《the current translation of the ming dynasty - li xin of the tang dynasty

tang li xin

【original】

li xin, a lay buddhist in tang. he was from taipingli, wenshui county, bingzhou. as a guardian of the long government. it is the winter of the year of celebration. follow the rules to shuozhou for the foreign countries. riding on a red grass horse and holding a grass foal.

it was the time when the yin was condensed. the wind and snow are severe. after walking for more than ten miles, the horse did not enter. the trust is forced to be forced to be forced to be forced to do so. dozens of strokes. the horse then speaks as a human. he said to xin. i am your mother. i avoid your father for life. beg for the maid by shi yumi. therefore, i received this report. this horse is your sister. to repay debts to the son. why do you want to be so frustrated?

i heard it. i was shocked and shed tears and couldn't resist myself. i thanked him. he bowed and carried the saddle and bridle and said to him. if you believe in your mother. go home by yourself. the horse then moved forward. trust and carry the saddle and bridle and follow it to your family.

my brothers and others met sadly. don't keep food for the stable. there is a colleague's mother. qu sengyingzhai. everyone can improve diligently. the customs of the countryside and the people all sighed that they were different.

【vernacular】

li xin, a lay buddhist in the tang dynasty, was from taipingli, wenshui county, bingzhou. he was a guard in the long government. in the winter of a certain year of xianqing, we were transferred to shuozhou as usual. so he rode a red grass horse and brought a grass foal.

it was almost winter, and the weather was very cloudy and cold, with wind and snow. under the severe cold weather and thick snow, after walking for more than ten miles, the horse stopped leaving. as the days were approaching, li xin whipped it dozens of times with a whip. so the horse spoke human words and said, "i am your mother. during my lifetime, i gave more than one stone a stone to your sister because i was hiding it from your father." so now i am being punished by the horse body, and this grass foal is your sister. we use horsepower to pay off our debts to our son who inherited his father's property, so why do you force us into such a hardship? '

after hearing this, li xin was frightened and cried. he hurriedly apologized to the horse, and took off the saddle and bridle of the horse and said, "if you are really my mother, you should recognize the way home by yourself." 'the horse so he walked forward by himself, and li xin carried the saddle and bridle and followed the horse home.

after li xin's brothers and others learned about this, they were sad for each other. so he built another horse house to settle and raise the horse, just like serving his mother. they also fed monks to benefit their mothers, and the whole family practiced diligently. people in the village, whether lay people or monks, were amazed by this matter.