20210303 culture - Revision history

Jana Luisa Aufderheide at 12:52, 26 August 2021

2021-08-26T12:52:41Z

Guo YaBo: /* 黄沥霈 */

2021-06-16T06:44:41Z

黄沥霈

Guo YaBo: /* 黄沥霈 */

2021-06-16T04:56:38Z

黄沥霈

Su Xiao: /* 丁仲夏 */

2021-06-16T04:07:19Z

丁仲夏

Su Xiao: /* 苏潇 */

2021-06-15T19:51:42Z

苏潇

Teng Bixia: /* 王楚仪 */

2021-06-15T09:15:43Z

王楚仪

Teng Bixia: /* 王楚仪 */

2021-06-15T09:11:46Z

王楚仪

Teng Bixia: /* 滕璧霞 */

2021-06-15T09:00:18Z

滕璧霞

Teng Bixia: /* 滕璧霞 */

2021-06-15T08:56:30Z

滕璧霞

Wu Siyi: /* 郭亚波 */

2021-06-14T02:49:14Z

郭亚波

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 To resume. Mascara Jade and the other girls found Lady King discussing family affairs with messengers sent by her brother, and heard that her sister's son was involved in a murder case. Since she was so occupied, the girls called on Silk Plum. Silk Plum was the widow of Jewelry Merchant who had died young, but luckily she had a son, Vetiver Merchant, just five and already in school. Her father, Traditional Li, a notable of Jinling, had served as a Libationer in the Imperial College. All the sons and daughters of his clan had been devoted to the study of the classics. When he became head of the family, however, in the belief that “an unaccomplished woman is a virtuous woman,” instead of making his daughter study hard he simply had her taught enough to read a few books such as the Four Books for Girls, Biographies of Martyred Women, and Lives of Exemplary Ladies so that she might remember the deeds of worthy women of earlier dynasties while devoting her main attention to weaving and household tasks. That was why he gave her the name Silk Plum1 and the courtesy name Gongcai. So this young widow living in the lap of luxury was no better off than withered wood or cold ashes, taking no interest in the outside world. Apart from waiting on her elders and looking after her son, all she did was to accompany the girls at their embroidery or reading. Though Mascara Jade was only a guest here, with cousins like these to keep her company she felt completely at home, except for worrying sometimes about her father.--[[User:Guo YaBo|Guo YaBo]] ([[User talk:Guo YaBo|talk]]) 23:55, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 如今且说贾雨村授了应天府，一到任就有件人命官司详至案下，乃是两家争买一婢，各不相让，以致殴伤人命。彼时雨村即拘原告之人来审，那原告道：“被殴死者乃小人之主人。因那日买了一个丫头，不想系拐子拐来卖的。这拐子先已得了我家的银子，我家小主原说第三日方是好日子，再接入门；这拐子又悄悄的卖与了薛家，被我们知道了，去找拿卖主，夺取丫头。无奈薛家原系金陵一霸，倚财仗势，众豪奴将我小主人竟打死了。凶身主仆已皆逃走，无踪迹了，只剩了几个局外之人。小人告了一年的状，竟无人作主。求太老爷拘拿凶犯，以扶善良，存殁感激天恩不尽！”
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 雨村道：“方才何故不令发签？”这门子道：“老爷荣任到此，难道就没抄一张本省的‘护官符’来不成？”雨村忙问：“何为‘护官符’？”门子道“如今凡作地方官者皆有一个私单，上面写的是本省最有权势极富贵的大乡绅名姓，各省皆然；倘若不知，一时触犯了这样的人家，不但官爵，只怕连性命也难保呢！所以叫做‘护官符’。方才所说的这薛家，老爷如何惹得他！他这件官司并无难断之处，从前的官府，都因碍着情分脸面，所以如此。”一面说，一面从顺袋中取出一张抄的“护官符”来，递与雨村，看时，上面皆是本地人族名宦之家的谚俗口碑，云：
 贾不假，自玉为堂金作马。
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 门子笑道：“不瞒老爷说，不但这凶犯躲的方向我知道，并这拐卖的人我也知道，死鬼买主也探知道，待我细说与老爷听：这个被打死的乃是一个小乡宦之子，名唤冯渊，父母俱亡，又无兄弟，守着些薄产度日；年纪十八九岁，酷爱男风，不甚好女色。这也是前生冤孽，可巧遇见这拐子卖丫头，他便一眼看上了这丫头，立意买来作妾，设誓不近男色，也不再娶第二个了，所以郑重其事，必得三日后方进门。
 谁知这拐子又偷卖与薛家，他意欲卷了两家的银了而逃，谁知又走不脱，两家拿住，打了个半死，都不肯收银，各要领人。那薛公子岂肯让人的，便喝令下人动手，将冯公子打了个稀烂，抬回去三日竟死了。这薛公子原早择下日子要上京去的，既打了冯公子，夺了丫头，他便没事人一般，只管带了家眷走他的路，并非为此而逃。这人命些些小事，自有他弟兄奴仆在此料理。这且别说，老爷可知这被卖之丫头为谁？”雨村道：“我如何得知？”门子冷笑道：“这人还是老爷的大恩人呢！他就是葫芦庙旁住的甄老爷的女儿，小名英莲的。”雨村骇然道：“原来就是他！闻得他自五岁被人拐去，却如今才卖呢？”
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 偏生这拐子又租了我的房舍居住，那日拐子不在家，我也曾问他，他说是被拐子打怕了的，万不敢说，只说拐子是他亲爹，因无钱还债故卖的。我哄他再四，他又哭了，只说：‘我原不记得小时之事。’这无可疑了。那日冯公子相见了，兑了银子，因拐子醉了，英莲自叹说：‘我今日罪孽可满了！’后又听见冯公子三日后才令过门，他又转有忧愁之态。我又不忍，等拐子出去，又叫内人去解释他：‘这冯公子必待好日期来接，可知必不以丫鬟相看。况他是个绝风流人品，家里颇过得，素性又最厌恶堂客，今竟破价买你，后事不言可知。只耐得三两日，何必忧闷？’他听如此说，方略解些，自谓从此得所。谁料天下竟有不如意事，第二日，他偏又卖与了薛家。若卖与第二家还好，这薛公子的混名，人称他‘呆霸王’，最是天下第一个弄性尚气的人，而且使钱如土，遂打了个落花流水，生拖死拽，把个英莲拖去，如今也不知死活。这冯公子空喜一场，一念未遂，反花了钱，送了命，岂不可叹！”
 雨村听了叹道：“这也是他们的孽障遭遇，亦非偶然，不然这冯渊如何偏只看上了这英莲？这英莲受了拐子这几年折磨，才得了个路头，且又是个多情的，若果聚合了，倒是件美事，偏又生出这段事来。这薛家纵比冯家富贵，想其为人，自然姬妾众多，淫佚无度，未必及冯渊定情于一人。这正为梦幻情缘，恰遇见一对薄命儿女。且不要议论他人，只目今这官司如何剖断才好？”门子笑道：“老爷当年何其明决，今日何反成个没主意的人了！小的闻得老爷补升此任，系贾府王府之力；此薛蟠即贾府之亲，老爷何不顺水行舟，做个人情，将此案了结，日后也好去见贾王二公。”雨村道：“你说的何尝不是。但事关人命，蒙皇上隆恩起复委用，正竭力图报之时，岂可因私枉法，是实不忍为的。”门子听了冷笑道：“老爷说的何尝不是，但如今世上是行不去的，岂不闻古人有言‘大丈夫相时而动’，又曰‘趋吉避凶者为君子’。依老爷这说，不但不能报效朝廷，亦且自身不保：还要三思为妥。”
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 至次日坐堂，勾取一干有名人犯，雨村详加审问，果见冯家人口稀少，不过赖此欲得些烧埋之银；薛家仗势倚情，偏不相让，故致颠倒未决。雨村便徇情枉法，胡乱判断了此案，冯家得了许多烧埋银子，也就无甚话说了。雨村便疾忙修书二封与贾政并京营节度使王子腾，不过说“令甥之事已完，不必过虑”之言寄去。此事皆由葫芦庙内沙弥新门子所为，雨村又恐他对人说出当日贫贱时事来，因此心中大不乐意；后来到底寻了他一个不是，远远的充发了才罢。
 当下言不着雨村。且说那买了英莲、打死冯渊的那薛公子，亦系金陵人氏，本是书香继世之家，只是如今这薛公子幼年丧父，寡母又怜他是个独根孤种，未免溺爱纵容些，遂致老大无成；且家中有百万之富，现领着内帑钱粮，采办杂料。这薛公子学名薛蟠，表字文起，性情奢侈，言语傲慢；虽也上过学，不过略识几个字，终日惟有斗鸡走马，游山玩景而已。虽是皇商，一应经纪世事，全然不知，不过赖祖父旧日的情分。户部挂虚名，支领钱粮，其余事体，自有伙计老家人等措办。寡母王氏乃现任京营节度使王子腾之妹，与荣国府贾政的夫人王氏，是一母所生的姊妹，今年方四十上下，只有薛蟠一子。还有一女，比薛蟠小两岁，乳名宝钗，生得肌骨莹润，举止娴雅，当时他父亲在日，概爱此女，令其读书识字，较之乃兄，竟高十倍。自父亲死后，见哥哥不能安慰母心，他便不以书字为念，只留心针黹家计等事，好为母亲分忧代劳。近因今上崇尚诗礼，征采才能，降不世之隆恩，除聘选妃嫔外，在世宦名家之女，皆得亲名达部，以备选择，为宫主郡主入学陪侍，充为才人赞善之职。自薛蟠父亲死后，各省中所有的买卖承局、总管、伙计人等，见薛蟠年轻不谙世事，便趁时拐骗起来，京都几处生意，渐亦销耗。薛蟠素闻得都中乃第一繁华之地，正思一游，便趁此机会，一来送妹待选，二来望亲，三来亲自入部销算旧账，再计新支，其实只为游览上国风光之意。因此早已检点下行装细软，以及馈送亲友各色土物人情等类，正择日起身，不想偏遇了那拐子，买了英莲。薛蟠见英莲生得不俗，立意买了，又遇冯家来夺，因恃强喝令手下豪奴将冯渊打死，便将家中事务，一一嘱托了族中人并几个老家人，他便带了母妹等，竟自起身长行去了。人命官司，他却视为儿戏，自谓花上几个臭钱，没有不了的。

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	Mrs. Plum had originally been the spouse of Bead Merchant. Although Bead Merchant had died at an early age, he had a good fortune of leaving behind him a son, he was given a name called Orchid Merchant, he had already entered school at his age of five at this period. Mrs. Plum was also the daughter of an official in ChinLing, her father's name Midfielder Plum who had been Chancellor of the National University; There are men as well as women had all devoted-themselves to poetry and books among his kin, but ever since Midfielder Plum continued the line of succession, he declared that innocence is the virtue for women, so that it came about that she did not apply herself to learning and turn into the result that all she studied were the "Four Books for women," and the "Memoirs of excellence women," the books she read were to limit the number of characters for her to learn, also that all she memorized were the examples of these few worthy female characters of dynasties of the past; while she attached the most importance to spinning and weaving, to this reason, the name, Silk Li and style name, 'Tailor in Imperial Palace' were selected for her. Hence, losing of her mate while she was young, she still continued to live luxury, nevertheless she resembled as a block of rotten wood or dead ashes, she had no willing to inquire or listen to anything, the only thing she flung herself into was to serve her relatives and educate her son, in addition to this, she taught her young sister-in-law to do needlework and to read aloud. At this period, Mascara Jade was living as a guest at the Chia mansion, she had several young ladies to accompany with her, but besides her aged father, there was no need for her to show affection to any of the rest.		Mrs. Plum had originally been the spouse of Bead Merchant. Although Bead Merchant had died at an early age, he had a good fortune of leaving behind him a son, he was given a name called Orchid Merchant, he had already entered school at his age of five at this period. Mrs. Plum was also the daughter of an official in ChinLing, her father's name Midfielder Plum who had been Chancellor of the National University; There are men as well as women had all devoted-themselves to poetry and books among his kin, but ever since Midfielder Plum continued the line of succession, he declared that innocence is the virtue for women, so that it came about that she did not apply herself to learning and turn into the result that all she studied were the "Four Books for women," and the "Memoirs of excellence women," the books she read were to limit the number of characters for her to learn, also that all she memorized were the examples of these few worthy female characters of dynasties of the past; while she attached the most importance to spinning and weaving, to this reason, the name, Silk Li and style name, 'Tailor in Imperial Palace' were selected for her. Hence, losing of her mate while she was young, she still continued to live luxury, nevertheless she resembled as a block of rotten wood or dead ashes, she had no willing to inquire or listen to anything, the only thing she flung herself into was to serve her relatives and educate her son, in addition to this, she taught her young sister-in-law to do needlework and to read aloud. At this period, Mascara Jade was living as a guest at the Chia mansion, she had several young ladies to accompany with her, but besides her aged father, there was no need for her to show affection to any of the rest.
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	To resume. Mascara Jade and the other girls found Lady King discussing family affairs with messengers sent by her brother, and heard that her sister's son was involved in a murder case. Since she was so occupied, the girls called on Silk Plum. Silk Plum was the widow of Jewelry Merchant who had died young, but luckily she had a son, Vetiver Merchant, just five and already in school. Her father, Traditional Li, a notable of Jinling, had served as a Libationer in the Imperial College. All the sons and daughters of his clan had been devoted to the study of the classics. When he became head of the family, however, in the belief that “an unaccomplished woman is a virtuous woman,” instead of making his daughter study hard he simply had her taught enough to read a few books such as the Four Books for Girls, Biographies of Martyred Women, and Lives of Exemplary Ladies so that she might remember the deeds of worthy women of earlier dynasties while devoting her main attention to weaving and household tasks. That was why he gave her the name Silk Plum1 and the courtesy name Gongcai. So this young widow living in the lap of luxury was no better off than withered wood or cold ashes, taking no interest in the outside world. Apart from waiting on her elders and looking after her son, all she did was to accompany the girls at their embroidery or reading. Though Mascara Jade was only a guest here, with cousins like these to keep her company she felt completely at home, except for worrying sometimes about her father.--[[User:Guo YaBo\|Guo YaBo]] ([[User talk:Guo YaBo\|talk]]) 23:55, 16 March 2021 (UTC)		To resume. Mascara Jade and the other girls found Lady King discussing family affairs with messengers sent by her brother, and heard that her sister's son was involved in a murder case. Since she was so occupied, the girls called on Silk Plum. Silk Plum was the widow of Jewelry Merchant who had died young, but luckily she had a son, Vetiver Merchant, just five and already in school. Her father, Traditional Li, a notable of Jinling, had served as a Libationer in the Imperial College. All the sons and daughters of his clan had been devoted to the study of the classics. When he became head of the family, however, in the belief that “an unaccomplished woman is a virtuous woman,” instead of making his daughter study hard he simply had her taught enough to read a few books such as the Four Books for Girls, Biographies of Martyred Women, and Lives of Exemplary Ladies so that she might remember the deeds of worthy women of earlier dynasties while devoting her main attention to weaving and household tasks. That was why he gave her the name Silk Plum1 and the courtesy name Gongcai. So this young widow living in the lap of luxury was no better off than withered wood or cold ashes, taking no interest in the outside world. Apart from waiting on her elders and looking after her son, all she did was to accompany the girls at their embroidery or reading. Though Mascara Jade was only a guest here, with cousins like these to keep her company she felt completely at home, except for worrying sometimes about her father.--[[User:Guo YaBo\|Guo YaBo]] ([[User talk:Guo YaBo\|talk]]) 23:55, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

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 Mrs. Plum had originally been the spouse of Bead Merchant. Although Bead Merchant had died at an early age, he had a good fortune of leaving behind him a son, he was given a name called Orchid Merchant, he had already entered school at his age of five at this period. Mrs. Plum was also the daughter of an official in ChinLing, her father's name Midfielder Plum who had been Chancellor of the National University; There are men as well as women had all devoted-themselves to poetry and books among his kin, but ever since Midfielder Plum continued the line of succession, he declared that innocence is the virtue for women, so that it came about that she did not apply herself to learning and turn into the result that all she studied were the "Four Books for women," and the "Memoirs of excellence women," the books she read were to limit the number of characters for her to learn, also that all she memorized were the examples of these few worthy female characters of dynasties of the past; while she attached the most importance to spinning and weaving, to this reason, the name, Silk Li and style name, 'Tailor in Imperial Palace' were selected for her. Hence, losing of her mate while she was young, she still continued to live luxury, nevertheless she resembled as a block of rotten wood or dead ashes, she had no willing to inquire or listen to anything, the only thing she flung herself into was to serve her relatives and educate her son, in addition to this, she taught her young sister-in-law to do needlework and to read aloud. At this period, Mascara Jade was living as a guest at the Chia mansion, she had several young ladies to accompany with her, but besides her aged father, there was no need for her to show affection to any of the rest.
-To resume. Daiquiri and the other girls found Lady Wang discussing family affairs with messengers sent by her brother, and heard that her sister’s son was involved in a murder case; consider of how bewildering were the matters which Madam Wang was engaged, the young ladies left her residence and came over to the room of their widow sister-in-law, Mrs. Li.
+To resume. Mascara Jade and the other girls found Lady King discussing family affairs with messengers sent by her brother, and heard that her sister's son was involved in a murder case. Since she was so occupied, the girls called on Silk Plum. Silk Plum was the widow of Jewelry Merchant who had died young, but luckily she had a son, Vetiver Merchant, just five and already in school. Her father, Traditional Li, a notable of Jinling, had served as a Libationer in the Imperial College. All the sons and daughters of his clan had been devoted to the study of the classics. When he became head of the family, however, in the belief that “an unaccomplished woman is a virtuous woman,” instead of making his daughter study hard he simply had her taught enough to read a few books such as the Four Books for Girls, Biographies of Martyred Women, and Lives of Exemplary Ladies so that she might remember the deeds of worthy women of earlier dynasties while devoting her main attention to weaving and household tasks. That was why he gave her the name Silk Plum1 and the courtesy name Gongcai. So this young widow living in the lap of luxury was no better off than withered wood or cold ashes, taking no interest in the outside world. Apart from waiting on her elders and looking after her son, all she did was to accompany the girls at their embroidery or reading. Though Mascara Jade was only a guest here, with cousins like these to keep her company she felt completely at home, except for worrying sometimes about her father.--[[User:Guo YaBo|Guo YaBo]] ([[User talk:Guo YaBo|talk]]) 23:55, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
 如今且说贾雨村授了应天府，一到任就有件人命官司详至案下，乃是两家争买一婢，各不相让，以致殴伤人命。彼时雨村即拘原告之人来审，那原告道：“被殴死者乃小人之主人。因那日买了一个丫头，不想系拐子拐来卖的。这拐子先已得了我家的银子，我家小主原说第三日方是好日子，再接入门；这拐子又悄悄的卖与了薛家，被我们知道了，去找拿卖主，夺取丫头。无奈薛家原系金陵一霸，倚财仗势，众豪奴将我小主人竟打死了。凶身主仆已皆逃走，无踪迹了，只剩了几个局外之人。小人告了一年的状，竟无人作主。求太老爷拘拿凶犯，以扶善良，存殁感激天恩不尽！”

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	He hands in it when arriving at nephew’s home. Jia Zheng invites him to enter and meet as soon as he sees the card. Having seen the masculine appearance and decent behavior of Yucun，Jia Zheng gives preferential treat to Yucun because he likes scholars most and is used to respecting and giving aid to others,which inherits from his ancestors,let alone Yucun has the visiting card of his brother-in-law.With a diffrent attitude to Yucun,Jiazheng tries his best to help Yucun attain a position in the day that Jia Zheng presents suggestions to the throne.Before Feburary, Yucun is appointed to Yingtian mansion and bid farewell to Jia Zheng.He chooses a day to fill the position.That is the end.--[[User:Ding Zhongxia\|Ding Zhongxia]] ([[User talk:Ding Zhongxia\|talk]]) 09:35, 2 June 2021 (UTC)Ding Zhongxia		He hands in it when arriving at nephew’s home. Jia Zheng invites him to enter and meet as soon as he sees the card. Having seen the masculine appearance and decent behavior of Yucun，Jia Zheng gives preferential treat to Yucun because he likes scholars most and is used to respecting and giving aid to others,which inherits from his ancestors,let alone Yucun has the visiting card of his brother-in-law.With a diffrent attitude to Yucun,Jiazheng tries his best to help Yucun attain a position in the day that Jia Zheng presents suggestions to the throne.Before Feburary, Yucun is appointed to Yingtian mansion and bid farewell to Jia Zheng.He chooses a day to fill the position.That is the end.--[[User:Ding Zhongxia\|Ding Zhongxia]] ([[User talk:Ding Zhongxia\|talk]]) 09:35, 2 June 2021 (UTC)Ding Zhongxia
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		+	One day Rain Village arrived in Central Capital, he tidied his attires, brought some little servants, and took the visiting card of his nephew. He handed in it when arriving at nephew’s home. Master Merchant invited him to enter and meet as soon as he saw the card. Having seen the masculine appearance and decent behavior of Rain Village, Master Merchant gave preferential treat to Rain Village because he liked scholars most and was used to respecting and giving aid to others, which inherited from his ancestors, let alone Rain Village had the visiting card of his brother-in-law. With a different attitude to Rain Village, Master Merchant tried his best to help Rain Village attain a position in the day that Master Merchant presented suggestions to the throne. Before February, Rain Village was appointed to God Promise Mansion and bid farewell to Master Merchant. He chose a day to fill the position. That was the end.
		+	When Mascara Jade disembarked, a sedan-chair from the Honor Mansion and carts for her luggage were waiting in readiness. Mascara Jade had heard from her mother that the home of her grandmother was different from others. Several inferior maids she had seen recently had uncommon expenditure,and she should pay more attention to everything in everywhere as she arrived at the home. Meanwhile, don't talk too much or step too further to prevent herself from other's tease. Since she stepped into the sedan, entered the city and had a look through the screen window, she was amazed at the prosperity of the city and the big wave of the crowd, which were different from other places. After another half-day moving, two large stone lions and three beast head gates came into sight. There were a dozen of people dressed in luxury. The main gate was shutted. Only the east and west door were available to people. There was a tablet written with"Peace Mansion Built By Imperial Edict." Mascara Jade thought that this was the eldest branch of her grandmother. Not far from the west, three large doors the same as before were "Honor Mansion."But they entered the west door instead of the main gate. Sedan was carried a few meters until it was going to make a turn. Maids after the sedan went down and are replaced by a dozen of servants dressed tidily. They lifted the sedan and maids follow it until they arrived at a floral-pendant gates. The servants left. The maids stepped forward to pull the curtain back, helping Mascara Jade step down the sedan chair.
		+	--[[User:Su Xiao\|Su Xiao]] ([[User talk:Su Xiao\|talk]]) 04:07, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

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-Mascara Jade held the maid’s hand and walked through the floral-pendant gate, seeing the encircling corridors on either side of the gate, the hall in the middle, and a marble screen on a rosewood frame standing there. Round the screen, there were three small rooms and a big courtyard behind them. In front were five rooms with painted beams and carved pillars. On both sides were wing-rooms connected by mountain corridors, with many kinds of birds such as parrots and thrushes. Several servant girls dressed colorful sat on the steps. Seeing Mascara Jade coming, they all came up with smiles and said, “Lady Dowager asked just now when you would arrive. Now you are already here!” Then three or four of them struggled to draw the curtain and someone said, "Here Miss Lin comes!"
+Mascara Jade held the maid’s hand and walked through the floral-pendant gate, seeing the encircling corridors on either side of the gate, the hall in the middle, and a marble screen on a rosewood frame standing there. Round the screen, there were three small rooms and a big courtyard behind them. In front were five rooms with painted beams and carved pillars. On both sides were wing-rooms connected by mountain corridors, with many kinds of birds such as parrots and thrushes. Several servant girls dressed colorful sat on the steps. Seeing Mascara Jade coming, they all came up with smiles and said, “Grandma Merchant asked just now when you would arrive. Now you are already here!” Then three or four of them struggled to draw the curtain and someone said, "Here Miss Forest comes!"
-When Mascara Jade entered the room, she saw two people holding an old lady whose hair had turned grey like silver coming up. Mascara Jade knew it must be her grandmother and was held by her at once before she bowed down to her. Lady Dowager hugged Mascara Jade tightly, crying “My sweetheart! My poor child!” All the people standing by wept, and Mascara Jade also kept crying. After a while, the weeping gradually ceased, and Mascara Jade finally paid a formal visit to Lady Dowager. Then Lady Dowager introduced the relatives to Mascara Jade one by one: “This is your great aunt. This is your second aunt. This is your sister-in-law, the wife of your late elder brother Jia Zhu.” Mascara Jade bowed down to them one by one. Then Lady Dowager went on saying, “Invite our girls here. Mascara Jade comes here for the first time, so they don’t need to go to school today.” The crowd responded and two of them went to convey the message.
+When Mascara Jade entered the room, she saw two people holding an old lady whose hair had turned grey like silver coming up. Mascara Jade knew it must be her grandmother and was held by her at once before she bowed down to her. Grandma Merchant hugged Mascara Jade tightly, crying “My sweetheart! My poor child!” All the people standing by wept, and Mascara Jade also kept crying. After a while, the weeping gradually ceased, and Mascara Jade finally paid a formal visit to Grandma Merchant. Then Grandma Merchant introduced the relatives to Mascara Jade one by one: “This is your great aunt. This is your second aunt. This is your sister-in-law, the wife of your late elder brother Bead Merchant.” Mascara Jade bowed down to them one by one. Then Grandma Merchant went on saying, “Invite our girls here. Mascara Jade comes here for the first time, so they don’t need to go to school today.” The crowd responded and two of them went to convey the message.
-In a few moments, three girls surrounded by three wet nurses and five or six servant girls arrived: The first girl has a proper figure with a white, smooth, and delicate skin, looking very gentle and friendly, not talkative. The second one has a tall and slender figure with narrow shoulders and a slim waist. Her oval face was decorated with beautiful eyes and eyebrows, leaving people a profound impression of high spirits. The third one is still young with an appearance of a child. All three wore the same makeup, the same of their hairpin, earring, dress, and coat. Mascara Jade hurried to greet them and introduced themselves to each other. After everyone returned to their seats, servant girls served tea. Then they began to talk about how Mascara Jade’s mother fell ill, sought doctors for medicine, and then died. Lady Dowager fell depressed again, saying to Mascara Jade “Among all my daughters, I only love your mom. How could I be not sad after she passed away before me and we didn’t even see each other before she left me!” Saying so, she held Mascara Jade’s hands and couldn’t help crying again. Other families hurried to comfort her so that she gradually stopped crying.
+In a few moments, three girls surrounded by three wet nurses and five or six servant girls arrived: The first girl has a proper figure with a white, smooth, and delicate skin, looking very gentle and friendly, not talkative. The second one has a tall and slender figure with narrow shoulders and a slim waist. Her oval face was decorated with beautiful eyes and eyebrows, leaving people a profound impression of high spirits. The third one is still young with an appearance of a child. All three wore the same makeup, the same of their hairpin, earring, dress, and coat. Mascara Jade hurried to greet them and introduced themselves to each other. After everyone returned to their seats, servant girls served tea. Then they began to talk about how Mascara Jade’s mother fell ill, sought doctors for medicine, and then died. Grandma Merchant fell depressed again, saying to Mascara Jade “Among all my daughters, I only love your mom. How could I be not sad after she passed away before me and we didn’t even see each other before she left me!” Saying so, she held Mascara Jade’s hands and couldn’t help crying again. Other families hurried to comfort her so that she gradually stopped crying.
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	They found although Mascara Jade was young, the way she talked and behaved was not vulgar. She was too thin to bear the weight of the clothes but had her own special temperament. Judging from this, they knew she has Qi deficiency and asked her what medicine she was taking and why she could not cure it. Mascara Jade said: "I have been like this since I was born. I have been taking medicine since I learned to eat. Till now, although treated by lots of great physicians, I haven't been cured yet. At the age of three, I remembered there came a ragged monk who looked lunatic. He asked to make me a nun, but my parents rejected it strongly. Then He said:'If you hate to part with her, I am afraid her illness can't be cured forever. Unless she will never hear any weeping from now on and never meet with any relatives except for parents, then she can spend her life peacefully.' The monk made such an absurd statement like a lunatic, so no one cared about what he said. Now, I still just take the ginseng nourishing pills." Lady Dowager says:" Well, I have someone make pills for me and I will just ask them to make one kind more.		They found although Mascara Jade was young, the way she talked and behaved was not vulgar. She was too thin to bear the weight of the clothes but had her own special temperament. Judging from this, they knew she has Qi deficiency and asked her what medicine she was taking and why she could not cure it. Mascara Jade said: "I have been like this since I was born. I have been taking medicine since I learned to eat. Till now, although treated by lots of great physicians, I haven't been cured yet. At the age of three, I remembered there came a ragged monk who looked lunatic. He asked to make me a nun, but my parents rejected it strongly. Then He said:'If you hate to part with her, I am afraid her illness can't be cured forever. Unless she will never hear any weeping from now on and never meet with any relatives except for parents, then she can spend her life peacefully.' The monk made such an absurd statement like a lunatic, so no one cared about what he said. Now, I still just take the ginseng nourishing pills." Lady Dowager says:" Well, I have someone make pills for me and I will just ask them to make one kind more.

−	Before finishing the talk, they heard someone laughing in the backyard and saying: "Sorry, I'm late. I have not greeted the distant guest!" Mascara Jade thought to herself: "All the people here are dropping their voice, who is the person that so impolite?" At the moment, a group of ladies and maids were coming in from the back room, encircling a beauty who was dressed up differently from others. She wore shining colored embroidery, like a fairy: on her head was a bun made of pearls and other treasures pierced with gold thread and a bead hairpin with five phoenixes hanging on. Around her neck was a red gold ring with a dragon wreathed. She wore a narrow red silver satin blouse embroidered with a hundred gold butterflies, a greenish-black coat embroidered with colorful decorative patterns, and an emerald wrinkled gauze dress. She had slanted eyes and willow-leaf eyebrows. Her body was slim and delicate. Her pink-and-white face looked as lovely as spring and the red lip looked smiling before opened.”→Her pink-and-white was always full of smile,and the domineering was never revealed in appearance; before her scarlet lip opened, we could her laughter in advance.__[[User:Teng Bixia\|Teng Bixia]] ([[User talk:Teng Bixia\|talk]])	+	Before finishing the talk, they heard someone laughing in the backyard and saying: "Sorry, I'm late. I have not greeted the distant guest!" Mascara Jade thought to herself: "All the people here are dropping their voice, who is the person that so impolite?" At the moment, a group of ladies and maids were coming in from the back room, encircling a beauty who was dressed up differently from others. She wore shining colored embroidery, like a fairy: on her head was a bun made of pearls and other treasures pierced with gold thread and a bead hairpin with five phoenixes hanging on. Around her neck was a red gold ring with a dragon wreathed. She wore a narrow red silver satin blouse embroidered with a hundred gold butterflies, a greenish-black coat embroidered with colorful decorative patterns, and an emerald wrinkled gauze dress. She had slanted eyes and willow-leaf eyebrows. Her body was slim and delicate. Her pink-and-white face looked as lovely as spring and the red lip looked smiling before opened.”→Her pink-and-white was always full of smile,and the domineering was never revealed in appearance; before her scarlet lip opened, we could her laughter in advance.__[[User:Teng Bixia\|Teng Bixia]] ([[User talk:Teng Bixia\|talk]])--[[User:Teng Bixia\|Teng Bixia]] ([[User talk:Teng Bixia\|talk]]) 09:15, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

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 Before finishing the talk, they heard someone laughing in the backyard and saying: "Sorry, I'm late. I have not greeted the distant guest!" Daiyu thought to herself: "All the people here are dropping their voice, who is the person that so impolite?" At the moment, a group of maids was coming in from the back room，in the center of whom was a beauty. She dressed up differently from the other girls. She wore shining colored embroidery, like a fairy: on her head was a bun made of pearls and other treasures pierced with gold thread and a bead hairpin with five phoenixes hanging on. Around her neck was a red gold ring with a dragon wreathed. She wore a narrow red silver satin blouse embroidered with a hundred gold butterflies, a greenish-black coat embroidered with colorful decorative patterns, and an emerald wrinkled gauze dress. She had slanted eyes and willow-leaf eyebrows. Her body was slim and delicate. Her pink-and-white face looked as lovely as spring and the red lip looked smiling before opened.
-①Pay attention to the consistency of tense.For example"She was too thin to bear the weight of the clothes but has her own special temperament", but has→but had
+They found although Mascara Jade was young, the way she talked and behaved was not vulgar. She was too thin to bear the weight of the clothes but had her own special temperament. Judging from this, they knew she has Qi deficiency and asked her what medicine she was taking and why she could not cure it. Mascara Jade said: "I have been like this since I was born. I have been taking medicine since I learned to eat. Till now, although treated by lots of great physicians, I haven't been cured yet. At the age of three, I remembered there came a ragged monk who looked lunatic. He asked to make me a nun, but my parents rejected it strongly. Then He said:'If you hate to part with her, I am afraid her illness can't be cured forever. Unless she will never hear any weeping from now on and never meet with any relatives except for parents, then she can spend her life peacefully.' The monk made such an absurd statement like a lunatic, so no one cared about what he said. Now, I still just take the ginseng nourishing pills." Lady Dowager says:" Well, I have someone make pills for me and I will just ask them to make one kind more.
-②“the way she talked and behaved was not bad”→the way she talked and behaved was not vulgar
-③“a group of maids was coming in from the back room，in the center of whom was a beauty.She dressed up differently from the other girls.”→a group of ladies and maids were coming in from the back room, encircling a beauty who was dressed up differently from others.
+Before finishing the talk, they heard someone laughing in the backyard and saying: "Sorry, I'm late. I have not greeted the distant guest!" Mascara Jade thought to herself: "All the people here are dropping their voice, who is the person that so impolite?" At the moment, a group of ladies and maids were coming in from the back room, encircling a beauty who was dressed up differently from others. She wore shining colored embroidery, like a fairy: on her head was a bun made of pearls and other treasures pierced with gold thread and a bead hairpin with five phoenixes hanging on. Around her neck was a red gold ring with a dragon wreathed. She wore a narrow red silver satin blouse embroidered with a hundred gold butterflies, a greenish-black coat embroidered with colorful decorative patterns, and an emerald wrinkled gauze dress. She had slanted eyes and willow-leaf eyebrows. Her body was slim and delicate. Her pink-and-white face looked as lovely as spring and the red lip looked smiling before opened.”→Her pink-and-white was always full of smile,and the domineering was never revealed in appearance; before her scarlet lip opened, we could her laughter in advance.__[[User:Teng Bixia|Teng Bixia]] ([[User talk:Teng Bixia|talk]])

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-Mascara Jade Forest stood up immediately to receive Grandma Merchant. "You did not know her. She was a well-known ferocious woman here, Nanjing's so-called "Pepper", and you just called her "Pepper King", Grandma Merchant said with a laugh. When Mascara Jade Forest had no idea about the address, other sisters quickly told her: "this was sister-in-law Lian." Although Mascara Jade Forest had never met her, she heard her mother say that Romance Merchant, the son of Nominal Merchant, married the niece of the second aunt, King’s family.Her formal name was Splendid Phoenix King, who pretended to be a man when she was young. Mascara Jade Forest hastened to smile as a courtesy and called her"Sao".Splendid Phoenix King held Mascara Jade Forest`s hands, looked her up and down carefully, and then sent her to Grandma Merchant to sit down. Splendid Phoenix King smiled and said: "there really was such a beauty in the world, and I only counted today. Moreover, the overall style was not like the granddaughter of the grandmother, but the genuine one. No wonder grandmother never forgot her both orally and in heart every moment. I only had pity for my sister's life, so why did my aunt pass away!"Phoenix King wiped tears with a handkerchief as she said it.  Grandma Merchant said:" I had just got over myself, and now you were making me sad again. Your sister had just arrived from a long carriage ride. Besides, she was weak and was persuaded not to cry just now. You should not mention it anymore. Hearing what said, Splendid Phoenix King was hurried to turned sorrow into joy and said, "exactly!
+Mascara Jade Forest stood up immediately to receive Grandma Merchant. "You did not know her. She was a well-known ferocious woman here, Nanjing's so-called "Pepper", and you just called her "Pepper King", Grandma Merchant said with a laugh. When Mascara Jade Forest had no idea about the address, other sisters quickly told her: "this was sister-in-law Lian." Although Mascara Jade Forest had never met her, she heard her mother say that Romance Merchant, the son of Nominal Merchant, married the niece of the second aunt, King’s family. Her formal name was Splendid Phoenix King, who pretended to be a man when she was young. Mascara Jade Forest hastened to smile as a courtesy and called her"Sao".Splendid Phoenix King held Mascara Jade Forest`s hands, looked her up and down carefully, and then sent her to Grandma Merchant to sit down. Splendid Phoenix King smiled and said: "there really was such a beauty in the world, and I only counted today. Moreover, the overall style was not like the granddaughter of the grandmother, but the genuine one. No wonder grandmother never forgot her both orally and in the heart every moment. I only had pity for my sister's life, so why did my aunt pass away!"Phoenix King wiped tears with a handkerchief as she said it.  Grandma Merchant said:" I had just got over myself, and now you were making me sad again. Your sister had just arrived from a long carriage ride. Besides, she was weak and was persuaded not to cry just now. You should not mention it anymore. Hearing what was said, Splendid Phoenix King was hurried to turned sorrow into joy and said, "exactly!
-On seeing my sister, I was so all over on her, happy and sorrowful, that I unexpectedly forgot grandmother.I indeed needed a slap, a slap!" Splendid Phoenix King quickly carried Mascara Jade Forest`s hands and asked:" How old were you, my sister? Had you ever been to school? What kind of medicine did you take? Don't miss home here. Just tell me what you want to eat or play; If young or middle-aged maids didn`t serve you well, you could also tell me." At the same time she asked the middle-aged maids: "had Miss Forest's luggage been brought in yet? How many people were there altogether? You must clean and prepare two guest rooms quickly to let them rest.--[[User:Teng Bixia|Teng Bixia]] ([[User talk:Teng Bixia|talk]]) 08:56, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
+On seeing my sister, I was so all over on her, happy and sorrowful, that I unexpectedly forgot grandmother. I indeed needed a slap, a slap!" Splendid Phoenix King quickly carried Mascara Jade Forest`s hands and asked:" How old were you, my sister? Had you ever been to school? What kind of medicine did you take? Don't miss home here. Just tell me what you want to eat or play; If young or middle-aged maids didn`t serve you well, you could also tell me." At the same time she asked the middle-aged maids: "had Miss Forest's luggage been brought in yet? How many people were there altogether? You must clean and prepare two guest rooms quickly to let them rest.--[[User:Teng Bixia|Teng Bixia]] ([[User talk:Teng Bixia|talk]]) 08:56, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
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 This is the first chapter of the novel.  The author himself said after experiencing something fancying, he decided to conceal the truth, and used “intelligent jade” to compile the story called The Story of the Stone.  That is why the book is  Hide-the-real-meaning’s telling.  But what people and what matter did the novel record?  Hide-the-facts said,“I am shiftless and unsuccessful. When suddenly recalling the females in the past and thinking and comparing carefully, I find they are all more talented and knowledgeable than me.  I am really ashamed that as a male I can’t compare with them. But it is useless to regret and I have no idea what to do.  Recalling golden old days, I was in silk woven clothes and shared treasure of food; rested on my parent’s laurels; disobeyed my parents and elder brothers by ignoring the education they gave me; betrayed my teachers and friends by forgetting their advise. I have wasted half of my life and that's why I am shiftless now. I write this book to let you know that although I have made a lot of mistakes, there are still boudoir girls who are worth of being remembered.  They cannot be forgotten because of my mistakes.  Though I live penniless in a shabby nut, it can not stem my sinless heart.  What’s more, with the breeze in the morning, the moon in the evening, the willow on the step and the flowers in the yard, I want to write more. Though I have no special talent in writing, I can use the made-up stories to tell the story of boudoir ladies and make it widely known. It can not only divert readers but also alert people who are in trouble like me.  Isn’t that great?  That is why it is called plain words' telling. As for words like “dream”, “fantasy” etc., they are the main idea of this novel and they can also alarm readers.__[[User:Wu Siyi|Wu Siyi]] ([[User talk:Wu Siyi|talk]]) 15:21, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
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