The full text and translation of Wu Shunke's Biography of Six Monsters

Haining Xiaolian Cha Yihuang Jizuo [2], Chongzhen Zhongshi Shiming also [3]. After tasting the taste of winter snow, I accidentally walked outside the door and saw a beggar with a different appearance [4]. He called and asked, "I heard that there are iron beggars in the city. Really? " Say, "Yes." Say, "Can you drink?" Say, "Yes." Introduce fermented grains [5] to sit and drink. Cha is drunk [6], and Uncle Gai has no capacity for alcohol [7]. Clothes with wadding [8], don't mention it, just leave. Next year, under the crane pavilion in the West Lake, the elbow will be exposed [9]. Asked about his clothes, he said, "I don't need this in summer." I have already missed the restaurant. " Say, "Have you read it?" He said, "If you don't study, you can't be a beggar!" " Look at his words, get dressed and take a bath [10]. Ask about his surname Li [1 1], and say, "Wu's surname is six strange names, and he is from eastern Guangdong [12]." Q: "Why beg?" Yue said, "Xiao Haobo [13] lost all his money and lived in rivers and lakes. I thought about knocking on the door and begging. This is inevitable for the sages of the past. Who dares to think it is dirty! " Cha Qi got up [14], grabbed his arm and said, "Wu Sheng is a rare scholar in China. I am an alcoholic and lost my life [15]! " Keep it for a month and give it generously. Six wonders, with a rising family background [16], ancestors kept [17] and ancestors buried the past [18], are called people [19]. After returning to Guangdong, he sent grain to serve as [20]. Knowing the situation of Guanhe River and Eritrea [2 1], Julian Waghann will enter Guangdong [22], logicians hold six wonders [23], and six wonders please see the commander in chief. Seeing the situation in Chen counties, please give you dozens of links [24] to disperse their local tyrants. Wherever I go, all the barriers fall down, which is awesome. Ten years, tired officer for Guangdong water and land division prefect [25]. Xiaolian lives at home and doesn't remember the past for a long time. Once a tooth is in Guangdong, I will ask Wu [26] to invite him to Guangdong. Water travels three thousand miles, and the account is extremely rich [27]. Du Meiling has sent his son to greet him and leave. The officers and men passing by are all negative [29], with the crossbow as the precursor. In Huizhou, Wu Gong went out to meet him, and he followed Zada [3 1], which was intended for the Marquis. To Jimen [32], then Pufu Nitou [33], go to the church, kneel down to the north [34], and talk about the past without taboo. Buy wine at night [35], get wine [36]. The beauty of song and dance, the silk and bamboo overlap Chen [37], the general pays for life [38], and the quality will be clear [39]. Naturally, you will be tired after staying for one year [40]. After having a birthday with 3,000 daughters, there are countless genera of Jinqi, Pinctada, Coral and Rhinoceros [4 1]. Cha belongs to several years, which is a history of private prisons in Xing Wu [43] and has a wide range of implications. Wu Kangshu argued and was rescued from the predicament. At first, I stayed in Huizhou shogunate and spent a day in the backyard. There is a stone peak in the garden [44], which is praised by the second year of high school and deeply appreciated by the difference. Besides, this stone has been lost. Ask it, use it in Wuzhong [45]. Today, this is still Cha's home. [ 1]

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[1] Wu Shunke (què): Wu Liuqi, whose real name is Jian Bo, alias Ge Ru, died of obedience. People from Fengshun County, Guangdong Province. Between beggars and wuyue in the late Ming Dynasty. Later, he was assigned to Zhu Youlang, Wang Gui and Nan Ming as company commanders. When the Qing army conquered Chaozhou, he surrendered and became the guide of the Qing army, which led to the surrender of many counties. In the Qing Dynasty, he was promoted to be the chief soldier of Chaozhou County. He often fought with Zheng Chenggong and was promoted to be the magistrate of Guangdong Amphibian Division. After his death, he made contributions and became an official, Prince Taibao. [2] Haining: County name, which belongs to Zhejiang Province today. Filial piety: the title of juren in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Cha Yihuang: BenQ Zuo, a native of Haining, Zhejiang Province, was a juren in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1643). After the death of Ming Dynasty, it was renamed as the province, or the hidden name was Zuo Yin. Painting and calligraphy. [3] Chongzhen: the year number of Ming Sizong. [4] Wei (W incarnation): the veranda around the main hall. [5] Puffing (pēi): can opening. Fermented grain, unfiltered wine. [6] m ǐ ng d ǐ ng: drunk. [7] Very: Very, extremely. [8] Clothes: clothes ... verb. [9] (xi m ? n): Barefoot. [10] Tom: soup, hot water, used for bathing; Take a shower and wash your hair. Tom is still talking about taking a bath and taking a bath. [1 1] Shili: the origin of surname. [12] eastern Guangdong (yuè): Guangdong. Guangdong and Guangxi were called Guangdong in ancient times. [13] Bo: Gambling. [14] Article (jù): In a hurry. [15] lost: missed, lost. [16] Family background: the manor or family status of a family. This is still my hometown. Chaoyang: the name of a county in Guangdong Province. Zu: Grandfather. Observation: The honorific title of Taoist in Qing Dynasty. Taoist priest, chief secretary of the Qing dynasty, officials of the inspection department. [18] Pu (chúpú): Also called "Pupu". Originally an ancient opera, it later referred to gambling. [19] CuO (jù): poor. [20] Post: Infantry who act as post officials. Post station, a place where people who deliver official documents or officials who come and go temporarily stop. [2 1](rūn) Know: Familiar. [22] Julian Waghann: The army of the Qing Dynasty. [23] Logistics: patrol. [24] Excellent Za: a blank Za that can be filled in at will. Zagreb's official documents were passed from superiors to subordinates. Pass: copy, article. Quantifier [25] tired official: connected with promotion. [26] Once: Another day, one day. General Ya: An ancient junior officer. [27] Pay the bill: arrange curtains and other utensils for banquets and trips. [28] Meiling: that is, Dagengling, at the junction of Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces. [29] Li (lán): A tool for holding a bow and arrow, shaped like a barrel. [30] Huizhou: State name, located in the east of Huiyang County, Guangdong Province. [3 1] lead: lead and follow. Miscellaneous: From the messy appearance. [32] halberd gate: In ancient times, halberd (a weapon) was erected at the palace gate, and officials above the third class in the Tang Dynasty could also erect halberd gate at the private gate, which was later called the halberd gate of the powerful mansion. [33] Pufu: The same as "crawling", lying on the ground. Mud head: kneel and kowtow. [34] North: In ancient times, facing south was the highest position and facing north was the lower position. Sitting in the north shows modesty. Kneeling posture: kneel straight to show solemnity and respect. [35] High-level meeting: a grand event, a feast. [36] wine roasting (roasting): dining tables. Barbecue, barbecue, generally refers to dishes. [37] Silk and bamboo: silk and string; Bamboo and wind music are collectively called music. [38] Lift: Get up one by one. [39] Ming: At dawn. [40] Packing: suitcase. [4 1] Rhinoceros: Rhinoceros horn and ivory are precious. [42] Z meter: measurement, calculation. Look, limit. [43] Xing Wu: County name, belonging to Zhejiang. Private History Prison: Zhuang Ting Prison in Ming Dynasty is one of the famous literary prisons in Qing Dynasty. Zhuang Tingyi, a blind man in Xing Wu, recruited scholars to edit Shu Ming. In order to make up for Chongzhen's political affairs, the language mostly criticized Manchu, but did not use the title of Qing emperor, only wrote the title of Nanming, and was later reported. Zhuang Tingyi slaughtered the body, and members of the Zhuang family and people who bought and sold, wrote letters and printed books were sentenced to death or exile respectively. Chakizo once commented on this book. So it's involved. [44] Shi Ying: A stone as beautiful as jade. [45] Wuzhong: It refers to the territory of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period, roughly in Jiangsu and Zhejiang today. This refers to Cha Jizhuo's hometown Haining County. [1] translation

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Wu was a general of Nanming and was exiled to the Qing Dynasty. In addition to his official career, this special biography only records the anecdote of his "kindness", thus subtly describing Wu's legendary life experience of becoming a prefect from a beggar, and shaping a chivalrous image with generous nature, erudition, knowledge of geography and strategy. It was verified that Liu Qi met Cha Jizuo while begging, but in fact there was no such thing. But this is a literary work of note novels and should not be treated as historical facts. [ 1]

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Xiaolian Chajizuo in Haining County, whose name was Crystal, was a famous figure in Chongzhen period. Once, on a snowy day in winter, he happened to go out of the door and saw a beggar hiding from the snow under the porch. He looked strange, so Chazizuo asked loudly, "I heard that there is a man named Tie Gai in the market. Is that you?" The beggar replied, "It's me." Ask again: "Can I drink?" The answer is yes. Cha Jizuo brought the iron beggar into the house, took out the wine and sat down to drink. Chakizo was drunk, but Tiegai wasn't drunk at all. Cha Jizuo took a cotton-padded coat and put it on him. He left without thanking him. The next year, Chazizuo met him under the crane pavilion in the West Lake. He was in rags, with his elbows exposed and walking barefoot. Chazizuo asked him where his cotton-padded clothes were, and he said, "No need in summer, the hotel money has already been paid." Chazizuo asked again, "Have you read it? Have you read it?" Tie Gai said, "You have never read a book, and you have never read a book. How can you end up a beggar?" Chakizo was surprised by his words, so he gave him a hot bath and clothes and shoes. Asked about Tie Gai's surname and native place, he said that his surname was Wu, his first name, and he was from Guangdong. Chazizuo asked, "Why do you want to be a beggar?" Tie Gai said, "When I was young, I was keen on gambling and lost everything, so I wandered around the Jianghu. I think it is inevitable to knock on the door and beg for food in the past. What qualifications do I have to think that begging is to defile myself! " Cha Jizuo quickly stood up, took his arm and said, "Wu Jun is a genius in the world, but I regard you as an alcoholic. Really think about Wu Jun! " Chazizuo left Wu at home, drank happily for a month, and gave him rich property to go back to his hometown. Liu Qi's ancestral home is Chaoyang, and his grandfather is a Taoist. Because of gambling, Liu Qi became a poor man. After he returned to Guangdong, he worked as a servant in a post office to make a living. He is very familiar with the geography of steep mountains and rivers. Just as Julian Waghann marched into Guangdong, the foot soldiers on patrol arrested Liu Qi, who asked to meet the general to discuss things. After meeting with the guards, he explained the situation of each county in detail, so he asked the guards to give him dozens of blank documents and distribute them to the powerful gentry in each county. All the county castles that the Qing army went to were conquered, and the defense was reported to be six unique. In ten years, Liu Qi was promoted continuously until the Guangdong Navy was the prefect. Cha Jizuo lives in his hometown and has long forgotten his previous association with Liu Qi. One day, a tooth general in Guangdong inquired about his family and asked for a visit. He brought Wu's letter and greetings, used 3,200 pieces of silver as a gift, and invited Cha Jizhuo to Guangdong. From Haining to Guangdong, the water travels three thousand miles, and the reception and farewell banquet along the way is extremely grand and lively. When we crossed Dayuling, we had sent his son Wu to meet us, waiting on the left side of the road. Arriving at the door, Wu climbed on the ground and kowtowed and entered the main hall. Facing the north, he knelt straight and told the past one by one without taboo. In the evening, Liu Qi gave a sumptuous banquet, personally toasted Chajizuo and served food. There are wonderful songs and dances, and various musical instruments are played together. The generals stood up one by one to propose a toast to Chazizuo, and the banquet didn't end until dawn. Since then, Chakizo has lived in Liu Qi's house for a year, and his luggage has piled up like a mountain. Liu Qi also used 3,200 pieces of silver as a birthday present for Chazizuo, and gave him countless treasures such as brocade, jewelry, coral, rhinoceros horn and ivory. At first, when Cha Jizhuo was in the Wu shogunate in Huizhou, he visited the back garden one day, and there was a beautiful stone in the garden. Chakizo deeply appreciated it and thought it was strange. I went to the back garden again, but this stone is missing. Cha Jizhuo inquired about his whereabouts, only to know that Wu used a boat to transport the stone to Haining, Zhejiang. Today, this stone is still preserved in Chajia.

Brief introduction of the author

Wang Shizhen (1634-1711) is a native of Shandong Xincheng (now Huantai County, Shandong Province), whose real name is Ruanting. Qing Shunzhi Jinshi, official to the ministers of punishments. Literature is famous for its poems, praising the prosperous Tang Dynasty and establishing the theory of verve, including The Complete Works in Class. [ 1]