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Yugong Moved Away the Mountains
愚公移山
Taihang and Wangwu were two big mountains.
太行和王屋是两座大山。
They were in the south of Jizhou and to the north of the Yellow River.
它们位于冀州以南、黄河以北。
They were seven hundred li around,
它们方圆七百里,
and over ten thousand metres high.
高一万多米。
An old man lived to the north of the mountains.
一位老人住在山的北边。
He was almost 90 years old.
他快九十岁了。
People called him Yugong (the Foolish Old Man).
人们叫他愚公(愚蠢的老人)。
The mountains stood in his way to the south.
大山挡住了他向南的路。
Yugong was very unhappy.
愚公很不高兴。
So he said to his family,
于是他对家人说:
'Shall we work together to move away the two mountains?
“我们一起把这两座山移走好不好?
Then we can go straight to the south.'
这样我们就能直接往南边去了。”
They said yes to his idea.
他们都同意他的想法。
Yugong and his sons began to break rocks and dig earth.
愚公和他的儿子们开始砸石头、挖土。
They carried the rocks and the earth to Bohai.
他们把石头和土运到渤海。
One trip to the sea took them a long time.
去一趟海边要花他们很长时间。
They left in winter and came back in summer.
他们冬天出发,夏天才回来。
Another old man lived by the river.
另一位老人住在河边。
People called him Zhisou (the Wise Old Man).
人们叫他智叟(智慧的老人)。
He laughed at Yugong and said to him,
他嘲笑愚公,对他说:
'How foolish you are!
“你太蠢了!
You are old and weak.
你又老又弱,
You cannot even pull out a tree from the mountains.
连山里的一棵树都拔不动,
How can you move them away?'
怎么能把山移走呢?”
Yugong said, 'You are wrong.
愚公说:“你错了。
there will be my sons,
还有我的儿子,
and my sons will have their sons and grandsons.
我的儿子还有他们的儿子和孙子。