Because your English is not good, it has been self-righteous Chinese, it is difficult to write true "elegant" in English. I read the English version of the English version of the "Idea and my people", I know that some Chinese English prose can write like a bacon, Emerson and other Western masters. It seems that people who fight for Mr. Lin Yutang in the early years are not all of the friendship of Mr. Tonglin.
"My Country and Impress" translated many Chinese ancient classic poetry, I don't know if I am Mr. Lin's own translation, but everything can be used as a Fan Wen, who is Chinese, for us to learn. I used the Chinese-English comparison format to extracted a "Fan County Department of Fan County" in the Second book of Fan County (Chinese) "Zheng Ban Bridge Complete Works" from the World Book of Zhongzhou Ancient Books, 1992; English version of "Idea and I am", 2000):
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My brother is buying a house, strict, and the house is the most appropriate. The House You Bought Is Well-Enclosed and Indeed Suitable for Residence,
Only the patio is too small, seeing the day is not big. Only I feel the courtyard is too small, and when you look at the sky, it is not big enough.
The fools are far away, not happy. With my unfettered nature, I do not Like IT.
It is the Hostell-Parrot Bridge but the ONLY A Hundred Steps North From this House, There is The Parrot Bridge,
Parrot bridge to apricot flower floor, but thirty step, And Another Thirty Steps from the bridge is the plum tower,
It is quite a lot of slots. WITH VACANT Spaces All Around.
Winnish drinking, When I Was Drinking In this Tower in My Young Days,
See a wild city, half-embankment, broken bridge, broken house, I used to look out and see the willow banks and the little wooden bridge with Decrepit Huts and Wild Flowers Against A Background of Old City Walls,
Percutaneous music. And Was Quite Fascinated by IT.
If you have a money is fifty thousand, if you could get Fifty Thousand Cash,
You can buy a big place, and he is in the day. You Could Buy a Big Lot for Me To Build My Cottage There for My Later Days.
I want to build a soil wall yard, my intertion is to build an Earthen Wall Around IT,
Multi plant flowers in the door. And Plant Lots of Bamboos and Flowers and Trees.
Use a broken brick to spread one with a two-door. I am going to have a garden path of paved pebbles leading from the Gate to the house door.
It's two rooms, one hotel, one house, There Will Be Two Rooms, One for the Parlor, One for the study,
Cookbook historical pen inkwawa wine Coats, WHERE I Can Keep Books, Paintings, Brushes, Ink-Slabs, Wine-Kettle and Tea Service, a poem that Liangjia's bodiatrist is born. And WHERE I CAN Discuss Poetry and Litrate With some good friends and the younger generation.
Subsequent, Behind this will be the family living rooms,
Three main houses, two kitchen homes, one of the slave houses. With Three Main Rooms, Two Kitchens and One Servants' Room.
Total eight, with bamboo, so enough. Altogether There Will Be Eight Rooms, All Covered with grace-sheds, and i shavert.
Early in The Morning Before Sunrise,
东海 红 红, I Could Look East and See The Red Glow of the Morning Clouds,
The sun is covered with a tree. And at Sunset, The Sun Will Shine from Behind The Trees.
Ritting in the middle of the hospital, When One Stands Upon A High Place in the courtyard,
I will see the smoke level bridge. One Can Already See The Bridge and The Clouds and Waters in The Distance,
Home banquet, and when giving a party at night,
Outleters also hope to see the lights. One Can See The Lights of The Neighbors Outside The Wall.
Southern to Your Home, this Will Be Only Thirty Steps To your house on the South,
East to the hometown only water, And Will Be Separated from the Little Garden on the east by a sales Creek.
It is actually constant. So it is quite ideal.
Or: "This is an appreciation of this house, just afraid of thieves." Some May Say "this is indeed Very Comfortable, Only There May Be Burglars."
I don't know what thieves are also poor. The Do Not Know That Burglars Are Also But PEOPLE.
Open the door, I would open the door and invite them to come in,
Discount assignment, and discuss with the the the....
What will I take anything? Whatver the, They Can Take Away,
If you have nothing, And if Nothing will really suit them,
Lang Xian's green felt, can also carry a hundred money to emergency. THEY MAY Even Take Away The Great WANG Hsienchih's Old Carpet To Pawn It for a Hundred Cash.
I am paying attention to this place, please my younger brother, bear this in mind,
For the buddhism of the brothers. For this is your stupid brother's provision for spending a happy ild age. I don't know if it is. I Wonder WHether I May Have What I so desire.
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Although the English translation of the English has a few obvious mistakes (such as "Hundred Thirty Steps", I don't know that Mr. Lin is in the original text of the publication of the publishing), but such text is not ordinary Chinese translation earlier can . Before this article, Mr. Lin is also very in place for the main point of the article:
This is typical of the sentiment in Chinese literature. This rural ideal of Cheng Panch'iao's is as much based on his poetic feeling of common brotherhood with the poor peasant, which comes natural to a Taoistic soul, as the rural ideal of Tseng Kuofan's is Based on The Desire for the Preservation for the Family, And Closely Connected with the confucian family system.
Another: Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House in 2002, there was a "board bridge" book "in Lin Yutang translation, and I want to have this article. But I didn't have anyone in hand, I can find and "my country and my people".
