Tang Taizong, a translator of classical Chinese, called Liang Gong, said: "With copper as a mirror, you can be well dressed; Taking the past as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; Take people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. Emperor Taizong commented on Wei Zhi: "A person who uses copper as a mirror can make his clothes and hats properly dressed;" Taking history as a mirror, we can know the reasons for the rise and fall of the country; Looking at people as a mirror, you can find your own right and wrong. "

First, the original text: Song Ouyang Xiu, Song Qi's "New Tang Book Volume 110 Biography, Twenty-second Wei Zhi"

Emperor Taizong said to Duke Liang: "With copper as a mirror, you can dress your clothes;" Taking history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall; Learn from others, and you will know the gains and losses. I have tried to protect these three lessons, and I defend myself from the heart. Today, Wei Zhi died, and so will he. "

Second, translation:

Emperor Taizong commented on Wei Zhi: "A person who uses copper as a mirror can make his clothes and hats properly dressed;" Taking history as a mirror, we can know the reasons for the rise and fall of the country; Looking at people as a mirror, you can find your own right and wrong. After Kevin·Z died, I lost a good mirror. "

Extended data

First, the creative background

"With copper as a mirror, you can dress up, learn from others, know the gains and losses, learn from history, and know the rise and fall." This passage comes from the story of Emperor Taizong, Li Shimin and Minister Wei Zhi. Wei Zhi, the minister, was able to put forward suggestions to Emperor Taizong bluntly and often expressed his opinions in court. Because he was able to listen to the correct opinions, during his reign, the politics was clear, the society was stable, the economy of the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, and the national strength was strong.

After Wei Zhi died, Emperor Taizong burst into tears and was very sad. He ordered a Wei Zhi Monument and wrote it himself. Emperor Taizong often missed Wei Zhi and sighed and said to his ministers, "With copper as a mirror, we can dress our clothes, learn from others' strengths, learn from gains and losses, learn from history and learn from prosperity." He compared Wei Zhi to a mirror.

Second, the profile of the characters.

Wei Zhi, whose real name was "Wei Zhi" (the second year of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (580)-the seventeenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty (February 643 1 1), was born in Xiaquyang County, Julu County (now Jinzhou City). . Politicians, thinkers, writers and historians in the Sui and Tang Dynasties were called "a generation of celebrities" by later generations because of their suggestions and assistance in the great cause of "Zhenguan Governance" initiated by Emperor Taizong.

Official to Dr. Guanglu, whose name is Zheng Guogong, and posthumous title is "Wen Zhen". Keep the funeral simple. In the same year, he entered Lingyange.