1. Translation of Ouyang Ye’s ancient text on prison sentence

Yang Gong’s name is Ye, and his courtesy name is Rihua.

Ever since he was an ordinary citizen, he would not accept gifts from others if they were not in line with morality. Ouyang Ye had many relatives and old friends when he was young. Later, some of them became very prominent, and Ouyang Ye never visited their homes in his life.

Ouyang Ye initially worked as an official in Suizhou and tried 36 cases that were difficult to solve. Hundreds of monks gathered at Qifeng Temple in Dahongshan. The transshipment envoy suspected that they had accumulated a lot of property and the monks had obtained unfair benefits from it, so he ordered Ouyang Ye to register it.

The monk gave Ouyang Ye a thousand taels of silver as a gift. Ouyang Ye smiled and said: "Where can I use these things? But can you listen to me? This year is a year of great famine, and you have accumulated food. If you can hand over all the sixty or seventy thousand stones to the government to help the people, then I will not register your (properties)." The monk said happily: "Okay."

The hungry victims depended on you. All these grains survived. Chen Yaozi was proud of his wealth and power, and no one among his officials dared to look up to him.

In Jiangling, Chen Yaozi used his personal money to buy and sell gold for the government. The official took the note and forced the official assistant to sign. Ouyang Ye scolded the officials and said: "Officials should have documents for buying and selling gold."

Only Ouyang Ye refused to sign. Chen Yaozi hinted that the transfer envoy should let Ouyang Gong leave and not allow (him) to stay in the state capital.

Chongyang County in Ezhou has always been known as a difficult place to govern, so Ouyang Gong was transferred to govern it. After he arrived, he solved more than 100 stranded cases.

There were people in Guiyang who fought over ships and fought each other to death. (This) case was not decided for a long time. Mr. Ouyang went to the prison in person and released the prisoners. He sat in the courtyard and asked people to remove the prisoners' shackles and let them eat.

After the prisoners finished eating, Ouyang Gong comforted them all and asked them to return to the prison, leaving only one person in the courtyard. The people who were left behind looked around in shock and fear. Ouyang Gong said, "You are the one who committed the murder."

The prisoner didn't know why this was the case. Ouyang Gong said: "I see that everyone who eats holds the spoon with their right hand, but you only hold it with your left hand. The wound of the dead person is on the right rib. This means you have killed someone. It is clear."

The prisoner cried and said, "I killed someone, and I don't dare to hurt others anymore." Ouyang Gong judged things shrewdly, and like an outstanding official in ancient times, his methods of judging cases were mostly like so.

Ouyang Gong’s residence is cherished and cherished by the people. 2. The translation of "Qi Meng Jue Jie"

Look at this: Once upon a time, there was a county magistrate who couldn't decide a murder case, (and) the number of people involved increased every day, so he decided to Go to the City God's Temple to seek your dreams.

He dreamed that a spirit brought him a ghost. The ghost had a porcelain cup on its head. There were more than ten bamboos planted in the cup. The bamboos were green and attractive. After waking up from the dream (the county magistrate) checked that there was a suspect named Zhu in the case. "Zhu" and "Zhu" have the same pronunciation. (The county magistrate thought) the meaning of the dream was this suspect.

He tried his best to track down the suspect, but could not find any trace of his crime. Checking the case again, there was a suspect with "Jie" in his name. The county magistrate thought to himself: "There are sections in the bamboo, so it must be this suspect."

Then he tried his best to track down the suspect. , and no trace of his crime could be found. In this way, the two suspects survived the danger.

The county magistrate had no more strategies to solve the case, so he reported the case as a suspicion and asked others to search and arrest the murderer. (But) in the end, the murderer was not found.

3. Classical Chinese translation of "Sima Yue Chao"

At that time, there was a man named Dong Maonu in Shangcai, Runan, who died on the road with five thousand coins.

The county The county magistrate suspected that a man named Zhang Di had killed him, and found 5,000 yuan in Zhang Di's home. Zhang Di was afraid of being tortured, so he confessed that he was the murderer. After the case was sent to the state, Sima Yue observed the situation and suspected that Zhang Di was not telling the truth. He also called Dong Lingzhi, Dong Maonu's brother, and said to him: "When killing people and robbing money, the murderer is in a hurry, and he might leave something behind. This "Did the murderer leave anything behind?" Dong Lingzhi said, "He only left a scabbard." Sima Yue took the scabbard and looked at it again, and said, "This scabbard is not something that ordinary people can use."

He called the swordsmiths in the city to see the scabbard. A swordsmith named Guo Men came forward and said: "I made this scabbard myself and sold it to Dong Jizu who lived in the outer city last year."

Sima Yue arrested Dong Jizu interrogated him and asked: "Why did you kill people and steal money but lost the scabbard?"

Dong Jizu refused to admit it. Dong Lingzhi also found the black short coat worn by Dong Mao's slave on Dong Jizu's body, and Dong Jizu confessed. Sima Yue's cases are mostly like this. 4. Classical Chinese translation of Zhang Tingshang's imprisonment

Prime Minister Zhang Tingshang was about to be sentenced to death. He learned that there was a big case and some injustice. Every time he thought about it, he sighed. When Duzhi took office, he summoned the jailer and sternly admonished him: "This case has been delayed for a long time. It must be settled in ten days (ten days are one ten day, and a month is divided into three ten days)." The next day he went to approve it. Case, (saw) a small piece of paper on the table, which said: "The money is 30,000 guan, I hope you will not be involved in this case (I will give you 30,000 guan, I hope you will not be involved in this case)."

Prime Minister Guo Gong was very angry and urged the case even more. The next day there was a piece of paper that read: "(Send you) 50,000 yuan."

Prime Minister Guo Gong became even more angry and ordered (his men) to settle the case within two days. One day later, I saw another paper letter, which said: "(Send you) one hundred thousand coins."

Prime Minister Guo Gong stopped the investigation and stopped interfering. His disciple asked for instructions to investigate the case, and the Prime Minister said: "The money has been sent to one hundred thousand, and (he) can communicate with God (describing a person who is very powerful).

There is nothing he can't do I am afraid that something will happen to me, so I have to accept (this hundred thousand dollars).” 5. Enlightenment and translation of Xue Tan's Xueyue

Original text Xue Tan Xueyue admired Qin Qing, but he did not exhaust the skills of Qin Qing. He said that he had exhausted his skills, so he resigned and returned. Qin Qingfu stopped, walking on the outskirts of the road in farewell, Fujie's tragic song, the sound vibrated the trees, and the sound stopped the moving clouds. Xue Tan wanted to rebel, but he never dared to return.

Qin Qinggu said to his friend: "In the past, when the Qi Dynasty in the east of Han Dynasty was short of food, they passed through the Yongmen Gate and sold fake food by chanting songs. After leaving, the lingering sound lingered around Liang Hui (pronunciation The second sound of "li" (Dong, Zhongliang) lasted for three days, and the people on the left and right were unable to pass by. The people who went against the road were humiliated. Han E cried because of the sound, and the young and old in the area looked at each other with tears in their eyes. He didn't eat. When he returned, he was singing and dancing happily. He couldn't restrain himself, which was a sign of sadness. Therefore, the people of Yongmen are still good at singing and crying, and they also play (tong 'imitate', imitate) E's legacy. So he said goodbye and went home. Qin Qing did not dissuade him, but bid farewell to him on the road outside the city. He apologized and asked to come back to continue studying. From then on, he never dared to say that he wanted to go home again.

Qin Qing said to his friend: "In the past, E from South Korea went to Qi in the east and there was no food. , when passing Yongmen (the city gate of Qi State), they were singing and begging for food.

Although she left, there was still a lingering sound around the central beam (of Yongmen), which kept disappearing for three days. People around her thought she had not left. When she stayed at an inn, the people at the inn insulted her. Korea's E burst into tears because of this, and all the young and old in the alley were sad and miserable. They cried to each other and didn't eat for three days. (The people in the alley) hurriedly chased her (back). After E came back, she sang loudly again. The whole neighborhood, young and old, jumped and clapped their hands and danced happily, unable to restrain themselves and completely forgetting the sadness just now. (The people in the lane) then gave her a lot of money and sent her away. Therefore, the people of Yongmen are still good at singing and performing. They are imitating the singing (skills) left by E. ” Enlightenment: Learning should be done with an open mind and not just a superficial taste.