పిచ్చిజోకు హా జిన్ చైనీస్ కథకు తెలుగు అనువాదం - Bad Joke - Telugu tran...

పిచ్చిజోకు

హా జిన్ చైనీస్ కథకు

తెలుగు అనువాదం

He - A Real Short Story from China

By Guo Moruo

Lately the short story has become quite in vogue among artists in the West. The shortest has no more than a dozen lines. Would the piece I’ve come up with below be worthy of the name at all?
It was getting late. So he went downtown to purchase firewood.
On his way home, he looked up and saw the crescent Moon in the sky. Wrapped in a pure, flimsy robe, as if having just stepped out of a fragrant bath, she flashed him a smile. Around her were many bright-eyed fairies, all smiling at him. He gazed up at them silently, in awe: Oh, Light! Love! How should I live my life to earn your favor? How lucky are those who have earned your favor!
Hello, Mr. K! Where’re you going?
It was Mr. N, one of his former classmates. K pulled his mantle to reveal a piece of firewood and said,
“Hey, you always run into me purchasing firewood.”
N smiled. He smiled, too. Then he asked N,
“Where are you going?”
“Visiting Mr. Y. Why don’t you come and join us for fun?”
“No. Visiting with firewood in my arms?”
“Don’t want to come and have fun?”
“No, I’ve got to go home.”
They went separate ways at H Shrine. He went on home murmuring his own poems.

Can you belive this story was written in 1920?
I loved it and thought a few of my friends may like to read it too.....

Old Chinese Poetry

Man is the same everywhere.
Old Chinese poetry illustrates the fact.
Don't we have similar poems in our languages too?

What is written in Chinese in the image has no connection to the article here 

The Odes represents those of peasants—perspectives not seen in Zhou inscriptions. In addition to the view seen from the top, the Odes also includes songs showing ordinary people at work: the men clearing weeds from the fields, plowing, planting, and harvesting; the girls and women
gathering mulberry leaves for the silkworms, making thread, and carrying food
hampers out to the fields for their men to have lunch. There is much about millet—
both the eating variety and that used for brewing wine for use in rites. There
are joyful references to granaries full of grain and to the men gathering thatch for
their roofs in the off-season. Mention is made of lords’ fields and private fields, and
a bailiff is referred to, but the details of the system are not provided. There are also,
more strikingly, odes of political protest. One compares tax collectors to big rats:

Big rat, big rat,

Do not gobble our millet!

Three years we have slaved for you,

Yet you take no notice of us.

At last we are going to leave you

And go to that happy land;

Happy land, happy land,

Where we shall have our place.

Another tells of the hardships of military service: men constantly on the march,
living in the wilds like rhinoceroses and tigers, day and night without rest. Sometimes
a soldier survives the hardships and dangers of war and returns home only to find
that his wife has given him up for dead and remarried. Consider the following:
We plucked the bracken, plucked the bracken;

While the shoots were soft

Oh, to go back, go back!

Our hearts are sad,

Our sad hearts burn,

We are hungry and thirsty,

But our campaign is not over,

Nor is any of us sent home with news.

Still other odes give us glimpses of the day-to-day hardships of Zhou peasants,
who lived at the mercy of what was becoming an increasingly inhospitable
environment:

The drought is long and deep,

Parched and barren in the landscape.

The drought demon is vicious

Like a burn, like a blaze.

Our hearts are tormented by the heat,

Our grieved hearts as if aflame.

The former ministers and their lords,

Even they do not hear our plea.

Mighty Heaven,

God on High

Why do you force us to flee?

In addition to royal and peasant perspectives, the Odes is also famous for its
love poetry, which often reveals a feminine perspective:
In the wilds, a dead doe.

White reeds to wrap it.

A girl, spring-touched:

A fine man to seduce her.

In the woods bushes.

In the wilds, a dead deer

White reeds in bundles

A girl like jade

Slowly. Take it easy.

Don’t feel my sash!

Don’t make the dog bark!

The feminine perspective in ancient China could be quite erotic or even ribald,
as this ode reveals:

That the mere glimpse of a plain cap

Could harry me with such longing,

Cause pain so dire!

That the mere glimpse of a plain coat

Could stab my heart with grief!

Enough! Take me with you to your home.

That a mere glimpse of plain leggings

Could tie my heart in tangles!

Enough! Let us two be one.

To be sure, with these odes, as with all poetry, much depends on the vision of
the translator and interpreter. For Liu Wu-chi, the ode tells of “the tragedy of
love.” In the mind of another contemporary scholar, Wai-lim Yip, the first ode
cited in the last paragraph is an “animated pastiche of a lovely rural
inducement song.

From Tao Te Ching

This is interesting!

lao Tzu Wrote this book may be 100s of years back.

Hushing

Not praising the praiseworthy

keeps people uncompetitive.

Not prizing rare treasures

keeps people from stealing.

Not looking at the desirable

keeps the mind quiet.

So the wise soul

governing people

would empty their minds,

fill their bellies,

weaken their wishes,

strengthen their bones,

keep people unknowing,

unwanting,

keep the ones who do know

from doing anything.

When you do not-doing,

nothing’s out of order.

Evolution and the Chinese thought!

In the age of upper antiquity, human beings were few and animals were numerous, so the people could not prevail against the birds, beasts, insects, and serpents. Then there appeared a sage who taught the people how to build nests out of wood so they could escape all harm. The people were pleased by this and made the man king of the entire world, giving him the name “The Nester.” The people ate fruits, melons, mussels, and clams, but they were putrid and foulsmelling and hurt the people’s stomachs so that they often became sick and ill. Then there appeared a sage who taught the people how to start a fire by drilling dry kindling so they could transform their rancid foods. The people were pleased by this and made the man king of the entire world, giving him the name “The Kindler.” In the age of middle antiquity, the world was covered by a great flood, but Gun and Yu of the Xia opened up channels to divert the waters. In the age of lower antiquity, the wicked kings Jie and Zhou governed cruelly and created disorder, but Tang of Yin and Wu of Zhou led punitive campaigns to overthrow them.

Now if someone built nests out of wood or started fires by drilling dry kindling during the age of the Lords of Xia, they would surely be laughed at by Gun and Yu. If someone opened up channels to divert the flood waters during the age of the Yin and Zhou, they would surely be laughed at by Tang and Wu. This being the case, if someone goes around praising the Way of Yao, Shun, Tang, Wu, and Yu in the present age, they will surely be laughed at by the new sages.

For this reason, the sage does not expect to follow the ways of the ancients or model his behavior on an unchanging standard of what is acceptable. He examines the affairs of the age and then makes his preparations accordingly.

This is how things happened according to the last major thinker of the pre-Qin period in China, the social and political theorist Han Feizi

Skill - Tao Te Ching!

Here is a passage from Tao Te Ching!
Height of Mastery about the height of mystery!

తెలివి

గతి తెలిసిన పథికుడు తన అడుగు జాడలను వదలడు

మతి గలిగిన మాటగాడు వేలెత్తే నిందలకు తావివ్వడు

మితి తెలిసిన గణకుడు లెక్క తప్పనీయడు

ఇక ఇతనేమో, మేకులు మాకులు లేకనే పెట్టె మూస్తాడు,

దాన్ని తెరవడం అసాధ్యమవుతుంది

వేరొకతను ముడులు వడులు లేకనే కట్లు కడతాడు

విప్ప దీయను అసాధ్యమవుతుంది.

ఇదే దారిలో జ్ఞాని మనుషులను కాపాడడంలో నిపుణుడు.

ఎవరినీ వదలడు.

వస్తువులనూ కాపాడతాడు

దేన్నీ వదలడు

దీన్నే "తమ పద్ధతుల వెలుగును దాచడం" అంటారు

చెయ్యి తిరిగిన వారినే గురువులంటాము

కళ తెలియని వారు వారిని ఆశ్రయిస్తారు

ఈ తెలియని వారు, గురువులకు గుర్తింపునిస్తారు

గురువును శిష్యుడు గుర్తించకున్నా

గురువితడిని హర్షించకున్నా

వారిని చూచే

పరిశీలకుడు, తాను తెలివి గలవాడయినా, తప్పు దారి పడతాడు

ఇది "రహస్యాలకే రహస్యం"

Is there a message in this?
Oh! My Goodness!

Chinese Paintings

Here are some excellent paintings from China!
I used to by a Magazine named Chinese Literature during the University days!
I still have a few copies of it with me.
These paintings are from one of the issues!

Harbinger of Spring

Eagle

Bamboos

Art is timeless and knows no boundaries!!

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Creation

And God said "Let there be world!"

Thus started this world, says Christianity.

Holy Khuran tells about creation in Sura-e-Arrad.

It is also a quick work.

Bhagavatam of Vyasa details the creation elaborately.
The time taken for creation is longer here.

I found an interesting art work about creation as per the Chinese tradition.
It says that unlike the western creation theory, in which world was made in seven days, according to Chinese legend it took the mythological God, Pang Ku, eighteen years create order from chaos - earth as it is known today!!

What happens then, to the theories of Big Bang and Organic Evolution?

Can order be brought in in seven days or even in eighteen years?

The experience tells us that there is no order even today in this world?

What is order?

can it be achieved?

Would it be realised one day?

Let us think about it!

Let us not create any more disorder at least.

Can we?

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Tao te ching by Lao Tsu

Some say that my teaching is nonsense.


నా బోధనల్లో అర్థం లేదంటారు కొందరు

Others call it lofty but impractical.

మరి కొందరు గొప్పగా ఉంది కానీ పనికి రావంటారు.

But to those who have looked inside themselves, this nonsense makes perfect sense.

కానీ, తమలోకి తాము తొంగి చూడగలిగిన వారికి మాత్రం, ఈ అర్థంలేని సంగతుల అర్థాలు తెలుస్తాయి.

And to those who put it into practice, this loftiness has roots that go deep.

ఇక వాటిని ఆచరణలో పెట్టినవారికి, ఈ ఔన్నత్యం వేళ్లు మరింత లోతయినవి.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion.

These three are your greatest treasures.

నేను చెప్పేవి మూడే పాఠాలు. సింప్లిసిటీ, ఓపిక, ప్రేమ. మూడున్నూ మీకు గొప్ప నిధులువుతాయి.

Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being.

పనుల్లోనూ, ఆలోచనల్లోనూ సింప్లిసిటీ ఉంటే మీరు అస్తిత్వపు మూలాలకు చేరుకుంటారు.

Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are.

మిత్రులూ, శత్రువులతోనూ ఓపికగా ఉంటే, విషయాలున్న పరిస్థితి మీకు అర్థమవుతుంది.

Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

ఇక మీ మీద మీకే ప్రేమ ఉంటే, ప్రపంచంలోని అన్ని జీవుల మీదా మీకు ప్రేమ ఉంటుంది. సర్దుకు పోగలుగుతారు.

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tsu

Indian philosophy says,"Let noble ideas come from all sides."

This is what Loa Tsu, the great Chinese master has to say about wisdom.

The Taoism started with him, though he is not the first to moot the idea.

According to legend Lao Tzu was keeper of the archives at the imperial court. When he was eighty years old he set out for the western border of China, toward what is now Tibet, saddened and disillusioned that men were unwilling to follow the path to natural goodness. At the border (Hank Pass), a guard, Yin Xi (Yin Hsi), asked Lao Tsu to record his teachings before he left. He then composed in 5,000 characters the Tao Te Ching (The Way and Its Power).

అందమయినవాటి అందం గురించి అందరికీ తెలుసు.

అందుకే అనాకారితనమంటే గూడా తెలుసు.

పనితనం గలవారి గురించి తెలుసు.

పనితనం లేకపోవడమూ తెలుసు.

ఉన్నది, లేదు అన్నవి,

ఒకదానికొకటి ఆధారాలు.

కష్టం, సులభం కూడా అలాంటివే.

పొడుగు, పొట్టి అన్నవి,

ఒకటి ఉంటేనే మరొకటి తెలుస్తుంది.

ఎత్తూ, తగ్గూ అంతే.

శబ్దం, స్వరాలూ అంతే.

ముందూ, వెనుకలూ అంతే.

అందుకే, తెలివిగలవారు,

ఏంచేయకుండానే పనులు సాధిస్తారు.

మాట్లాడకుండానే ఆజ్ఞలిస్తారు.

పని జరుగుతుంది.

ఎలాగన్నది తెలియదు.

అస్తిత్వాన్ని కాదనలేనగల శక్తి అందులోనే పుడుతుంది.

What exactly is this?

Help me with some interpretation please!

A chinese Story

I bring you a Chinese story which I read long back.
I have a large collection of such stories which we should be reading and discussing too.
Here is the story.

The Four Dragons

Once upon a time, there were no rivers and lakes on earth, but only the Eastern Sea, in which lived four dragons: the Long Dragon, the Yellow Dragon, the Black Dragon and the Pearl Dragon.
One day the four dragons flew from the sea into the sky. They soared and dived, playing at hide-and-seek in the clouds.

"Come over here quickly!" the Pearl Dragon cried out suddenly.

"What's up?" asked the other three, looking down in the direction where the Pearl Dragon pointed. On the earth they saw many people putting out fruits and cakes, and burning incense sticks. They were praying! A white-haired woman, kneeling on the ground with a thin boy on her back, murmured:
"Please send rain quickly, God of Heaven, to give our children rice to eat.."

For there had been no rain for a long time. The crops withered, the grass turned yellow and fields cracked under the scorching sun.

"How poor the people are!" said the Yellow Dragon. "And they will die if it doesn't rain soon."
The Long Dragon nodded. Then he suggested, "Let's go and beg the Jade Emperor for rain."
So saying, he leapt into the clouds. The others followed closely and flew towards the Heavenly Palace.

Being in charge of all the affairs in heaven, on earth and in the sea, the Jade Emperor was very powerful. He was not pleased to see the dragons rushing in. "Why do you come here instead of staying in the sea and behaving yourselves?"

The Long Dragon stepped forward and said, "The crops on earth are withering and dying, Your Majesty. I beg you to send rain down quickly!"

"All right. You go back first, I'll send some rain down tomorrow." The Jade Emperor pretended to agree while listening to the songs of the fairies.

"Thanks, Your Majesty!" The four dragons went happily back.

But ten days passed, and not a drop of rain came down.

The people suffered more, some eating bark, some grass roots, some forced to eat white clay when they ran out of bark and grass roots.

Seeing all this, the four dragons felt very sorry, for they knew the Jade Emperor only cared about pleasure, and never took the people to heart. They could only rely on themselves to relieve the people of their miseries. But how to do it?

Seeing the vast sea, the Long Dragon said that he had an idea.

"What is it? Out with it, quickly!" the other three demanded.
"Look, is there not plenty of water in the sea where we live? We should scoop it up and spray it towards the sky. The water will be like rain drops and come down to save the people and their crops."
"Good idea!" The others clapped their hands.
"But," said the Long Dragon after thinking a bit, "we will be blamed if the Jade Emperor learns of this."
"I will do anything to save the people," the Yellow Dragon said resolutely.
"Let's begin. We will never regret it." The Black Dragon and the Pearl Dragon were not to be outdone.

They flew to the sea, scooped up water in their mouths, and then flew back into the sky, where they sprayed the water out over the earth. The four dragons flew back and forth, making the sky dark all around. Before long the sea water became rain pouring down from the sky.
"It's raining! It's raining!"
"The crops will be saved!"

The people cried and leaped with joy. On the ground the wheat stalks raised their heads and the sorghum stalks straightened up.

The god of the sea discovered these events and reported to the Jade Emperor.
"How dare the four dragons bring rain without my permission!" The Jade Emperor was enraged, and ordered the heavenly generals and their troops to arrest the four dragons. Being far outnumbered, the four dragons could not defend themselves, and they were soon arrested and brought back to the heavenly palace.

"Go and get four mountains to lay upon them so that they can never escape!" The Jade Emperor ordered the Mountain God.

The Mountain God used his magic power to make four mountains fly there, whistling in the wind from afar, and pressed them down upon the four dragons.

Imprisoned as they were, they never regretted their actions. Determined to do good for the people forever, they turned themselves into four rivers, which flowed past high mountains and deep valleys, crossing the land from the west to the east and finally emptying into the sea. And so China's four great rivers were formed -- the Heilongjian (Black Dragon) in the far north, the Huanghe (Yellow River) in central China, the Changjiang (Yangtze, or Long River) farther south, and the Zhujiang (Pearl) in the very far south.