最新中国传统文化经典哲理故事(英汉对照)

Harmony of Human and Nature

天人合一

〖Zhuangzhou Dreamed a Butterfly〗

One day at sunset，Zhuangzi dozed off and dreamed that he turned into a butterfly．He flapped his wings and made sure enough he was a butterfly．He had such a joyful feeling as he fluttered about that he completely forgot that he was Zhuangzi．Soon though，he realized that proud butterfly was really Zhuangzi who dreamed he was a butterfly．Or was it a butterfly who dreamed he was Zhuangzi?

Maybe Zhuangzi was the butterfly，and maybe the butterfly was Zhungzi? This is what is meant by the“transformation of things．”

庄周梦蝶

一天，落日时分，庄子梦见自己变成一只蝴蝶。他扑打扑打翅膀，确信自己已经变成一只蝴蝶。这时他十分惬意，飘飘然竟完全忘记了

自己是庄子。一会儿醒来，他明白了，那只骄傲的蝴蝶正是梦见自己

变成蝴蝶的庄子。或许是蝴蝶做梦自己变成了庄子也未可知。

庄子是蝴蝶?亦或蝴蝶是庄子?这正是所谓的“事物转换”的道理

啊!

〖A Fond Dream of Nanke〗

In the Tang Dynasty，there lived a person called Chun Yufen．One day，his friends came to celebrate his birthday，and Chun Yufen was drinking under an old pagoda tree．When he became drunk，he fell

asleep．Suddenly，Chun Yufen met with two atomies who took him into a giant hole in the tree，having a ride to the great Kingdom of Pagoda．Chun Yufen found himself in a fairy world with many red gates，magnificent palaces，luxuriant pavilions and beautiful gardens．

南柯一梦

在中国唐朝，有个人叫淳于棼。一天他过生日，在门前大槐树下

摆下宴席和朋友饮酒作乐，好不快活。喝醉了之后，他便睡着了。迷

迷糊糊之中，他突然感觉有两个使者请他上车，马车朝大槐树下一个树洞驶去，驶向“槐安国”。他发现树洞里另有一番仙境。有许多

朱红色的大门，大门里面是华丽的宫殿，周围是亭台楼阁和美丽的花园。

The king appreciated him very much so that he was named the mayor of Nanke，a small town in the Kingdom．Soon after，he married the king’s beautiful daughter．Chun Yufen was so happy with the life there that he totally forgot his hometown．Twenty years passed，and Chun Yufen stayed as the very successful mayor of Nanke and raised a big family of five sons and two daughters．

国王非常欣赏淳于棼，封他为“南柯郡太守”。后来，国王还将公主许配给他。淳于棼与公主过得非常幸福以致完全忘了自己的家

乡。淳于棼上任南柯郡太守后，前后二十年的时间，把南柯郡治理得

井井有条，还和公主生了五个儿子，两个女儿。

However, the kingdom was invaded by another country and Chun

Yufen had to lead the troops to hold out the enemies．Unfortunately，his troops were defeated and his wife died．Chun Yufen decided to leave the Kingdom of Pagoda．He was sent home by the 2 atomies. As soon as he arrived home，he woke up to realize what had happened was just a dream. It was only a short nap，even though in his dream he had experienced a whole 20 years of life．

Chun Yufen’s friends were interested in his dream. They looked down the tree and found an ant nest connected to a smaller nest in the south direction. Obviously，these nests explained what“Pagoda Kingdom”and“Nanke”really were!

不料，有个国家突然入侵，淳于棼不得不率兵迎击，不过他还是

打了败仗。这时公主又不幸去世了。淳于棼决定离开“槐安国”，仍

是由

两名使者送行。淳于棼回到家中，突然惊醒过来，原来是一场梦。不

过是小睡一会儿，而梦中经历却整整二十年。

淳于棼把梦境告诉朋友，大家感到十分有趣，一齐找到大槐树下，

挖出一个很大的蚂蚁洞，旁边有孔，通向南边树枝，那里有一个小蚂

蚁洞。很显然，这就是所谓的“南柯郡”、“槐安国”！

〖The Penumbras and the Shadow〗

The penumbras asked the shadow，“A moment ago you were looking down and now you are looking up；a moment ago your hair was tied up and now it is hanging loose；a moment ago you were sitting and now you