First, the original text.
A thousand miles to repair books is just for the wall, why not let him be three feet?
The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but I haven't seen Qin Shihuang.
Second, translation.
It doesn't matter if you send a letter from thousands of miles away just because of the wall. The Great Wall of Wan Li is still here today, but we will never see Qin Shihuang again.
Third, data analysis and appreciation.
The story of Zhang Ying, a great scholar at Wenhua Temple, took place during the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. In Tongcheng County, Anhui Province, there is an anecdote: Zhang Ying, then prime minister, and his neighbor Ye Xiucai went to court for the boundary of the Great Wall. Because Zhang Yingjia wants to build a house, the border is close to Ye Jia. Ye Xiucai suggested that the Zhang family set aside a middle road for access. However, Zhang proposed that the title deed of his family stated "to the wall of Ye surname". Now it's okay to hit the wall according to the deed. Even if we have to leave a way, both families have to retreat a few feet. Brinton was an official in Beijing at this time, and his son Zhang (a famous minister in Yongzheng and Qianlong) was also admitted to Jinshi and became an official in the DPRK. The specific affairs of my hometown are handled by the old housekeeper. As the saying goes, "the prime minister has seven officials." This old housekeeper feels that he is the head of the Prime Minister's family. Besides, the wall is well founded, and the opinion of a poor scholar in Ye's family is not worth answering. So a new wall was built along the root of the Ye Jia wall. This Ye Xiucai is a stubborn temper. When he saw the Zhang family building a fence, he couldn't swallow this breath. The scholar can write by himself, and a paper-like proclamation reached the county government, and a lawsuit was started.
A poor scholar went to court with the prime minister of the dynasty for no good reason. Relatives and friends were worried about Ye Xiucai, fearing that he would suffer, and advised him to drop the lawsuit as soon as possible, but Ye Xiucai just wouldn't listen and insisted on going to court. As soon as the Zhang family's housekeeper saw that things were getting worse, she quickly wrote a letter to tell Zhang Ying in Beijing. Soon, I received a reply from Zhang Ying. There are not many words in the letter, only four poems: "A thousand miles to build a book is just a wall, why not let him be three feet?" The Great Wall of Wan Li is still there today, but there is no Qin Shihuang. "
After reading this poem, the housekeeper understood the master's meaning, so she went to Ye Jia and told Ye Xiucai that the Zhang family would tear down the wall tomorrow and step back three feet to make way. Ye Xiucai thought he was teasing him, but he didn't believe it at all. The housekeeper showed Ye Xiucai Zhang Ying's poems. Ye Xiucai read this poem and was very moved. He even said: "The Prime Minister has a good appetite for punting, and Prime Minister Zhang is really generous."
The next morning, the Zhang family began to tear down the wall and retreated three feet. Ye Xiucai was also very excited when he saw it, so he tore down his own wall and retreated three feet. So a hutong with a length of 100 meters and a width of 6 feet was formed between Zhang Heye, which was called "Liuchi Lane". It is said that it has become a historic site in Tongcheng County and has been preserved.
After reading this story, I really felt deeply. I think: Zhang Ye and Zhang Ye fought a completely asymmetric lawsuit. Zhang's family was a great scholar of Wenhua Hall trusted by Emperor Kangxi, and Ye's family was a poor scholar who taught private schools. As far as the matter itself is concerned, the construction of the wall by the Zhang family according to the title deed does not belong to bullying and occupation. At that time, brinton received a letter from the housekeeper, so she didn't need to write any tough words against Ye Xiucai. She just needs to ask the housekeeper to say hello to the local officials and ask them to "handle it as appropriate" or "handle it according to law". Of course, those local officials who are afraid to please the current Prime Minister got the message, but Zhang Ying didn't bully the weak and be afraid of the hard, but adopted an attitude of being good neighbors, so that there was a temperature between the two cold walls. This was enlightening not only at that time, but also today. In particular, some people bully the weak and fear the hard, run amok in the countryside, bully the weak and fear the hard, and take advantage of others. Aren't you ashamed?
Zhang Ying and Zhang's father and son are generally called "big and small photos". I know Zhang very well, but I only know a little about Zhang Ying. After coming back from the south, I checked the information and learned that Zhang Ying was from Tongcheng, Anhui. In the early years of Kangxi, he was a scholar, edited by the Hanlin Academy, and served as a bachelor of Wenhua Hall and a minister of rites. In the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi, he received a bachelor's degree in Baiwenhua Hall. Zhang Ying was diligent and cautious, and won the trust of Kangxi. Kangxi praised him: "Always cautious, with the demeanor of an ancient minister." His mentor is "hard work and contentment." Looking at this biography, it is really a kiss with the story of tearing down the wall and comity.
Four. Author's brief introduction.
Zhang Ying, (1637— 1708), is a native of Tongcheng, Anhui, and a native of Dunfu. In the sixth year of Kangxi, he was a scholar, edited by a tired official, a university student in Wenhua Hall, and served as the minister of rites. He has served as the chief author of National History, Unified Record, Yuan Jian's Book, and The Strategy of Pacifying the Desert, and served as the examiner. Be cautious for the official, and all shall be well. There are "Constant Property and Ci" and "Poems of Du Sutang".