四大名著的英文介绍

第一篇：四大名著的英文介绍

中国四大名著英文简介

Chinese Literature-Novels and fiction Hongloumeng 红楼梦“The Dream of the Red Chamber” Also called “The story of the Stone(Shitouji 石头记)”, this novel written by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹(d.1763)is said to be the greatest masterpiece of Chinese fiction.A wide branched scholarship does not consent about the main theme of this novel, should it be a novel of sentiment, of Daoist-Buddhist enlightenment, of social observation, of the decay of an aristocratic familiy, or even a veiled attack on Manchu rule.The frame of the novel is the contest of a Buddhist and a Daoist priest who make be born a young noble boy called Jia Baoyu 贾宝玉 and his girl cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉.With a loving detail describing the life of the two cousins in a huge noble mansion, between gardens and palaces, the red thread is the triangular love between Baoyu, Daiyu and a second girl cousin called Xue Baochai 薛宝钗 that is of more plumper character than the ever sick Daiyu.Switching between their life, the divine world and dreams, Baoyu becomes deranged after the disappearance of a stone(the origin of the second title)he had in his mouth when he was born.Not knowing, his love Daiyu died, he is tricked to marrying Baochai.Becoming aware of being tricked, Baoyu leaves the world of the “red dust” and becomes a monk.With hundreds of persons and their stories, paralleling the life and feelings of servants to the life of the main persons, the story is very complex and full of symbolisms, but very interesting and convincing for its encyclopedic character, depicting the life of a noble familiy in the 18th century Qing China 清.三国演义Romance of The Three Kingdoms Romance of The Three Kingdoms is one of the great chinese classics and is compiled into a semi-fictional literary masterpiece during the Ming Dynasty by Luo Guanzhong.The novel comprises around 70+% fact and 20+% fiction.Some issues such as Guan Yu's weapon weighing around 40+ kilograms, the capabilties of Lu Bu, Liu Bei's horses as well as the existence of the Hill of the Fallen Phoenix and some others are probably fictional.That period in history can be said as the golden age of chivalry and although it happened more than 1700 years ago, characters such as Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang have become household names among the chinese.Tales of their exploits, courage, adventures and many more are told in the novel “Romance of The Three Kingdoms”.It is one of the most turbulent periods in China's history taking place toward the end of the Han Dynasty where corruption is rampant in the imperial court due to eunuches holding power.Coupled with natural disasters such as floods, plague and locust swarms devouring the crops grown by the peasants, hunger and disatisfaction among the peasants soon escalated rapidly until a major rebellion known as the “Yellow Scarves Rebellion” led by Zhang Jiao broke out.(It was dubbed “Yellow Scarves” because the rebels tied a yellow scarf on their head).Initially just a small band of rebels, due to widespread hunger and ill-sentiment among the populace, swarms of common folks joined in the rebellion across many parts of the country.三国演义人物介绍 刘备

Liu Bei(161–223 AD), styled Xuándé(玄徳), was a general, warlord, and later the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China.Although having a later start than his rivals, also lacking both the material resources and social status they commanded, Liu Bei overcame his many defeats to carve out his own realm, that at its peak spanned modern day Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, part of Hubei, and part of Gansu.Culturally, due to the tremendously popular novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, Liu Bei is widely known as the ideal benevolent, humane ruler who cared for his people and picked good advisors.His character was to advocate the Confucian set of moral values, such as loyalty and compassion.张飞

Zhang Fei(?-221 AD)was a military general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China.Zhang Fei was shown to have been a masterful general rather than simply a warrior.He treated his superiors with respect, but had little respect for his underlings.He was often warned by Liu Bei that his habit of over-punishing his own soldiers by lashing and killing would eventually bring himself disaster.Zhang Fei married Xiahou Yuan's daughter, who was captured by Zhang Fei's troops as she was out gathering firewood.They had a total of two daughters, and the older daughter became the empress of Shu Han after marrying Liu Shan, with Zhuge Liang as the matchmaker.After Zhang Fei's eldest daughter had passed away due to natural causes, Zhuge Liang once again played the role of matchmaker, and Liu Shan married Zhang Fei's younger daughter, who thus succeeded her older sister to become the empress of Shu Han.Zhang Fei is best portrayed through his description and actions depicted in Records of Three Kingdoms biography by Chen Shou.Some claim that Zhang Fei was also an excellent painter.Zhang Fei was killed by his own men Zhang Da and Fan Jiang, while preparing his troops to attack the rival Eastern Wu to avenge the death of Guan Yu.Zhang Da and Fan Jiang went on to defect to Wu.水浒传Outlaws of the Marsh The novel “Outlaws of the Marsh” is somewhat like the Iliad and Odyssey...An ancient epic tale...no one remembers the period it was composed and immortalized.One knows this story is based on real facts and has inspired many storytellers.One knows the North Song Dynasty(XIIIth Century)lived its apogee and declined, a victim of corruption and decadence.One finds historical traces of these outlaws who challenged the imperial authority and died under the executioner's blade.At last, as anyone knows today that a man called Homer wrote the Iliad and Odyssey, no one doubts anymore that a man called Shi Nai-an wrote down during the XIVth century the novel Outlaws of the Marsh that reached us.Everyone recognizes that Jin Sheng-tan, during the XVIIth century, published what is now famous as the original version of a novel that obtained the interest and infatuation of successive generations.Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh(“All men are brothers” in Pearl Buck's translation, “Shui hu zhuan” in Chinese, “Au Bord de l'Eau” in French)is an immortal novel because its tale is universal : it speaks of beings(outlaws but also notables, strong muscled heroes but also intellectual, anarchists but also philosophers...)who cannot bear injustice nor abuse nor arbitrariness...That is the reason they are immortal and their popularity has lasted for centuries.Discover the 108 heroes, the episodes , the paper-cuts representing them, the Beijing operas their fighting exploits inspired...人物

Gai Ping Health gave special love make the world anyway, famous arena.Like charges to stick, chicken, and did not take wives, all hit others physique.Village Creek Village haunted legends, villagers digging a river in the town engraved art, ghost was rushed to the East seven.Classical hell, then alone will be engraved Creek Village in places away from the East side down.Thus so-called “Tota kings”.晁盖平生仗义疏财，专爱结交天下好汉，闻名江湖。喜欢刺枪使棒，身强力壮，不取妻室，终日打熬筋骨。传说邻村西溪村闹鬼，村人凿了一个青石宝塔镇在溪边，鬼就被赶到了东溪村。晁盖大怒，就去西溪村独自将青石宝塔夺了过来在东溪边放下。因此人称“托塔天王”。

西游记Pilgrimage to the West Journey to the West is a mythological novel based on many centuries of popular tradition.It was probably put into its present form in the 15708 by Wu Cheng’en(1500-82).This lively fantasy relates the amazing adventures of the priest San-zang as he travels west in search of Buddhist sutras with his three disciples, the irreverent and capable on-key, greedy Pig, and Friar Sand.The opening chapters recount the earlier exploits of Monkey, culminating in his rebellion against Heaven.We then learn how Sanzang became a monk and was sent on his pilgrimage by the Tang emperor who had escaped death with the help of an Underworld official.The main story, the journey, takes the priest through all kinds of entertaining trials and tribulations, mainly at the hands of monsters and spirits who want to eat him.Only the courage and powers of his disciples, especially Monkey, save him from death.Monkey is the hero of the fantasy, and the reader will soon learn why he has long been so loved in China.Will the pilgrims reach the Vulture Peak and obtain the Scriptures? The answer will only be found at the end of the lOO-chapter novel.The story is as full of imagination as Monkey is of magic, and packed with incident and down-to-earth humour.The illustrations are from 19th-century Chinese edition.This is the first of the three volumes of the novel.

第二篇：四大名著介绍

《红楼梦》

作者：曹雪芹，清代小说家。

主要内容：小说以贾宝玉、林黛玉和薛宝钗的爱情悲剧为主线，通过对“贾、史、王、薛”四大家族荣衰的描写，展示了广阔的社会生活视野，森罗万象，囊括了多姿多彩的世俗人情。

曹雪芹在写这部书时，用了“谐音寓意”的手法，他把贾家四姐妹命名为元春、迎春、探春、惜春，这是谐“原应叹息”的音；在贾宝玉神游太虚幻境时，警幻仙姑让他饮的茶“千红一窟”，是“千红一哭”的谐音，又让他饮“万艳同杯”的酒，这酒名是“万艳同悲”的谐音，这样的手法几乎贯穿了全书。

主要事件：

1、王凤姐弄权铁槛寺；

2、林黛玉焚稿断痴情；

3、葫芦僧乱判葫芦案；

4、刘姥姥初进大观园……

主要人物及性格特征：

林黛玉：生性孤傲，天真率直，蔑视功名权贵，与宝玉同为封建的叛逆者；王熙凤：精明强干，贾府的实际大管家，极尽权术机变，残忍阴毒之能事；贾宝玉：封建叛逆者。他厌恶封建社会的仕宦道路，反对“男尊女卑”的封建道德观念；

薛宝钗：容貌美丽，肌骨莹润，举止娴雅。她热衷于“仕途经济”，劝宝玉去做官。她恪守封建妇德，而且城府颇深，能笼络人心，得到贾府上下的夸赞。《三国演义》

作者：罗贯中，元末明初小说家、戏曲家。

主要内容：小说通过集中描绘三国时代各封建统治集团之间的政治、军事、外交斗争，揭示了东汉末年社会现实的动荡和黑暗，谴责了封建统治者的暴虐，反映了人民的苦难，表达了人民呼唤明君、呼唤安定的强烈愿望。

主要人物及性格特征：

曹操：自幼放荡不羁，但很有才华，又足智多谋，善于随机应变。许劭评论曹操为：“治世之能臣，乱世之奸雄”。

诸葛亮：智者和智慧的象征，清忠耿直，用人唯贤，谦虚、谨慎、认真又尽职、鞠躬尽瘁。

刘备：一代枭雄，宽厚仁爱，求贤若渴。

关公：忠义，智勇双全。

相关事件：

1、桃园三结义。

2、火烧赤壁。

3、草船借箭。

4、孔明借东风。

5、关公过五关斩六将。

6、诸葛亮智用空城计……

《水浒传》

作者：施耐庵：反抗封建暴政的英雄传奇

主要内容：描写北宋末年以宋江为首的一百零八人在山东梁山泊聚义的故事。阅读感受：①人物形象鲜明生动惟妙惟肖；②本书采取了先分后合的链式结构，使小说的故事情节环环相扣，头绪众多而线索分明；③语言上，小说采用古白话，所以语言描写生动形象，活灵活现。

主要人物——典型情节——性格特征：

鲁智深（花和尚）：拳打镇关西、倒拔垂杨柳、大闹野猪林。嫉恶如仇、俠肝义胆、粗中有细、勇而有谋、豁达明理

武松（行者）：血刃潘金莲、斗杀西门庆、醉打蒋门神、大闹飞云浦、血溅鸳鸯楼、除恶蜈蚣岭。崇尚忠义、勇而有谋、有仇必复、有恩必报，（不足：滥杀无辜）是下层英雄好汉中最富有血性和传奇色彩的人物。

吴用（智多星）：智取生辰纲。足智多谋、神机妙算。

林冲（豹子头）：误闯白虎堂、风雪山神庙、火烧草料场、雪夜上梁山。武艺高强、勇而有谋，但为人安分守己、循规蹈矩、被逼上梁山。

李逵（黑旋风）：真假李逵、中州劫法场。嫉恶如仇、俠肝义胆、脾气火爆、头脑简单、直爽率真。

宋江（及时雨）：私放晁盖、怒杀阎婆惜、三打祝家庄。为人仗义、善于用人，但总想招安。

杨志（青面兽）：杨志卖刀、智取生辰纲。精明能干、粗暴蛮横。

《西游记》

作者：吴承恩，明代小说家一个奇幻的神话世界

主要内容：本书主要描述了孙悟空大闹天宫，唐僧出世和师徒四人西天取经等故事，赞扬了以孙悟空为主的师徒四人不畏艰险、百折不挠的可贵精神。

由孙悟空大闹天宫、唐僧出世、孙悟空、猪八戒、沙僧一起保护唐僧取经等三大部分组成。一路上历尽千辛万苦，战胜形形色色的妖魔鬼怪，经过九九八十一难，功成圆满，终成正果

人物及性格特征：

孙悟空：嫉恶如仇，不怕困难，坚忍不拔，英勇无畏。

猪八戒：一方面他好吃懒做，见识短浅，一遇困难就嚷着要散伙，爱占小便宜，耍小聪明，贪恋女色，常因此出丑，成为惹人发笑的喜剧形象。另一方面，他也还不失忠勇和善良。在与妖魔斗争中，他总是挥舞钉耙，勇猛战斗，是孙悟空的得力助手。而且他能知错就改，还算淳朴憨厚，自有可爱之处。

沙和尚：保护唐僧西天取经路上，任劳任怨，忠心不二。

主要事件：大闹天宫、三打白骨精、智闯火焰山

四大名著文学常识练习

1,有一位作家曾对他的作品”披阅十载，增删五次”，这位作家的名字是（）.2,按要求写出人物形象或文学作品。

（1）《水浒传》中”倒拔垂杨柳”的人物是（）。

（2）《三国演义》中”煮酒论英雄”的主要人物是（）。

3，”一个是阆苑仙葩，一个是美玉无暇。若说没奇缘，今生偏又遇着他；若说有奇缘，如何心事终虚化？”这首诗提示了《红楼梦》中一对青年男女的爱情悲剧。其中”阆苑仙葩”指的是（），”美玉无暇”指的是（）。

4，”花谢花飞飞满天，红消香断有谁怜？……一朝春尽红老去，花落人亡两不知！”这首诗出自《红楼梦》中人物（）之手。

5，请结合《三国演义》，说出诸葛亮与周瑜联手指挥的一场著名的以少胜多的战役，是（）；再说出诸葛亮挥泪斩马谡是因为（）一事。

6，在《水浒传》中，绰号为”智多星”的人是（），也被称为”赛诸葛”。他与一伙儿好汉在”黄泥冈上巧施功”，干的一件大事是（）。7，请用下列两部古典名著人物的姓名或官名补全下面的回目。

（1）风雪山神庙陆虞侯火烧草料场（《水浒传》）

（2）煮酒论英雄关公赚城斩车胄（《三国演义》)

8，《三国演义》中蜀国的军师诸葛亮是位家喻户晓的人物，他上知天文，下知地理，成了智慧的代表。在我国四大古典名著中，还有一位作品也塑造了一位足智多谋的军事家的形象，这个人是（），这部作品是《》。9，”醉打蒋门神”“大闹飞云浦””血溅鸳鸯楼”……说的是《水浒传》中的一位传奇英雄（）。

10，《三国演义》中塑造了一位过五关斩六将、千里走单骑的英雄形象，这个英雄是().这部书中有关这个英雄的传奇故事还有很多，请用最简洁的语言写出一个故事的名称：

11，”勉从虎穴暂栖身，说破英雄惊煞人，巧将闻雷作掩饰，随机应变信如神。”这首诗说的是《三国演义》中刘备和曹操的一段故事。这个故事是______________________________________________________

12，诸葛亮是《三国演义》中的重要人物，请说出小说中有关诸葛亮的两个故事名称。例：舌战群儒、____________、___________。

13，下面的一副对联概括了诸葛亮一生的功绩。参考示例，从列出的六项中任意选出两项，写出具体所指。

收二川，排八阵，六出七擒，五丈原前，点四十九盏明灯，一心只为酬三顾；取西蜀，定南蛮，东和北拒，中军帐里，变金木土爻神卦，水面偏能用火攻。示例：三顾??三顾茅庐

六出：东和:收二川：

七擒：北拒：排八阵：

14，下面是四大名著中的人物与情节，其中搭配不当的一项是（）A,鲁智深??倒拔垂杨柳B，孙悟空??大闹天空

C，诸葛亮??三顾茅庐D，刘姥姥??三进大观园

15,古典名著《西游记》中，孙悟空最具有反抗精神的故事情节是（）。

16，《水浒传》中一百零八将个个都有一段精彩的故事，人人都有一个特征鲜明的外号。请用一句话写出《水浒传》中你最熟悉的故事：_____________________________________________________________________请写出《水浒传》中你喜欢的一位好汉的外号，并说出此外号表现出的人物特征：_____________________________________________________________________17，《西游记》中的孙悟空是我们大家比较熟悉的艺术形象。请根据你的阅读体会，说出他令人赞颂的一种精神，并举例证明。语言要简洁。___________________________________ _________________________________18，”滚滚长江东逝水，浪淘尽英雄。是非成败转头空。青山依旧在，几度夕阳红。”这是我国古典名著《》的开篇词。

19，女娲炼石补天时剩下一块石头，被丢弃在大荒山无稽崖青埂峰下，后被茫茫大士、渺渺真人带入红尘，历尽了离合悲欢。以上情节出自我国古典名著《》。

20，”天下三分”是指天下分裂为____________、__________、___________三国。21，《曹操煮酒论英雄》节选自我国第一部长篇体小说《》。22，”夫英雄者，胸有大志，腹有良谋，有包藏宇宙之机，吞吐天地之志者也。”这段关于”英雄”的见解出自我国古典文学名著《三国演义》中的（）（人名）之口。

23,《西游记》中的”大闹五庄观、推倒人参树”的是（）。

24，成语”万事俱备，只欠东风”是根据《三国演义》（）中”周瑜定计火攻曹操”的故事演化而来的。

25，语文课开展”走近名著”活动，请接着甲同学的发言，也讲述一个你熟悉的名著中的故事。

（要求：说出书名、人名和有关故事情节，在叙述中至少运用一个成语或名言、警句、格言。）

同学甲：《水浒传》中，嫉恶如仇的鲁提辖听了金氏父女的哭诉，毅然出手，三拳打死了镇关西，解救了金氏父女。他真不愧是一位见义勇为的英雄。

参考答案：

1，曹雪芹

2，（1）鲁智深（2）曹操

3，林黛玉贾宝玉

4，林黛玉

5，赤壁之战失街亭

6，吴用智取生辰纲

7，林教头曹操

8，吴用水浒传

9，武松

10，关羽大意失荆州（温酒斩华雄）

11，青梅煮酒论英雄

12，草船借箭、空城计、七擒七纵等

13，六出祈山、东和孙吴、收取东川西川、七擒孟获、北拒曹魏、摆设八阵图。14，C

15，大闹天空

16，示例：（1）武松打虎（花和尚倒拔垂杨柳）（2）鼓上蚤时迁，轻功上乘，善于偷盗。17，不屈不挠的反抗精神，如大闹天空（或与各种恶势力坚决斗争的精神，如三大白骨精）

18，三国演义

19，红楼梦

20，”天下三分”是指天下分裂为魏、蜀、吴三国。

21，章回

22，曹操

23，孙悟空。

24，赤壁之战。

25，略。

26，（1）艺高胆大，悟空勇斗魔。（2）义盖云天，关羽私放曹。（3）多愁善感，黛玉悲葬花。

27，略。

28，如：写读书笔记，即将读书的独特感受及时记入笔记；通过读书报告会、辩论会等方式与同学之间交流；尝试对名著进行再创作。

第三篇：四大名著英文简介

水浒传：Heroes of the Marshes;或者Water Margins（三国演义： The Romance of Three Kingdoms

西游记： Pilgrimage to the West或者ourney to the West

红楼梦 ：The Story of the Stone 或者A Dream in Red Mansions

水浒传

The novel “ Heroes of the Marshes ” is somewhat like the Iliad and Odyssey...An ancient epic tale...the period was composed and immortalized.As we know this story is based on real facts and has inspired many storytellers.the Song Dynasty reached its apogee and declined.As a victim of corruption and decadence.we can find historical traces of these outlaws who challenged the imperial authority and died under the executioner's blade.A man called Shi Nai-an wrote down the novel Heroes of the Marshes that read by us today.Heroes of the Marshes is an immortal novel because its tale is universal : it tells about 108 heros who cannot bear injustice nor abuse That is the reason why their popularity has lasted for centuries.三国演义

“Three Kingdoms is the tale of the fall of the Later Han Dynasty of China.It describes the lives of those feudal lords and their retainers who tried to either replace the empire or restore it.While the novel actually follows literally hundreds of characters, the focus is mainly on the 3 families who would eventually carve out the 3 kingdoms from the remnants of the Han.The Liu family in the Shu kingdom led by Liu Bei, The Cao family in Wei led by Cao Cao, and the Sun family in Wu eventually led by Sun Quan.西游记

Journey to the West, commonly known to the western readers as is a supernatural novel about a world of of fantastic invention, in which gods and demons loom large and vie for supremacy.The novel began with a series of oral and written versions, and eventually attained its most definitive version written by Wu Ch'eng-en(1500?-1582), a scholar-official in the Yantze region, and published in 1592.红楼梦

中文：《红楼梦》以贾宝玉、林黛玉、薛宝钗之间的恋爱婚姻悲剧为主线，描写了以贾家为代表的四大家族的兴衰，揭示了封建大家庭的各种错综复杂的矛盾，表现了封建的婚姻、道德、文化、教育的腐朽、堕落，塑造了一系列贵族、平民以及奴隶出身的女子的悲剧形象，展示了极其广阔的封建社会的典型生活环境.” The Story of the Stone "is based on Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai by describing their marriage and tragedy.The novel is also the description of the rise and fall of sediments which was represented by the four most prominent families, reveals the complex contradictions of the feudal family, performance of the feudal marriage, morality, culture, education and decadent, degenerate and create a series of nobility civilians and the tragic image of a slave woman who has demonstrated an extremely broad typical feudal society living environment.

第四篇：四大名著英文简介

水浒传：Heroes of the Marshes;或者Water Margins（三国演义： The Romance of Three Kingdoms

西游记： Pilgrimage to the West或者ourney to the West

红楼梦 ：The Story of the Stone 或者A Dream in Red Mansions

水浒传

The novel “ Heroes of the Marshes ” is somewhat like the Iliad and Odyssey...An ancient epic tale...the period was composed and immortalized.As we know this story is based on real facts and has inspired many storytellers.the Song Dynastyreached its apogee and declined.As a victim of corruption and decadence.we can find historical traces of these outlaws who challenged the imperial authority and died under the executioner's blade.A man called Shi Nai-an wrote down the novel Heroes of the Marshes that read by us today.Heroes of the Marshes is an immortal novel because its tale is universal : it tells about 108 heros who cannot bear injustice nor abuse That is the reason why their popularity has lasted for centuries.三国演义

“Three Kingdoms is the tale of the fall of the Later Han Dynasty of China.It describes the lives of those feudal lords and their retainers who tried to either replace the empire or restore it.While the novel actually follows literally hundreds of characters, the focus is mainly on the 3 families who would eventually carve out the 3 kingdoms from the remnants of the Han.The Liu family in the Shu kingdom led by Liu Bei, The Cao family in Wei led by Cao Cao, and the Sun family in Wu eventually led by Sun Quan.西游记

Journey to the West, commonly known to the western readers as is a supernatural novel about a world of of fantastic invention, in which gods and demons loom large and vie for supremacy.The novel began with a series of oral and written versions, and eventually attained its most definitive version written by Wu Ch'eng-en(1500?-1582), a scholar-official in the Yantze region, and published in 1592.红楼梦

中文：《红楼梦》以贾宝玉、林黛玉、薛宝钗之间的恋爱婚姻悲剧为主线，描写了以贾家为代表的四大家族的兴衰，揭示了封建大家庭的各种错综复杂的矛盾，表现了封建的婚姻、道德、文化、教育的腐朽、堕落，塑造了一系列贵族、平民以及奴隶出身的女子的悲剧形象，展示了极其广阔的封建社会的典型生活环境.英文：” The Story of the Stone "is based on Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai by describing their marriage and tragedy.The novel is also the description of the rise and fall of sediments which was represented by the four most prominent families, reveals the complex contradictions of the feudal family, performance of the feudal marriage,morality, culture, education and decadent, degenerate and create a series of nobility civilians and the tragic image of a slave woman who has demonstrated an extremely broad typical feudal society living environment.

第五篇：四大名著英文简介

《三国演义》----《The Romance of the Three Kindoms》 《水浒传》----《The Story by the Water Margin》 《红楼梦》----《The Dream of the Red Chamber 》 《西游记》----《Journey to the West》

Chinese LiteratureIf they had been stolen by someone, who could it be? Where could he hide them? If they had made the escape themselves, then where could they stay at the moment?

燕子去了，有再来的时候；杨柳枯了，有再青的时候；桃花谢了，有再开的时候。但是，聪明的，你告诉我，我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢？——是有人偷了他们罢：那是谁？又藏在何处呢？是他们自己逃走了：现在又到了哪里呢？

I don't know how many days I have been given to spend, but I do feel my hands are getting empty.Taking stock silently, I find that more than eight thousand days have already slid away from me.Like a drop of water from the point of a needle disappearing into the ocean, my days are dripping into the stream of time, soundless, traceless.Already sweat is starting on my forehead, and tears welling up in my eyes.我不知道他们给了我多少日子；但我的手确乎是渐渐空虚了。在默默里算着，八千多日子已经从我手中溜去；像针尖上一滴水滴在大海里，我的日子滴在时间的流里，没有声音也没有影子。我不禁头涔涔而泪潸潸了。

Those that have gone have gone for good, those to come keep coming;yet in between, how swift is the shift, in such a rush? When I get up in the morning, the slanting sun marks its presence in my small room in two or three oblongs.The sun has feet, look, he is treading on, lightly and furtively;and I am caught, blankly, in his revolution.Thus--the day flows away through the sink when I wash my hands, wears off in the bowl when I eat my meal, and passes away before my day-dreaming gaze as reflect in silence.I can feel his haste now, so I reach out my hands to hold him back, but he keeps flowing past my withholding hands.In the evening, as I lie in bed, he strides over my body, glides past my feet, in his agile way.The moment I open my eyes and meet the sun again, one whole day has gone.I bury my face in my hands and heave a sigh.But the new day begins to flash past in the sigh.去的尽管去了，来的尽管来着，去来的中间，又怎样的匆匆呢？早上我起来的时候，小屋里射进两三方斜斜的太阳。太阳他有脚啊，轻轻悄悄地挪移了；我也茫茫然跟着旋转。于是——洗手的时候，日子从水盆里过去；吃饭的时候，日子从饭碗里过去；默默时，便从凝然的双眼前过去。我觉察他去的匆匆了，伸出手遮挽时，他又从遮挽着的手边过去，天黑时，我躺在床上，他便伶伶俐俐地从我身边垮过，从我脚边飞去了。等我睁开眼和太阳再见，这算又溜走了一日。我掩着面叹息。但是新来的日子的影儿又开始在叹息里闪过了。