Li Shan-In. Wise Mansurs

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In the history of China, in the works of Li Shan-in (813-858), a writer who lived during the Tang Dynasty, short notes and aphorisms were widely used along with stories. Life experience, poetic observations allowed this writer to depict the realities of the time in all its diversity, exoticism, colors in attractive and concise forms. That is why in his dwarf works the medieval Chinese literature, moral norms, the mood of different strata of the people found their full expression. Similar aspects are evident in both his aphoristic views and his reflections. Below we bring to your attention examples from the author's comments expressed in such a concise form.
Never come back:
- a guest who stole something from the master's house;
- an unfortunate servant sent to a nobleman's house;
- a dog that saw you holding a stick in your hand.
Does not choose:
- if you put a bad meal in front of a hungry person;
- if a person who is tired of walking sees sharp horses;
- a person trying to cross the river in a hurry sees ships on the shore;
- If a person who is trying to escape from the sudden torrential rain sees the traps.
Naughty:
- beating a child without giving a reason;
- Excessive respect for someone;
- Going to harvest on a hot day when the sun is shining.
Similarity:
- an official in the capital is like a pumpkin: it is not known whether it is growing;
- The seal of the officer is like a baby: you have to carry it with you all the time;
- an official in the province is like a lion: no matter what he does, the people are heartbroken.
It's weird to look smart because:
- a woman who understands poetry causes gossip;
- breaks the oath of a Buddhist monk who is a cup of wine;
- A literate servant who knows how to read and write makes a mistake and hears from his master.
You shake your head:
- give a delicious meal when the stomach hurts;
- if you come across a waste pit while digging a well;
- if you suddenly start itching when sitting at the reception of an official;
- if your poor relative, who loves you, comes again and again.
It doesn't look like it:
- A student who can not memorize the topics of the exam;
- as if not crying in mourning;
- a housemaid who did not take advantage of the master in washing dishes;
- the boss who left the house to watch the guests;
- a teacher who does not check the exercises and knowledge of his students.
Signs of wealth and nobility:
- melted candles;
- Chestnut and apple peels;
- Lichji shells *;
- reading books aloud and listening to music;
- a gold pin slipped from the woman's head.
If you say so, you are deceiving people:
- Alchemy brings wealth to people;
- Neighboring regional officials work conscientiously.
What you don't like:
- use an impenetrable knife;
- the wind passing through the torn part of your clothes;
- a swaying tree blocking the beautiful landscape.
How hard it is to hear:
- scandals in the market;
- the weeping of a widow;
- the disappearance of an elderly father on the body of his son;
- the squeaking of a person who failed the exam;
- Cheerful music in mourning.
Stupid examples:
- to sit as a guest and quarrel;
- sniffing the conversation of others;
- go to a stranger's bed with shoes;
- Tell a seductive joke in front of your in-laws.
It hurts:
- When you invite a respected person to your house, he does not come;
- an uninvited, unpleasant guest enters the house;
- if you do not have dough in your pocket when things are sold cheaply in the market;
- If you sit next to the enemy at a party.
You are destined to be poor if:
- if his wife is lazy;
- go to bed early and get up late;
- if you like gambling and drinking;
- if you move without finding a place to live;
- If you buy expensive things for pleasure.
Of course, you get rich if:
- if you find the rest of the work;
- when you see something beautiful and try to do the same;
- you do not borrow in vain;
- If the women in the house are friendly.
He is smart and capable:
- can behave;
- can keep a secret;
- the sage has an interlocutor;
- is aware of mistakes when starting work;
- if he is drunk and does not say what came into his mouth;
- understands the maze and the time;
- does not forget generosity;
- learns about the customs when visiting a new place;
- is not ashamed to learn what he does not know;
- if they are not ignorant.
Teach your son:
- to the good deeds of ancestors;
- promised - to fulfill;
- honesty and imagination;
- perfect knowledge of six types of art **;
- a broad view of the world;
- to have a strong will;
- to study thoroughly if they start a job.
Teach your daughter:
- work performed by women;
- politeness and respect;
- reading and calculation;
- caution;
- to walk towards oneself (freedom);
- not to gossip;
- respect for employees.
Restrain yourself:
- from entering a stranger's house without knocking;
- tearing a stranger's chest, reading a letter;
- from eating without the master reaching for the food;
- from going to the table to get something.
These are useless:
- beating others without getting to the heart of the matter;
- inappropriate imitation;
- giving children complete freedom.
Translated from Russian by Muzaffar Ahmad
World Literature, 2014, No. 10
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* Lichji - a fruit grown in southern China; in other parts of the country it was considered very popular.
** Chinese children have long been required to know the following six types of art: etiquette, music, riding, horse-drawn carriage, calligraphy (calligraphy) and arithmetic (arithmetic).
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