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2020.1.12 第81期

悯 农

李 绅

其一

春种一粒粟，秋收万颗子。

四海无闲田，农夫犹饿死。

其二

锄禾日当午，汗滴禾下土。

谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。

李绅（772年－846年），字公垂。祖籍亳州谯县（今安徽省亳州市谯城区古城镇人）。李绅六岁时丧父，三十五岁时中进士，补国子助教。历任中书侍郎、尚书右仆射、淮南节度使等职，会昌六年（846年）在扬州逝世，年七十四。追赠太尉，谥号“文肃”。

Li Shen (772—846), Blessed by courtesy name, was born in Qiao County, Hao (Present-day Old Town, Qiao District, Bozhou Anhui Province). His father died when he was six years old. Li Shen was a successful candidate in Grand Test when thirty-five years old and became an associate of the Imperial Academy. He served as Chancellor, Right-chancellor, Executive of South Huai and so on.  He died at seventy-four years old in Yangzhou in 846, winning Letter Solemn, a posthumous title.

Poor Farmers (No.1)

By LI Shen

Tr. ZHAO Yanchun

One seed is sown in vernal breeze,

Ten thousand cropped in autumn chill.

No field lies waste in the four seas;

The poor farmers, starved they are still.

Poor Farmers (No. 2)

By LI Shen

Tr. ZHAO Yanchun

The sun at noon, they weed the crop;

Their sweat into the soil does drop.

Who knows that in the plate each grain

Has been gotten with all their pain.

译者简介：赵彦春，博士生导师，上海大学中国文化翻译研究中心主任，国际学术期刊Translating China 主编，国际汉学与教育研究会会长、传统文化翻译与国际传播专业委员会会长、中国先秦史学会国学双语研究会执行会长，中国语言教育研究会副会长，其翻译作品，被誉为“有史以来最美汉英翻译”“神翻译”“神还原”。

Biosketch of the Translator:

ZHAO Yanchun: Professor of English at Shanghai University, Director of Center for Translation of Chinese Culture, Editor of Translating China, President of International Sinology and Education Society, President of Chinese Culture Translation and International Promotion Committee, Executive President of Chinese Classics Bilinguals’ Association, Vice President of China Language Education Association, a proponent of the principle of translating poesie into poesie and classic into classic. His translations have been widely reported and acclaimed as the unprecedented Chinese-English translation, the best, the choice, the cream. 

栏目策划：金石开
栏目主编：赵彦春、莫真宝组稿编辑：吕文澎本期作者：李  坤本期译者：赵彦春中英朗诵：朱盛杰英文书法：凌光艺本期排版：曼  曼

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