文心雕龙 英文翻译.docx

文心雕龙英文翻译

第一篇：文心雕龙英文翻译WENXINDIAOLONGShiQingTai，GuangdongUniversityofForeignStudyChapter1:TheoriginofthetruthPartoneThepowerofarticleistremendous，butwhysomesaidthatitcameoutalongwiththeskyandtheearth?Causethecolorsarevaryfromtheskyandtheearth,thoseshapesandpatternsconsistofdifferentobjects,thesunandthemoonareliketheoverlappedjades,suspendedontheskytobrightentheworldandshowthemagnificentscene,thegreenhillandbluestreamgivingouttheluster,spreadingovertheearthandwasdedicatedintodifferentobjects,thisistheliterarinessoftheuniverse.Whenwelookupthesky,wecouldseethelight;andwhenwelookdown,wecouldfindthatliterarinessontheearth.Whenthatpositionofhighandlowwasdetermined,theskyandearthgotbirthed.Humancameintobeingasthethirdone,becausewearetheintensityoftheessenceoftheworld,thatiswhywecalledsky,earth,human‘Thethreeelites’.Humanisnotonlyformedbythefive-elements(themental,wood,water,fire,soil),butalsotheheartofworld,.Thelanguagecameafterthehuman,languagebecamethearticles,andthisisthewayofnature.Toothers,likeanimalsandplantshaveit’sliterarinesstoo:dragonandphoenixbecomethesymbolofluckbytheirgorgeousscaleandfurthers;tigerandleopardlookrobustbecausetheyhavebrightfur;thecloudhasit’snaturecolor,theylookmorevividthanthecloudinthepicturepaintedbythemasters;theflowersbloomoutfromthegrassandtree,theyaremorefragrantthantheflowermadebythewomanweavers;it’snottheartificialbeauty,butcomeoutofthenature.ThesoundmadebytheforestofmountainandtheholeofrocksissocoordinativethatitjustlikethemusicofYUandSE;therhymeofthepercussionofstreamandrocksissoharmoniousthatitjustlikethemusicofXINandZHONG;sotheliterarinesscomealongwiththeproductionofobjects,whenthere’ssound,there’srhyme.Eventhoseunconsciouswoodandrockhaveit’sowncolors,willthehumanwithsoulhavenoliterariness?第一节原道文之为德也大矣，与天地并生者何哉？夫玄黄色杂，方圆体分，日月叠璧，以垂丽天之象；山川焕绮，以铺理地之形：此盖道之文也。仰观吐曜，俯察含章，高卑定位，故两仪既生矣。惟人参之，性灵所锺，是谓三才。为五行之秀，实天地之心，心生而言立，言立而文明，自然之道也。傍及万品，动植皆文：龙凤以藻绘呈瑞，虎豹以炳蔚凝姿；云霞雕色，有逾画工之妙；草木贲华，无待锦匠之奇。夫岂外饰，盖自然耳。至于林籁结响，调如竽瑟；泉石激韵，和若球锽：故形立则章成矣，声发则文生矣。夫以无识之物，郁然有采，有心之器，其无文