Liu Ji:Gong Ziqiao Making a Lute ~ 《工之侨为琴》 刘基 with English Translations
《工之侨为琴》是浙江青田人刘基所著的寓言故事,作于元朝末年。文章用“托物讽喻”的手法,揭露了当时的封建统治者崇古非今的不良风气,寄喻了盲目守旧,势必阻碍改革,摧残人才,扼杀社会生机的道理。 《工之侨为琴》 刘基 工之侨得良桐焉,斫而为琴,弦而鼓之,金声而玉应,自以为天下之美也,献之太常。使国工视之,曰:“弗古!”还之。工之侨以归,谋诸漆工,作断纹焉;又谋诸篆工,作古窾焉;匣而埋诸土,期年出之,抱以适市。贵人过而见之,易之以百金,献诸朝。乐官传视,皆曰:“希世之珍也!”工之侨闻之,叹曰:“悲哉,世也!岂独一琴哉?莫不然矣!而不早图之,其与亡矣。”遂去,入于宕冥之山,不知其所终。 Gong Ziqiao Making a Lute Liu Ji Gong Zhiqiao, having come by a piece of excellent paulownia wood, cut it into a lute and furnished it with strings. A pluck at it would produce a harmony of the ring of gold and the tinkle of jade. He thought it to be […]
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