites; within ten days of his tenure, he moved to be a scholar in the Imperial Academy, a scholar in the Imperial Academy and a scholar in the Ministry of rites. Yuanyou four years (1089) out of Hangzhou, later changed to know Yingzhou, Yangzhou, Dingzhou. In 1093, he was demoted to Huizhou (now Huiyang, Guangdong) and then to changhuajun (now Danzhou, Hainan). Huizong ascended the throne and returned to the north with amnesty. He died in Changzhou (now Jiangsu Province) in 1101, the first year of the founding of the central government of the people's Republic of China, and was buried in Jiacheng County of Ruzhou (now Henan Province). He was 66 years old. He, his father Su Xun (1009-1066) and his younger brother Su Zhe (1039-1112) are both famous for literature, and they are called "three Su" in the world; they are as famous as "three Cao father and son" (Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi) in the end of Han Dynasty. " "Three Su" are three of the eight great prose writers in Tang and Song Dynasties, namely Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan in Tang Dynasty and Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong in Song Dynasty. (divided into two families of Tang Dynasty and six families of Song Dynasty)]. As an outstanding CI poet, he opened up a bold and unconstrained style of Ci, and was called "Su Xin" together with the outstanding CI poet Xin Qiji. In poetry, he and Huang Tingjian are called "Su Huang". Su Shi's works include seven episodes of Dongpo, Yuefu of Dongpo and Fu of red cliff before and after. Politically, it belongs to the old Party led by Sima Guang. He has made great achievements in calligraphy and is known as the "four schools of song" together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang (some scholars think it is Cai Jing). There are inevitably some political thoughts in the poems.

moral

Satirize the bullying villains in this world.

enlightenment

"Ghost" represents the dark and ugly forces in the society. In the face of the dark and ugly social forces like "ghosts", it is certainly not good to blindly fear to escape, but it is also not good to worry about their "self incriminating" or willing to "respect" if they want to "protect themselves". The only way is to despise it in thought and ignore it in action, and fight it resolutely and severely. Su Shi's short essay "ghosts fear the wicked" reveals such a truth for us.

Extracurricular problems

There are many people or forces like ghosts in the society. In this paper, what can we do to avoid them?

No superstition, no blind fear, no principle, no courage to fight.

Chinese PinYin : guǐ pà èr én