摘 要
宋临川王刘义庆撰《世说新语》，文字 秀，描绘人物入神，向为学子所重。刘孝标注，引撷广博，尤与裴注《三国志》，六臣注《文选》齐名。自1976年美国学者马君瑞志英译《世说》 【164】 出版，海外士林，鉴赏是书者益众。马君穷廿年之精力，除《世说》正文外，兼译刘注，译竟，特制附录四种：曰传略（112页），曰释名（51页），曰缩写（12页），曰书目（12页），便利读者，尤见苦心。其中传略最有用，诚以《世说》惯例，举人名，恒用字号或官衔，如袁奉高、郄嘉宾、王大将军、刘尹之类，非熟谙魏晋掌故者，不能遽辨甲乙也。
马译通体顺适，然以牵涉太广，不能无瑕疵。六朝文义，有非今日所易了悟者，马君未能详考，遂致错解。本文作者，就阅读所得，随时过录，得四百余条。于魏晋间语，以及名物训诂，探奥诠微，尤三致意。其他马译未尽善者，亦逐条推敲，顺次迻译，与马文齐列并观。有志六朝文史、或从事翻译者，谅有所取资焉。
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宋临川王刘义庆（403—444）撰《世说新语》，自汉徂晋，轶事旧闻，嘉言妙语，网罗甚尽。厘为三十门，而以“德行”、“言语”、“政事”、“文学”冠，则《论语》“先进”之遗教也。其书所涉甚广，所载人物、名宦贤媛，逆臣孝子，辄多毁誉。序事简净，词竟而意未尽，品尝有余味。自来治文史者，靡不推奉。遂令临川享名千载，历久弥新。两晋六朝文士，叙事修词尚简。后人病其太甚，则博采他书，补所未足。故陈寿（233—297）《三国志》而有裴注，昭明（501—531）而有六臣。刘峻（孝标，462—521）于《世说》亦然。凡引经史杂著四百余种，诗赋杂文七十余种，间亦参益己意，笺释求真。所引书，后多亡佚，故有清辑佚诸家。罔不视同瓖宝。
《世说》诸本，所知者四：一为日本尊经阁影印宋高宗绍兴八年（1138）董弅本。二为宋孝宗淳熙十五年（1188）陆游（1125—1209）本。明世宗嘉靖（1522—1567）间吴郡袁褧嘉趣堂据以重雕。清宣宗道光（1821—1850）中浦江周心如纷欣阁重刊，而德宗光绪（1875—1908）间长沙王先谦（1842—1918）又据纷欣阁版重刻。今《四部丛刊》及《四部备要》刊本，即据袁氏之旧也。三为清徐乾学（1631—1694）传是楼所藏宋孝宗淳熙十六年（1189）湘刻本。四为日本旧藏唐写《世说新书》残卷，上虞罗振玉（1866—1940）影印本。唐时《世说》固称《新书》，非《新语》也。诸本文字颇多异同，唯世推尊经阁本为最善。
有清治《世说》者，初有沈严之《校语》（上海涵芬楼，1929），继有李慈铭（1830—1894）之《批校》，程炎震之《笺证》，李详之《笺释》。稍近则有刘盼遂之《校笺》，贺昌群之《札记》，杨勇之《校笺》（香港，1969），余嘉锡（1883—1955）之《笺疏》（北京，1983），徐震堮之《校笺》（北京，1984），及一良之《札记》（收入《魏晋南北朝史论集》，页397—401，北京，1963）。余著诠解史实为多，徐震堮则侧重训诂注释。
本书译者马瑞志先生，籍美国而生于吾国河北保定，就学于北京近郊通县。幼擅华语，而好吾国史。普林斯顿大学（Princeton University）既卒业，入加州大学（University of California at Berkeley）研究院。时Peter Alexis Boodberg（1903—1972）主东亚语文系，延吾国硕儒赵元任（1892—1982）先生主讲音韵学，马氏为入室弟子。Boodberg特嗜北朝史，尝主编《中古史译丛》（Chinese Dynastic Histories Translations）。从游者承其衣钵，多迻译南北朝史籍，如丁爱博（Albert E. Dien）译《宇文护传》（Berkeley, 1967），Michael C. Rogers译《苻坚传》（Berkeley, 1968），马氏译《吕光传》（Berkeley, 1959）。马书先就，其前驱也。学成离校，任教明州大学（University of Minnesota），从事《世说》，历廿载而成书。
马氏功力甚勤。其译《世说》也，广集佳本，勘校异文。除推敲临川正文外，孝标注，亦兼收并蓄不稍弃。犹不足，则采日人及西方学者之论著，参读唐宋诸大类书。于史事之递传，训诂之得失，慎思明辨，必求心安而后已。译文竟，附〈传略〉（499—611页），〈释名〉（613—644页），〈缩写〉（665—677页）〈书目〉（679—726页），共二百二十七页。西人治汉学，精微若君者，不多见。而君虚怀若谷，不耻下问，其雅量尤不易企及。当今美籍学者，咸推君为吾国中古史祭酒。实至名归，非溢美也。
虽然，肇基之士，往往草创，顾此失彼，势有宜然。《世说》所载，始于汉武而止乎晋末。上下五百年，所涉人物，几达六百。其间国体之分合，人事之变幻，制度之兴革，无论矣。魏晋人语，当时特等常耳，有非今人所易解者。苟望文而生义，必郢书而燕说。阿堵物，宁馨儿，将毋同，固人所尽知矣。如民、民家、我家、自称、犹下官也（Ⅴ/20, ⅩⅧ/12, Ⅷ/132）；大家，家主（Ⅴ/18）。君家，君也，犹言尔也（Ⅸ/6）。陵迟，坎坷也（Ⅱ/5）。善于托大，高自位置也（Ⅷ/44）。方幅齿遇，相待如常礼也（ⅪⅩ/18）。优润，假借也，宽贷也（ⅩⅢ/17）。风尘，谣诼也，仕宦也（Ⅴ/13注引《中兴书》ⅩⅤ/2注引虞预《晋书》）。修为家之治Ⅸ/47），造作（同上），善居舍（ⅩⅩⅢ/10），皆言治产也。小极，困疲也（Ⅱ/33）。小却（Ⅸ/79），小悉（Ⅷ/132），须臾也。消息，调治也（Ⅹ/23）。人情，犹今言民意也（Ⅶ/28, ⅩⅩⅩⅢ/17）。前，谒见也（Ⅶ/30, ⅩⅩⅢ/44, ⅩⅩⅩⅥ/5）。举，待也，视也，接也（ⅩⅢ/10）。觉，差也，距也（ⅩⅩⅥ/13）。此第举一二言之，足征译述之匪易。盖译事欲其精，非工于文字，明于义意，畅于表达，不为功。况吾国文史，实相辅济。马迁班固以史鸣，亦文苑之雄也。今马氏以一人之力，从万卷书中，译数百年间事。虽优为之，然不免小疵。势也，人情宜然也。余嘉锡、徐震堮书均晚出，马氏未及见，亦滋可憾。
马氏书出，声誉鹊起。华盛顿大学（University of Washington, Seattle）之David R. Knechtges，闻风起效，拟译《文选》全书六十卷（Wen xuan, or Selections of Refined Literature, Princeton University Press, 已出两册，分别为1982及1987）则马氏开山之功为何如？台湾书肆，得其书，竞相翻版，俄顷两家（敦煌书局，1978；南天书局1978），其纸贵都邑，传播士林又若是。一良、伊同，燕京哈佛同学，又同癖南北朝事。伊同自卒业哈佛，久留北美，甚少他动，一良颇异是。既离哈佛教职，返国任教，屡访欧亚非各国，出席国际学术会议。1982年，受聘加州大学，寓柏克莱（Berkeley, CA），得马氏书而善之。东访哈佛，道出匹资堡（Pittsburgh, PA），晤伊同。契旧邓嗣禹，亦自印地安那大学（University of Indiana）来会。嗣禹，出燕京哈佛，留意北朝史，尝译《颜氏家训》（Family Instructions for the Yen Clan, Yen-shih chia-hsun, Leiden, 1968），以富赡典雅负盛名。谈次论学，咸谓临川书，自马译行，益见重于海外。吾辈宜尽愚陋，竭见闻，使原文晦涩者白于世。事未即行。1989年一良再访美，假国会图书馆（The Library of Congress）与彼邦主司，研商吾国善本编订国际总目事。会罢，游匹城，借伊同所藏中英《世说》。既返纽约，逐款厘订，各就所见，函电咨商，庶几乎无憾；历数月而稿初定。凡与马氏异趣者，择其尤，若札记体，笔而出之，得四百余事，公诸世。初非有心立异也。瑕疵所举，铅黄所施，锱铢毫芒耳，余则醇且粹，莹琰自若也。所翼翼自期者，踵事增华，度长絜大，在马氏为功臣，在读者为益友，若是焉已耳。至《世说》原文，有未能遽解，而马译又未尽安者：如“可将当轴了其此处”（Ⅵ/36），如“风领毛骨”（Ⅷ/88），如“省率治除”（Ⅷ/89），如“鉴方臣如有功夫”（Ⅸ/14），如“大修计校”（Ⅸ/24），如“钞撮清悟”（Ⅸ/82），如“扬州吏民寻义逐之”（ⅩⅩⅧ/3），凡七条。冠诸首，以憿高明。1990年2月，东至周一良，江阴王伊同。
凡 例
（1）《世说》凡三十六门，门各系若干条，多寡不定。〈赏誉〉最多，凡一百五十七条；〈自新〉最少，二条而已。今部门用罗马字，属条则用阿拉伯字。如ⅩⅣ/7，即〈容止〉第十四第七条。
（2）中英文文法不尽同，译述时或需增损。原文有而译文从略者，用圆括弧（），译文有而原文无者，用方括弧〔〕以明之。译文有说明处亦用圆括弧（如i. e., …之类）。
（3）刘孝标所引书，皆写明出处，如《管辂别传》、《晋中兴书》之类。正文则免。
（4）每条大抵分为三行。首马译，次《世说》原文或刘注，末行则为修正稿。其中关键紧要字句，英文用斜体字（italics），中文则加底线。
（5）马氏有漏译或衍译者，悉逐条注明。
译文商兑
Ⅰ/1 "went directly to a spot outside the crowd who had come for the funeral."
注引谢承《后汉书》：“径到所赴冢 队外。”冢，非众。
"went directly to the outside of the inner passage leading to the designated grave."
Ⅰ/2 "Tai liang in his youth was condescending toward Huang Hsien."
注引《典略》：“戴良少 所服下。”少，上声，非去声。
"Toward few was Tai Liang condescending."
Ⅰ/4 "Among the gentlemen who later progressed in office."
“后进之士。”
"Among the juniors."
Ⅰ/5
(1) "were all heroic and outstanding."
注引《先贤行状》：“皆为英 彦。”英，秀拔，非英雄。
"were all eminent and outstanding."
(2) "Pure understanding."
“清识。”识，识见。
"sagacious insight."
Ⅰ/6 "When Ch'en Shih accompanied his Sons, visited…."
注引檀道鸾《续晋阳秋》：“陈仲弓从诸子侄造荀父子。”
"When Ch'en Shih, accompanied by his sons, visited…."
Ⅰ/8 "It's hard to regafd either Chi as the older brother or Ch'en as the younger."
“元方难为兄，季方难为弟。”为，非视若。
"Its hard for Chi to be the older brother and Chen the younger."
Ⅰ/12 "understanding and capacity."
“识度。”度，度量。
"understanding and forbearance."
Ⅰ/13
(1) "Right now we are already in danger, and the chances of good or evil fortune are about equal. But…, there is no telling what the chances will be…, it's not right to abandon him."
注引华峤《谱叙》：“今在危险中，福祸患害，义 犹一也。今无故受之，不知其义，…弃之不义。”三义字，首义字为一义，余二义字义同。
"Even though we are now in danger, not knowing whether good or evil fortune lies ahead of us, righteousness is the one〔principle we must uphold〕. I do not know if it is right or not…, it is not right to abandon him."
(2) "and after that he parted from them."
注引华峤《谱叙》：“卒共还出之而后别。”
"and after that they parted from him."
Ⅰ/14 "Hsiang embraced the tree, weeping. When dawn came and his mother saw him…."
注引萧广济《孝子传》：“祥抱泣至晓 ，母见之…。至晓，连读。”
"Hsiang embraced the tree, weeping until dawn. When his mother…."
Ⅰ/16 "to escape a grievance."
注引王隐《晋书》：“避怨。”怨，雠也。
"to escape an enemy."
Ⅰ/17 "Have you ever observed…?"
“卿数省 王和不？”省，调侍也。
"Have you ever looked after…?"
Ⅰ/18 "slanderous remarks."
注引《名士传》：“毁誉。”誉，漏译。
"defamatory or flattering remarks."
Ⅰ/21 "loyal friends in the nine commanderies where he had successively served."
“所历九郡义故。”义故，义从故吏省称。
"voluntary followers and former subordinates in the nine commamderies of the Liang Province."
Ⅰ/23
(1) "After him his disciples who valued free wandering."
注引王隐《晋书》：“其后贵游 子弟。”贵游，连读。
"Later on youngsters of aristocratic families."
(2) "exposed their foul ugliness."
注引王隐《晋书》：“露丑恶。”丑恶，私处也。
"exposed their private parts."
Ⅰ/24 "But we're afraid we can't survive if we feed the children too."
“恐不能兼 有所存。”
"But we are afraid that we can't afford to have all of you survived."
Ⅰ/27
(1) "Before he went up to court."
“未及上。”上都也。
"Before he reached the capital."
(2) "When he announced that he was returning."
注引《晋阳秋》：“及告归 ”。告归，犹辞别也。
"When he bade farewell."
Ⅰ/28
(1) "Pursued him."
注引邓粲《晋纪》：“遣之。”
"dismissed him."
(2) "to carry both boys on our backs."
注引王隐《晋书》：“儋两儿。”儋，同担。
"to carry both boys with a carrying-pole."
Ⅰ/35 "obscene offerings."
“淫祠。”淫，杂也，非淫秽之谓。
"unauthentic worship."
Ⅰ/37
(1) "baton."
“手板”
"tablet for taking notes."
(2) "rebuked him, saying…."
“教曰。”教，令也。
"issued a decree, saying…".
Ⅰ/38
(1) "left him a hundred bolts…."
“遗绢百匹。”遗，赠贻也。
"presented him a hundred bolts…."
(2) "thatched cottage was unfinished."
注引《中兴书》：“茅茨不完。”完，整也。
"thatched cottage was imperfect."
Ⅰ/39 "I remember being divorced from my wife…."
“唯忆与郗家离婚。”
"I remember having divorced my wife…."
Ⅰ/40 "because I have accepted office in the present province…."
“勿以我受任方州…”
"because I have assumed the office…."
Ⅰ/41 "he went directly to his private residence and never returned."
“率尔去下舍，便不复还。”率尔，不经心也。
"he casually left his official residence…."
Ⅰ/42
(1) "in everything he suffered a decline."
“每事有降 。”降，损抑也。
"in everything he showed moderation."
(2) "a son who is tasting the mourning of his parents."
“试守孝子。”试守，权当也。
"a probatory candidate for a son mourning for his parents."
Ⅰ/43
(1) "What will she do?"
注引《中兴书》：“将欲何行？”
"Where will you go?"
(2) "Today it's all the same if I live or die. Please don't wait any longer!"
注引《中兴书》：“今日死生是同，愿少见待 。”谓死生与共，忍死须臾也。少，上声。
"Today I shall die or live together with you. Please wait for me for a while!"
(3) "he'll never be able to comprehend your sincerity or integrity."
“未能取卿诚节。”取，亮。
"he'll never be able to appreciate.…"
Ⅰ/46 "When the emperor was buried at Shan-ling (the imperial mausoleum near Chien-k'ang)…."
“烈宗山陵。”山陵，奉安之异称。
"When the emperor's funeral ceremony was held…."
Ⅰ/47 "were living in Tan-yang Commandery."
“居在丹阳郡后。”郡，郡治公廨也。
"were living in the rear of the Tan-yang Commandery office."
Ⅱ/1
(1) "got the order of precedence backward."
“失次序 。”次序，伦次，谓举止失措也。
"lost his composure."
(2) "refused to eat improper food."
注引皇甫谧：“邪膳不食。”邪膳，食器不正。
"refused to eat from vessels improperly arranged."
Ⅱ/5
(1) "is really without parallel."
注引裴松之语：“诚所未譬。”譬，喻也。
"is really incomprehensible."
(2) "to transcend the calamity that had struck, …."
注引裴松之语：“能悬了祸患。”悬了，豫识也。
"to be able to foresee the calamity…."
Ⅱ/7漏译：“依据者何经？”
"What classics are you based on?"
Ⅱ/8
(1) "the card had disappeared."
注引《文士传》：“遂至漫灭。”漫灭，模糊难识也。
"the characters on the card have become blurred."
(2) "though he often talked about it."
注引《文士传》：“而数有言论。”
"yet he often expressed his〔critical〕opinions."
(3) "As each drummer finished, he was to take off his old clothes and put on the new…."
注引《文士传》：“鼓吏度者，皆当脱其故衣…。”
"As each drummer appeared, he was…."
(4) "After he was finished, he was unwilling to change…."
注引《文士传》：“既度，不肯易衣。”
"After he appeared, he was unwilling…."
(5) "The other drummers taunted him, saying, Drummer, how comes…."
注引《文士传》：“吏呵之曰：鼓吏，…．”
"A peer officer taunted him, ……"
Ⅱ/9
(1) "he would not make any distinction whatever between the man's high or low qualities."
注引《司马徽别传》：“初不辨其高下。”
"he could not even see the distinction whether the man was of high or low quality."
(2) "how is anybody going to find out your opinion?"
注引《司马徽别传》：“岂人所以咨君之意乎？”
"That could not be the reason they asked you."
(3) "Hui for his part declined and thanked him profusely."
注引《司马徽别传》：“徽又厚辞谢之。”厚辞，连读。辞，名词，不作逊谢解。
"Hui for his part thanked him profusely."
(4) "observing how homely and low-class he looked."
注引《司马徽别传》：“见其丑陋。”
"observing how ugly he looked."
(5) "What class of slave are you, …."
注引《司马徽别传》：“汝何等田奴。”
"What sort of…."
（6）漏译（注引《司马徽别传》）：“世间人为妄语。”
"People in the world are talking irresponsibly."
（7）漏译（注引《庄子》）：“伯成子高立为诸侯。”
"Po-cheng Tzu-kao was installed as a feudal lord."
(8) "With a mat door which was unfinished."
注引《家语》：“蓬户不完 。”完，完整也，非谓完成。
"with an imperfect door."
Ⅱ/12 "Their father, who was awake at the time…."
“其时父觉。”觉，醒也。
"Their father, who was awakened all of a sudden…."
Ⅱ/14 "those who used it sought each other out."
注引秦丞相《寒食散》：“服者相寻 也。”寻，接也。
"those who used it followed one aftet another."
Ⅱ/15
(1) "I might do that, but nothing more."
注引嵇绍《赵至叙》：“可尔耳。”
"I might be able to do this."
(2) "writing ancient-style characters for the stone-engraved classics."
注引嵇绍《赵至叙》：“写 石经古文。”写，录也。
"copying ancient-style…."
(3) "You are quite young; why do you ask?"
注引嵇绍《赵至叙》：“年少 何以问我？”年少，名词。
"Why do you ask me, young man?"
(4) "your manner and ability are outstanding."
注引嵇绍《赵至叙》：“观君风器非常。”
"your manner is outstanding."
(5) "with black hair streaked with white."
注引嵇绍《赵至叙》：“洁白黑发。”洁白，肤色。
"white complexion, black hair."
(6) 误衍："In his capacity as a judge…composure."
（7）注引嵇绍《赵至叙》漏译：“闲详安谛。”
"casual and at ease."
(8) In examining a case or passing judgement."
注引嵇绍《赵至叙》：“视瞻停谛。”
"attentive in look."
(9) "He is modest and frugal as a person."
注引严尤《三将序》：“廉颇为人 。”廉颇，人名。为人，言其人如何也。
"As a man, Lien Po is…."
(10) "If you fight with him…."
注引严尤《三将序》：“与之野战，…持守足以当之。”
"If Lien P'o fights with Po Ch'i…, but if Lien P'o holds out, he will be able to withstand Po Ch'i."
Ⅱ/18
(1) "recommended for office in the quota for his commamdery and went to Loyang."
“举郡计入洛。”计，计吏也。
"recommended as a man〔of Outstanding Talent〕to proceed to Lo-yang 〔in the company of〕an officer responsible for local finances and other matters."
(2) "timid, pusillanimous men."
“狷 介之士。”
"narrow-minded, bigoted men."
Ⅱ/19 "the emperor was plainly dismayed."
“帝既不说。”
"the emperor was displeased."
Ⅱ/31 "an inspestion of army headquarters."
注引《春秋传》：“观军府 。”
"an inspection of armory."
Ⅱ/32 "The wife and her father have…."
注引《卫玠别传》：“妻父有…。”
"The father-in-law has…."
Ⅱ/33
(1) "slightly disposed and sat opposite him looking tired and sleepy."
“丞相小极 ，对之疲睡。”小极，困疲也。
"Somewhat worn down sitting opposite him, fatigued and drowsy."
(2) "the emperor sought him for his…."
注引邓粲《晋纪》：“求为安东司马。”
"He asked the emperor to appoint him…."
Ⅱ/37 "With mud on his head to apologize…."
注引《中兴书》：“泥首 谢罪。”
"to apologize with his forehead touching the ground."
Ⅱ/39 "he admired him and declared, I am his disciple."
注引《高坐别传》：“一见奇之，以为吾之徒也。”
"…and declared, He is my type of person."
Ⅱ/44 "moreover, he wore the same fox-skin coat for several decades."
“犹 狐裘数十年。”犹，尚也。
"[Despite his thriftiness, Yen-tzu]" still wore a fox-skin coat…."
Ⅱ/45 "used to roam about in company with the Shihs."
“与诸石游 。”
"used to keep the company of…."
Ⅱ/47
(1) "he left no word whatever either of approval or disapproval concerning a successor."
“都无献替 之言。”献替，连读。替，非瓜代之谓。
"he left no word whatsoever of positive suggestions."
(2) "naturally we don't have T'ao K'an's last instruction."
“胡不贻 陶公话言。”
"naturally T'ao K'an did not have to leave instruction."
(3) "sufficient to carry out the plan of Emperor Hsuan…."
注引陶侃《临终表》：“足以奉宣王酞 。”奉宣，连读，王酞，同。
"able to carry out Your Majesty's plan…."
(4) "If you are not averse to discussing it…."
注引《吕氏春秋》：“如不讳。”不讳，物故也。
"If you happen to pass away…."
(5) "To take a man from the palace apartments to serve his ruler…."
注引《吕氏春秋》：“自宫 以事君。”宫，阉也，非谓宫殿。
"To castrate himself in order to serve his ruler…."
(6) he rebelled against Ch'i."
注引《吕氏春秋》：“后果乱齐。”
"eventually he plunged Ch'i into disaster."
Ⅱ/50
(1) Yü asked, "And what is your courtesy name?"
“齐庄何字？”齐庄，漏译。
"Yü then asked Ch'i-chuang what his courtesy name was."
(2) "After Yü had appraised it, he asked…."
注引《孙放别传》：“公题后问之曰…。”题，书写也，非谓品题。
"Yü asked in writing…."
Ⅱ/52 "an avaricious man doesn't give them away…."
“贪者不与。”贪者，受词。
"I would not give it to an avaricious man…."
Ⅱ/53
(1) "and the effort no more."
注引传咸《羽扇赋序》：“而功无加。”功，工技。
"but the craftmanship was not any more."
(2) "no one made a business of them."
注引传咸《羽扇赋序》：“莫有生意 者。”生意，此处非联绵词。
"no one had the intention to make it."
Ⅱ/54 "Why do you need me?"
“何以处我？”处，位置也。
"Where am I going to be placed?"
Ⅱ/57 "Suffered considerable bodily deterioration in the world."
注引顾恺之《顾悦传》：“陵迟 于世。”陵迟，坎坷，非谓刑罚。
"suffered serious vicissitudes〔in my life〕."
(1) "The length or shortness of the heavenly mandate is basically not within human control."
“天命修短，故非所计 。”非所计，非所关怀也。
"〔I for my part〕do not care about the length and shortness of the heavenly mandate."
(2) "Surely there will not be a repetition of recent events?"
“政当无复近事不？”
"Hopefully there won't be…?"
(3) "from now on we are unable…."
“自是身不能。”
"It is because we are unable…."
Ⅱ/65 "wrote a preface for his collected works."
“为之叙 。”叙，叙传也。
"wrote a biography for him."
Ⅱ/69 "came out of retirement to the capital."
“出 都。”出，谓入。
"came to the capital."
Ⅱ/74 "like the lords of Ch'in and Han, to feel that I must surely…."
“若秦汉之君，必当…。”
"In the case of the lords of Ch'in and Han, they must feel…."
Ⅱ/76
(1) "hung their hand, and looked at Chih…."
“视之，如有懊丧意。”之，谓翅，非谓支遁。
"and looked at their wings…."
(2) "how could they be willing to perform vulgar tricks of the ear and eye for humans?"
“何肯为人作耳目近玩 。”
"How could they be willing to become pets for the pleasure of human ears and eyes?"
Ⅱ/82
(1) "…was exhausted and his head nodded?"
“谢疲顿。”
"…was exhausted."
(2) "Kao proceeded to read him a lecture on administration and the use of power."
“高便为谢道形势 。”形势，非谓权势。
"Kao proceeded to analyse the situation for him."
Ⅱ/90 漏译：“袁曰：必无此嫌。车曰：何以知尔。”
Yüan said, There is no need for such suspicion. Ch'e said, How do you know it is so?"
Ⅱ/96 "confident of his talents and prowess."
“负其才气。”才气，气语尾。
"proud of his talents."
Ⅱ/101 "he rediculed the court."
注引《晋安帝纪》：“讽朝廷。”讽，讽示。
"he hinted the court."
Ⅱ/102 "all had memorials proposing them as suitable seats for imperial or royal rule."
注引《晋阳秋》：“古者既有帝王所治之表 。”表，表率也，非谓奏表。
"In olden days it was designated as a suitable seat for imperial or royal rule."
Ⅲ/2 "and had been caught by members of the richman's household."
“主者 捕之。”主者，主其事者，非家主也。
"had been caught by the officer in charge."
Ⅲ/3
(1) "fortified the weak with goodness."
“弱者抚 之以仁。”
"accomodated the weak with goodness."
(2) "since he was accomodating to what was most comfortable for each, …."
“恣其所安。”谓听其所欲也。
"Let the people do whatever they saw fit."
Ⅲ/4
(1) "to their various castles."
“于是至诸屯邸。”邸，所以存货。
"to their various castles and storage rooms."
(2) "The guilty thus exposed were extremely numerous."
“罪者甚众。”
"Those to be punished were extremely numerous."
Ⅲ/5 "he was doing night duty at the palace with Shih Chien."
“与石鉴共传 宿。”传，驿舍也。
"he was staying at a post house with Shih Chien."
Ⅲ/12
(1) "several hundred guests gathered to give him a warm welcome."
“宾客数百人，并加沾接 。”沾接，推恩相待。
"several hundred guests were all greeted kindly by him."
(2) "there were few who were erer put off by him."
注引《晋阳秋》：“少有牾 者。”牾，同忤，逆也，慢也。
"there were few ever neglected by him."
Ⅲ/13 "…once went to see Chancellor Wang Tao to consult about some matter, …."
“诣王丞相咨事，过后辄 翻异。”
"often went to…."
Ⅲ/14 "If you were to neglect your affairs…." (italics Mather's own)
“公之遗事。”
"…to neglect affairs as you did, …."
Ⅲ/16
(1) "if it had been gotten from someone else. …."
注引《晋阳秋》：“若他 所得。”
"if it had been gotten otherwise, …."
(2) "every family supplied enough for men's needs."
注引《晋阳秋》：“家给 人足 。”
"every family and every person was provided with adequate food."
(3) "yet T'ao offered no objection whatsoever."
“都无所妨。”
"no inconvenience of any kind was felt."
(4) "he was issuing bamboo punting poles…."
“尝发 所在竹篙。”发，征发，非发放。
"he ordered to requisition bamboos for punting poles."
Ⅲ/17
(1) "I'll make some suggestions."
“作教 。”
"I'll give an instruction."
(2) "he took a brush and signed the petition. Afterward he said…."
“取笔题 白事后 云。”题，写；后，末。
"he took a brush and wrote at the end of the report, …."
Ⅲ/26 "he did nothing unworthy, …he never did anything unkind."
“不为不贤，…未为不仁。”
"he was not considered unworthy, …he was never regarded as unkind."
Ⅳ/4 "he briefly assem bled the disciples and reviewed its short and long points."
“稍共诸生叙其短长 。”短长，学之所就也。
"occasionally he called up the disciples to evaluate their achievements."
Ⅳ/6 "He was befriended by Fu Chia."
注引《王弼别传》：“为傅嘏 所知 。”嘏，音古；知，赏也。
"He was esteemed by Fu Ku."
Ⅳ/7 "the frontier between Heaven and Man."
“天人之际 。”际，交也。
"the relation between…."
Ⅳ/12 "Later Yueh Kuang found himself at leisure with P'ei."
注引《晋诸公赞》：“后乐广与 清闲 。”清闲，谈也。
"Later Yueh Kuang had a chat with P'ei."
Ⅳ/17
(1) "You'll only be forsaking the company of other people to do what you enjoy."
注引《向秀别传》：“徒弃人作乐事耳。”弃人，弃人之所应作。
"You will be forsaking what one should do to enjoy."
(2) "he merely established the punctuation for the sentences of the text."
“或定点 文句而已。”定点，窜定，非今世之所谓标点。
"he merely added or deleted some words in the sentences."
Ⅳ/18
(1) "Aren't they the same?"
“将 无同。”将，疑词，得毋也。
"Perhaps they are the same."
(2) "If this is what people in the world are looking for…."
“苟是天下人望，…。”望，企慕。
"If this is the person admired by all the people in the realm, …."
(3) "he would immediately remove himself and haughtily disregard them. Though his household might be without a single picul…."
注引《名士传》：“郎舍去，傲然无营，家无担石之储…。”傲然无营，连下句读。
"he would immediately remove himself. Haughty and unconcerned with earning a living, …."
Ⅳ/20
(1) "heedless in the extreme."
“忽极。”
"〔his conditions〕suddenly became exasperated."
(2) "he kept sighing in admiration in spite of himself."
注引《卫玠别传》：“咨嗟不能自已 。”自已，自休也。已，非己。
"he could not help but sigh continuously in admiration."
Ⅳ/22
(1) "as he was about to set out from the capital."
“下都。”下，至。
"as he arrived at the capital."
(2) "personally rising and pushing aside the curtains, took his sambartail chowry from his girdle…."
“…自起解帐带麈尾。”麈尾，系诸帐，故云。
"personally rising and unfastening the sambartail chowry from the curtain."
Ⅳ/24
(1) "Juan discussed it for him in order to show what it meant."
“为论以示谢。”论，论说也，名词。
"Juan wrote a treatise to show Hsieh."
(2) "but precisely the man who probes for explanations who's equally hard to find."
“正索解人 亦不可得。”解人，能解之人。
"but it is also hard to find a man who understands."
Ⅳ/28 "and belonged to the same generation."
刘孝标注：“便是时流 。”时流，当时之胜。
"yet he was regarded as a talented contemporary."
Ⅳ/30 "…were also present listening to what this mond had to say. The monk frequently posed…."
“悉共听，此道人语屡设疑难。”悉共听，句；此道人，句主。
"…were also listening. In his talk, the monk…."
Ⅳ/34 漏译：“无可攻之势。”
"There is little likelihood that one can launch an sttack."
Ⅳ/35 "who can be appreciated?"
“谁能见赏 。”见赏，自动词。
"who can appreciate me?"
Ⅳ/44 "put an end to the defilement."
注引《释氏经》：“断烦恼 。”
"put an end to the bewilderment."
Ⅳ/45 "he demonstrated what Chih would say, and then attacked it with objections."
“因示语攻难 数十番。”攻难，攻之难之也。难，去声。
"he demonstrated how to attack by raising objections."
Ⅳ/49 漏译：“时人以为名通。”
"It is considered as a subtle interpretation."
Ⅳ/55 "What we've said today still seems not quite to have exhausted what we feel."
“今日之言，少 不自竭。”指人，非指所言。
"None of us have not exhausted what we felt in today's talk."
Ⅳ/60 "then I could converse forever!"
“谈不翅尔。”翅，同啻。不翅，不止也。
"then I could converse even better."
Ⅳ/64 "taking from among the present three of four monks who were willing to accompany him."
“即于座分数四有意 道人。”有意，有识。
"three or four monks who were intelligent."
Ⅳ/67 "without any blots or corrections."
“无所点定。”
"without any deletions or corrections."
Ⅳ/68
(1) "From now on, instead of The Two Capitals, people may talk about The Three."
“此二京可三。”
"From now on, your writings may〔rank with〕The Two Capitals as The Third."
(2) "consequently his peers did not respect him."
注引《左思别传》：“故齐 人不重也。”齐，地名。
"consequently the people of Ch'i did not respect him."
Ⅳ/76
(1) "Kuo P'u had an impediment in his speech and was inferior at chanting poems, and ordinary people did think him outstanding."
注引《郭璞别传》：“而讷于言 。造次咏语，常人无异 。”常人无异，谓不异常人也。
"Kuo P'u had an impediment in his speech, but on occasions when he chanted poems he did not show any difference from ordinary people."
(2) "What I've received has been rationed."
注引《郭璞别传》：“吾所受有分 。”分，去声。
"My lot is what I have inherited."
Ⅳ/80 "his health became impaired."
“性理 遂错。”错，乱也。
"his mind became confused."
Ⅳ/84 "is like draping brocade."
“烂若披锦 。”
"is like a spread-out brocade."
Ⅳ/92 "Now we can't help recommending Yuan because of this!"
“当今不得不以此事推 袁。”推，非荐，崇尚也。
"Now because of〔having seen〕this〔show of talent〕, we can't help but bow to Yuan!"
Ⅳ/95 "letter of introduction."
“白事 。”白事，犹今言报告。
"report."
Ⅳ/98 "Taken together, they are exactly in balance."
“合而论之，正平平 耳。”平平，非平衡；寻常耳。
"Taken together, he is nothing but mediocre."
Ⅴ/3 "knelt for a long time."
注引华峤《谱叙》：“长跪。”长，非谓历时不起也。
"Knelt with his body straightened up."
Ⅴ/4
(1) "the people of Fang-feng arrived late, and Yu had them slaughtered on a large scale."
注引《魏志》：“防风氏 后至，便行大戮 。”氏，非民。大戮，谓正法，非谓大屠杀也。
"the feudal lord Fang-feng arrived late, and Yü had him decapitated."
(2) "a coffin and nails."
注引《魏略》：“棺钉。”
"coffin nails."
(3) "Both civil and military officials in the provincial headquarters."
“州府文武 。”文武之在州府者。
"Both civil and military officials in the provincial and military headquarters."
Ⅴ/6
(1) "Why don't you look at the facts?"
注引《魏氏春秋》：“卿何不见事 乎。”见事，解事也。
"Why are you so dull-witted?"
(2) "This man can still deal with me through the younger members of his family."
注引《魏氏春秋》：“此人犹能以通家年少 遇我。”通家之年少，非家中之少年。
"This man may (still) treat me as a youth from a family closely related to him."
(3) "took occasion to make fun of him."
“因便狎 之。”狎，近也。
"took occasion to be intimate with him."
(4) "at first he uttered not a single word."
“初 无一言。”初，终也，竟也。
"he did not utter a single word at all."
Ⅴ/8
(1) "Vice-president Li Chao."
注引《魏氏春秋》：“冗从仆射 李昭。”冗从仆射，官阶甚低，非仆射也。
"random attendent Li Chao."
(2) "a yellow-and-white order."
注引《魏氏春秋》：“黄素诏。”黄素，纯黄色。
"a rescript written on yellow silk."
(3) "the emperor still had the title 'Son of Heaven'."
注引《魏氏春秋》“帝犹称 天子。”犹称，自称也。
"the emperor still called himself 'Son of Heaven'."
(4) "Ch'ungs daughty commander…."
注引《魏氏春秋》“充率厉 将士。”率厉，激扬也，动词。
"Ch'ung rallied and instigated his lieutenants and soldiers…."
(5) "People in the world say I am more square than you, and now you are proving you're not my equal."
注引干宝《晋纪》：“世之论者，以泰方之于舅，今舅不如泰也。”方，比拟也，动词。
"People in the world used to take us as a good match, …."
(6) "I can only go this far."
注引干宝《晋纪》：“唯有进 于此。”进于此，自此更进，非谓止于此。
"I can only go beyond this."
(7) "you might even yet preserve your own brightness."
注引《汉晋春秋》：“犹可以自明 也。”自明，自雪，动词。
"you might still be able to clean yourself."
(8) "My thoughts only go this far."
注引干宝《晋纪》：“意唯有进 于此耳。”
"I can only think of going beyond this."
Ⅴ/9 "I'm worried that the crown prince doesn't really understand Your Majesty's family affairs."
注引干宝《晋纪》：“忧太子不了 陛下家事。”了，营也，理也，非了解之了。
"…the crown prince can't take care of Your Majesty's family affairs."
Ⅴ/Ⅱ "to be banished to the frontier."
“当出藩 。”出藩，离京归藩。
"to be dismissed to his fief."
Ⅴ/14
(1) "director and president shared the same carriage in coming to, or leaving the court."
“监令由来 共车。”由来，连读。
"director and president always shared the same carriage."
(2) "At the same time, he was privately plotting to destroy the state and harm the people, like Sun Tzu or Liu Fang."
“当时私议：损国害民，孙刘之匹也。”
"At the time, there were secret discussions that he would destroy the state and harm the people just as Sun Tzu and Liu Fang〔did before〕."
Ⅴ/16 漏译：“武帝从之。”
"Emperor Wu agreed with〔Hsiang Hsiung〕."
Ⅴ/18
(1) "Fan-yang (Shensi);"
“范阳。”今河北，非陕西。
"Fan-yang (Hopei)"
(2) "there came an old slave woman who…. He rushed home and reported to the entire household that she was the girl's aunt."
注引孙氏《志怪》：“一老婢…还报其大家 ，即女姨也。”大家，女主妇。
"…. She rushed home to report to her mistress who was none other than the girl's aunt."
Ⅴ/25 "…contract a marriage with your son."
“…与谢裒 儿婚。”
"…contract a marriage with Hsieh P'ou's son."
Ⅴ/31 "there was no significance for this."
“无缘尔 。”无缘，无故也。
"there was no reason for this〔action〕."
Ⅴ/32 "…had corrected his statement."
注引刘谦之《晋纪》：“峤既正 方。”正，得当。
"…made a correct statement."
Ⅴ/33 "in company with other warriors of the court."
注引《晋阳秋》：“乃与朝士 诣敦。”朝士，执笏立朝者。
"in company with other court officials."
Ⅴ/36 "But if it's wrong to transmit the Way of the Former Kings, then it's not my crime, but fate."
注引《家语》：“若述先王之道，而为咎 者，非丘罪也，命也夫。”
"But if I ever commit mistakes in the process of transmitting the Way of the Former Kings, then it's not my crime, but fate."
Ⅴ/37 "After the separations caused by the rebellion, …."
“乱离 之后。”乱离，犹言干戈云扰。
"After the turmoil caused by the rebellion. …."
Ⅴ/45 "I used to travel about with…."
“昔尝与…周旋 。”周旋，往还也。
"I used to keep company with…."
Ⅴ/47 "it turns out you are not even my equal."
“定 不如我。”定，断然。
"After all, you are not my equal."
Ⅴ/50 "It happens to be one you can't use."
“会不能 用。”
"Perhaps you would not use it."
Ⅴ/53 "he also was aware that the fashionable crowd would surely pursue him."
“既已知时流 必当逐己。”时流，一时之胜。
"he also was aware that the contemporary notables would surely pursue him."
Ⅵ/8 "raised his wine cup…."
“便举樏 。”
"raised his food plate…."
Ⅵ/9 "wanted to drink a toast with him."
“行酒。”
"served him with wine."
Ⅵ/13 "the wind and dust were dissipated of themselves."
注引《中兴书》：“于是风尘 自消。”
"the rumors were set to rest by themselves."
Ⅵ/14
(1) "I'd make the rounds with you."
“欲与主簿周旋 。”
"I'd like to keep you company."
(2) "to make sure you don't try to find out about other people's legal cases."
“无为知人几案间事 。”几案间事，公事也。
"but don't meddle with other people's official files."
Ⅵ/15
(1) "Both were continually tired out by their labors."
“同是一累 。”累，累赘也。
"They were burdened just the same."
(2) "His guest on this occasion sighed and said…."
“因叹 曰…．”
"whereupon he sighed and said…."
Ⅵ/16 "At that time they had already met, …."
“尔时已被遇 。”遇，知遇。
"At that time they had already won〔Wang's〕favor…."
Ⅵ/18
(1) "rice cakes."
“ 。”
"flour cakes."
（2）漏译：“姓何等？”
"What is your surname?"
Ⅵ/19 "lying sprawled out on the eastern bed."
“在东床上坦腹卧 。”坦腹卧，漏译。
"lying sprawled out on the eastern bed with his belly exposed."
Ⅵ/20 "with no questions asked about high or low rank."
“不问 贵贱。”
"regardless of (being high or low in) rank."
Ⅵ/28 "his tolerance was adequate for a governing post, either at court or in the province."
“于是审其量，足以镇安朝野 。”朝野，言朝廷及黎庶。
"…adequate for a governing post, capable of giving assurances to both the court and the people at large."
Ⅵ/29 "As they went to visit the imperial mausoleum…."
注引《安帝纪》：“入赴山陵。”
"As〔Huan Wen〕went to…."
Ⅵ/30 "they had not yet gotten an opportunity to go in."
“未得前 。”未得前，谓欲谒未得。
"they had not yet been admitted〔to see Ch'ih〕."
Ⅵ/31 "I had no designs on your face."
“我本不为卿面作计 。”作计，为虑也。
"I had no concern for your face in the first place."
Ⅶ/2 "Liu Pei isn't the calibre to become a hegemon…."
注引《魏志》：“刘牧 非霸王之才。”漏译牧字。
"Governor Lin Pei isn't…."
Ⅶ/14 "Kneeling for a long time."
“长跪。”长，非谓久暂。
"Kneeling with his body straightened up."
Ⅶ/15
(1) "What crime is there in weeping for him?"
注引《王彬别传》：“有何罪？”in weeping for him，衍。
(2) "Even if I'd come for an audience with the son of heaven, I still wouldn't want to do obeisance."
“比来 见天子，尚不能拜。”want. 衍。
"Lately, even when I came for an audience with the son of heaven, I still did not do obeisance."
Ⅶ/21
(1) "he kept a female entertainer…."
“畜妓。”妓，复数。
"he kept a troupe of female entertainers…."
(2) "hand in hand, they would wander about freely enjoying themselves."
注引宋明帝《文章志》：“携持游肆也。”
"he would bring along the troupe and enjoy their performance."
Ⅶ/28
(1) "had not yet granted his capability as a pillar of state."
“人情未以方岳 相许。”许，期也。方岳，州郡之繁剧者。
"the public (sentiment) did not hold him as a promising head of an important province or commandery."
(2) "Hsün thereupon made successive inquiries among the nobles and courtiers, and they all said this was not so."
“王历问公卿，咸云非 。”历问公卿，谓举公卿以询，殷咸曰非是。
"…inquiries about whether it was this or that noble and courtier, and they were all denied by Yin."
Ⅷ/9
(1) "As Yang reached his territory, Kuo dispatched a man to invite him to stay in the area…."
“羊至界，遣人要 之。”
"As Yang reached Kuo's territory, he dispatched a man to invite Kuo for an interview."
(2) "and returned after getting to know him slightly."
“小悉 还。”小悉，已而也。
"and returned after a short while."
Ⅷ/17
(1) "…for thirty or forty days."
注引邓粲《晋纪》：“十数日。”十数，非数十。
"more than ten days."
(2) "then tried it out with Chan."
注引邓粲《晋纪》：“与 湛试之。”与，予也。
"then gave it to Chan for a trial ride."
(3) "and at last Chan fell to the ground."
注引邓粲《晋纪》：“果倒踣。”
"Chi in the end fell to the ground."
(4) "and even when he was young he had a fine understanding of the difference between the cultivated and the vulger, the true and the false."
注引《晋阳秋》：“其雅俗是非，少所优润 。”优润，假借也，宽待也。
"and he relentlessly distinguished the cutivated from the vulgar, and the true from the false."
Ⅷ/18 "To match him in discussion was difficult."
注引《惠帝起居注》：“赡 于论难 。”赡，长也。难，去声。
"He is proficient in debating and arguing."
Ⅷ/21 "This man at first was unwilling to occupy himself with conversation."
“此人初 不肯以谈自居 。”自居，自拟也。
"This man had never been willing to regard himself as a conversationalist."
Ⅷ/44 "skillful in great undertakings."
“善于托大 。”托大，高自位置。
"skillful in keeping himself aloof."
Ⅷ/48 "Yü Liang, Chou I, Huan I, and their whole generation of famous gentlemen…."
注引《高坐传》：“庾亮、周 、桓彝、一代名士 。”一代，当代。
"Yü Liang, Chou I, and Huan I were famous gentlemen of their time."
Ⅷ/58 "even you are good enough to occupy the same place with him."
“卿亦足与之处 。”处，周旋也。
"even you are good enough to keep his company."
Ⅷ/62 "why should every single thing he says be so."
“何得事事皆是 。”是，非之反。
"why should…be correct."
Ⅷ/65 "Finally several years later…."
“乃经 年。”经年，犹言逾年。
"Finally after the elapse of one year…."
Ⅷ/115 "he is worthy to take part in the conversation of the time."
“足副 时谈。”副，餍也。
"he is up to the expectations among the conversationalists of his time."
Ⅷ/132 "and my family…also considers him pellucidly transparent."
“我家 亦彻朗。”我家，自称，犹“予”也；单数。
"I myself also…."
Ⅷ/134
(1) "whenever he went to visit Wang Hsiu…."
“迎 敬仁。”
"whenever he sent for Wang Hsiu…."
(2) "went to meet Hsiu on horseback…."
“后以马迎 敬仁。”迎，取也。
"sent a horse for (i. e, to invite, to fetch) Hsiu…."
Ⅷ/135 "yet able to speak."
“而能不 言。”
"yet able not to speak."
Ⅷ/152 "nevertheless he was a chieftain of the border peoples."
“亦边人之桀 也。”桀，非谓豪酋。
"nevertheless he was a distinguished man…."
Ⅸ/1 "possessed the restraint proper to a minister in felation to his sovereign."
注引姚信《士纬》：“有王臣之节 。”节，节操，非节制。
"upheld noble principles proper to…."
Ⅸ/3 "I would seem to be a day or so older than you."
“吾似有一日之长 。”长，平声，非上声。
"I would seem to be somehow superior to you."
Ⅸ/4 "But he withdrew from the interview without betraying any private feelings in his face."
注引《吴书》：“反无私面 。”私面，私与一晤也。
"After he had withdrawn from the interview he had no private audience with Liang."
Ⅸ/11
(1) "Yü Ai walled slightly behind and to the side with Wang Ch'eng."
“庾中郎与王平子雁行。”雁行 ，齐驾也。
"Yü Ai matched Wang Ch'eng in reputation."
(2) "Yü Ai's reputation in the world returned to where it had been in the beginning."
注引《晋阳秋》：“敳世誉如初 。”如初，如前。
"Yü Ai's reputation in the world remained unchanged (i. e. , same as before)."
Ⅸ/18 "to Ho Ch'iao (和峤)."
“敞比温忠武。”
"to Wen Ch'iao (温峤)."
Ⅸ/21 "Wang Tun is to you as a peasant is to a nobleman."
“王比使君，田舍 贵人耳。”田舍，非谓老农。
"Compared to you, Wang Tun is merely a nobleman from the countryside."
Ⅸ/23 "he'd be no match for you."
“故当不如尔 。”
"he should not have been so (i. e., unlike his forefathers)."
Ⅸ/29 "had ideas in every subject."
“事事有意。”有意 ，有识。
"intelligent in every subject."
Ⅸ/32 "the humblest clerk."
刘孝标注：“舆隶。”
"the humblest slaves."
Ⅸ/37 "like me."
“我辈。”复数。
"like us."
Ⅸ/38 "but after I gave it up, he immediately seized upon it. Of course he's turned out to be less skillful at it than I was."
“我弃去。己 辄取之，故当出我下。”己，彼也。
"Whenever I abandoned my bamboo horse he himself would pick it up. Of course he's turned out to be inferior to me."
Ⅸ/47
(1) "Since Wang Hsi-chih was s personal friend of the Prince of K'uei-chi, he was transferred to become…."
注引《晋中兴书》：“羲之自会稽王友改授…。”会稽王友 ，友，官名。
"Wang Hsi-chi was transferred from the post of Friend to the Prince of K'uei-chi to…."
(2) "he had for the most part to make his household furniture, and at the beginning there were rumors of his living in drudgery and want."
注引《晋中兴书》：“多修为家之具 ，初有劳苦之声。”修为家之具，为己治产也。
"he spent a good deal of time in making profit for his household and from the start he had been known for extortion practices."
(3) "For the son of a famous father to demean himself in a tiny prefecture is extremely improper."
注引《晋中兴书》：“名父之子，屈临小县，甚不宜尔。”指王述。
"Son of a famous father, you are demeaning yourself in a tiny prefecture. It is extremely improper for you to act this way."
(4) "but never took up the posts."
注引《晋中兴书》：“无所造作 。”造作，治生产。
"but never〔again〕attempted to amass fortune."
Ⅸ/53 "but the places where it matches your reputation are more numerous."
“然会名处 多。”处，犹言机遇也。
"but the occasions on which you can earn reputation are more numerous."
Ⅸ/57 "in company with the grand master of charriots."
注引石崇《金谷诗叙》：“从 太仆卿出为…。”从，自。
"from the post of the grand master of charriots."
Ⅸ/60 "fond of conversations and esplications."
注引《王胡之别传》：“好谈谐。”谐，谑。
"fond of conversation and jesting."
Ⅸ/69 "How does your family characterize Wei Yung?"
“君家 道卫君长云何？”君家，谓尔也。
"How do you…?"
Ⅸ/79 "He'll surely understand that one who beats and flogs his way is, naturally, hardly a human being. Let's hope that if he retreats a little, he'll improve."
“故知捶挞自难为人，冀小却 当复差耳。”小却，须臾也。
"He'll surely come to know that it's hard as a human being to be beaten and flogged. I hope after a while he'll get the better of it."
Ⅸ/80
(1) "Never yet with letter of card has he called anyone."
注引嵇康《高士传》：“未尝书刺 谒一人。”书刺，刺之有字者。
"Never yet with a written card…."
(2) "because of his ability, inspired the court with awe."
注引嵇康《高士传》：“贵震朝廷。”
"because of his nobility, swept…."
(3) "Tan went immediately to offer his condolences."
注引嵇康《高士传》：“丹一往吊之。”一往，往一次也。
"Tan went for once to offer…."
Ⅸ/81 "However, in the matter of peace and quiet of their households, even though naturally he possessed the cultivated air of a famous gentleman, Yin was not the equal of Han."
“然门庭萧寂，居然有名士风流，殷不及韩。”
"However, in so far as he obviously possessed the cultivated air of a famous gentleman within a peaceful and quiet household, Yin…."
Ⅸ/83 "People surely have no right to do so simply because he didn't have as many years to live."
“人固不可以无年 。”无年，犹言不寿。
"Certainly one can't afford not to have longevity."Ⅹ/1 "make the Lord of men agree with her."
注引《史记滑稽传》：“然令人主和说 。”和说，同和悦。
"make the Lord of men feel pleasant."
Ⅹ/6
(1) "was therefore frequently consulted."
注引《管辂别传》：“得人辄问。”
"he would inquire of experts whenever he happened to meet with."
(2) "Sage-king Yao."
注引《管辂别传》：“重华。”
"Sage-king Shun."
Ⅹ/7
(1) "the feebleness of the crown prince."
“太子之愚 。”愚非弱。
"the stupidity…."
(2) "At which he had the attendants request the president of the Board of Civil Office to perform some business as a demonstration for the benefit of the crown prince, to have him make a judgment."
注引《晋阳秋》：“令左右斋尚书处事 以示太子，令处决。”处事，今言公文。
"At which he had the attendants bring some documents from the Imperial Secretariate to show the crown prince and ask hime for his judgment."
(3) "The prince should simply see a case and judge accordingly."
注引《晋阳秋》：“宜以见 事断。”见，现。形容词，非动词。
"The prince should simply judge in accordance with the case in question."
Ⅹ/12
(1) "keeping an empty seat by his side, waiting for a chance to see Your Excellency."
注引《晋阳秋》：“主上侧席 ，迟得 见公。”
"was not sitting squarely in the hope of seeing…."
(2) "If I just killed a few hundred fellows like you…."
注引《晋阳秋》：“正复杀君等数百…．”
"If a few hundred fellows like you were killed."
Ⅹ/14
(1) "Even when, as was frequently the case, the topic was a subject on which he was not well informed…."
“既雅 非所经，而甚矜之…。”
"Even though he was not well versed on it at all…."
(2) "feeling that Chancellor Wang Tao's behavior was mostly contemptible."
“以王丞相末年 多可恨。”
"feeling that Chancellor Wang Tao's behavior in his waning years was mostly deplorable."
(3) "Since we've not made any appointment to meet again…."
“后面未期。”
"Since I don't know when we shall meet again…."
Ⅹ/19 "I didn't investigate. Tell me, what kind of man would you say Hsieh Shang is?"
“不审 公谓谢尚何似人？”不审，不详也。
"I don't know what kind of man you would say Hsieh Shang is."
Ⅹ/20 "It won't be accepted by the people."
“民 所不取。”民，己也。
"It won't be accepted by me."
Ⅹ/21 "had never said anything whatever to Wan either of blame or praise."
“前后初无损益 之言。”
"had never said any word〔in the nature of〕advices or suggestions."
Ⅹ/23 "enjoined Chi to get over his ailment."
“属以消息 所患。”
"enjoined Chi to carefully nurse his ailment."
Ⅹ/25 "bright red wool rope."
“绛绵绳。”绵，非毛。
"bright red cotton rope."
Ⅹ/26 "When Kung arrived he beheaded Hsü…."
注引《晋安帝纪》：“及恭表 至，乃斩绪。”
"When Kung's memorial arrived, Tao-tzu beheaded Hsü…."
Ⅺ/1 "he was supervising the construction…."
“时作相国门。”
"the gate of chancellery was being constructed."
Ⅻ/4
(1) "at the time were listening to the conversation so intently that their spirits and senses seemed not to belong to them."
“于时闻语，神情如不相属。”神情如不相属，谓神情异处也。
"at the time they did not seem to pay any attention when they were listening to the conversation."
(2) "putting his mouth close to their ears."
“而提 其耳曰。”
"snatching their ears."
Ⅻ/5 "an important instrument of state."
“国器 。”
"an important timber for the state."
ⅩⅢ/7 "Three times he rose up and repeated this statement."
“遂三起 三叠 。”叠，中的。
"Three times he shot the arrows and three times he hit the target."
ⅩⅢ/9 "Who could be so petty and perverse as to live by himself?"
“谁能作此溪刻自处 ？”
"Being so petty and perverse, who could conduct himself like this?"
ⅩⅢ/10 "before he had been recommended."
“未被举 。”举，礼遇。
"before he had been accepted as a member of the family."
ⅩⅣ/9 "sworn brothers."
注引《八王故事》：“著契。”
"on intimate terms with each other."
ⅩⅣ/13 "homely and dissipated."
“丑 。”
"homely and sickly."
ⅩⅣ/23 "Yu's manner and bearing had the aspect of a god."
“风姿神 貌。”神，非祭祷之神。
"Yü's manner and bearing had an imposing air."
ⅩⅣ/32 "I start thinking of a realized man from the edge of heaven."
“故自有天际真人想。”
"surely he would imagine as if he were a Realized Man from the edge of heaven."
ⅩⅣ/38 "withdrew at once."
“一时 退匿。”一时，同时。
"all withdrew at the same time."
ⅩⅤ/2
(1) "his words were extraordinarily poignant."
“辞 厉非常。”
"his speech carried extraordinary sincerity."
(2) "crossroads of official life."
注引虞预《晋书》：“康衢 。”
"thoroughfare of official life."
ⅩⅦ/7 "When he was buried."
“及丧 。”
"After he died."
ⅩⅦ/12 "my little boy."
注引《晋阳秋》：“小子。”
"this little rascal."
ⅩⅦ/14 "This was a man who may be mourned by the whole family of the state."
“是国家 可惜人。”
"This was a man to be mourned by the whole empire."
ⅩⅦ/15
(1) "hearing Hsün's voice."
“闻其言 。”
"hearing what Hsün had said."
(2) "It's just what I might have expected from you."
“所望 于法护。”
"It's just what I have expected from you."
ⅩⅧ/4 "Wang Tao is just using a title to borrow a man."
“茂弘乃复以一爵假 人。”假，加也。
"Wang Tao is just conferring a title on a man."
ⅩⅧ/12 "I can't endure the misery of poverty."
“下官不堪其忧 。”
"I can't but worry for the state."
ⅩⅨ/3 "Chieh-yu was granted full rights of burial in the imperial mausoleum."
注引《汉书外戚传》：“婕妤充奉园陵。”
"Chieh-yu was appointed to serve in the imperial mausoleum."
ⅩⅨ/4 "When she went to (his burial in) the imperial mausoleum, she did not even perform the ritual mourning."
“至山陵，亦竟不临 。”临，临吊。
"When the burial ceremony was held, she did not even go to mourn either."
ⅩⅨ/8 "Don't concern yourselves with the sons' affairs."
“无豫 诸儿事。”无豫，犹无关。
"It has nothing to do with the sons."
ⅩⅨ/18 "from this time onward, as long as Lady Li lived, her family recieved openly equal treatment with members of the Chou family."
“由是李氏在世得方幅齿遇 。”方幅齿遇，正当礼遇之。
"For this reason the Li family received openly equal treatment in the society."
ⅩⅨ/19 "I have an ambition to become grand warden of a commandery."
注引《晋阳秋》：“有仕郡 意。”仕郡，谓仕于郡，非谓志在郡守。
"I intend to serve on the staff of the commandery."
ⅩⅨ/20 "…and as a consequence, my two parents suffered want."
注引《陶侃别传》：“二亲见约 。”约，规约。
"my two parents set a limit〔to my drinking〕."
ⅩⅩ/1 "granaries."
注引《晋后略》：“仓库 。”
"storehouses."
ⅩⅩ/3 "Yang Hu was a skillful horseman and charioteer."
注引《幽明录》：“羊祜工骑乘。”乘，非车乘。骑乘两字义同。
"Yang Hu was a skillful horseman."
ⅩⅩ/4 "In front of him was a stream which the horse steadfastly refused to cross."
“前有水，终日 不肯渡。”终日，漏译。
"…refused to cross for a whole day."
ⅩⅩ/7 "The black-haired Chinese are about to share a common fate with other peoples."
注引《郭璞别传》：“黔黎 将同异类矣。”
"The masses will turn to be barbarians."
ⅩⅩ/l0 "he went to consult him. After he had come, Fu-k'ai took his pulses and said…."
“往迎 之，既至便脉。”
"he sent for〔Fa-k'ai〕. After he had come, Fu-k'ai…."
ⅩⅪ/11 "But Your Excellency, it's precisely on account of your eve that I want to do it."
“明府正为眼尔。但明点童子…。”两句应分读。
"Your Excellency, it is simply because of your eye. But I'll clearly dot the pupil and then…."
ⅩⅩⅢ/2
(1) "during an important period of mourning."
“以重 丧。”
"during the period of severe mourning."
(2) "How do you imagine the likes of you can survive?"
注引干宝《晋纪》：“若卿之徒，何可长 也。”长，上声，增盛也，非生存。
"How can〔the tainting influence of〕people like you be permitted to prevail (literally, to spread)?"
ⅩⅩⅢ/8 "…after careful investigation he ceased after a while to think anything amiss."
“伺察，终无他意 。”无他意，谓别无他图也。
"…after careful investigation it was found that Juan had no other intention."
ⅩⅩⅢ/10 "accustomed to occupying posts."
注引《竹林七贤论》：“善居室 。”居室，谓治生产也。
"skillful at making money."
ⅩⅩⅢ/15 "but after the end of Wei they were hushed up and relegated to back alleys. By the middle of the Hsien-ning era (275-279), however, they began again to mount the king's highway."
注引《竹林七贤论》：“自魏末沉沦闾巷，逮晋咸宁中始登王途 。”
"After the end of Wei he was relegated to back alleys. By the middle of the Hsien-ning era (275-279), however, he began to launch〔a career〕of imperial service."
ⅩⅩⅢ/17 "There is no further need to repay me."
“无可复用相报。”
"I have nothing more to repay you."
ⅩⅩⅢ/20 "Do you think it's all right to do as you please without making a name for yourself…?"
“卿乃可纵适 一时…。”
"Would you rather do as you please for the present moment than make a name for yourself…?"
ⅩⅩⅢ/21
(1) "Pi Cho became president of the Board of Civil Office, …. The man in the neighboring house…."
注引《晋中兴书》：“为吏部郎 …比舍郎 …。”
"Pi Cho became a clerk in the Board of Civil Office, …the clerk in the neighboring house…."
(2) "realizing it was the president of the Board of…."
注引《晋中兴书》：“知为吏部也。”
"realizing he was from the Board of…."
ⅩⅩⅢ/23
(1) "with no love of fine clothing or the other amenities."
“无好 服玩。”好，上声，非去声。
"without fine clothing or trinkets."
(2) "tolerated it and asked no questions."
“亦容而不问 。”
"tolerated it and made no inquiries."
(3) "Contemporary discussions for this reason minimized (his activites), and therefore for a long time he was not subjected to criticism."
注引《晋阳秋》：“谈者以此少 之，故久不得调 。”少，轻视；调，迁也。
"Contemporary discussions for this reason looked down upon him, and therefore for a long time he was not promoted."
ⅩⅩⅢ/25 "wanted to communicate with…, thus exposing his depravity, …."
注引邓粲《晋纪》：“欲通其妾，…露其丑秽 。”
"wanted to have intercourse with…, thus exposing his private part, …."
ⅩⅩⅢ/28 "his wife's funeral."
注引《语林》：“姊 丧。”
"his elder sister's funeral."
ⅩⅩⅢ/34 "now, of course, you're… not playing at being Yuan Tan, are you?"
“汝故当不办作袁彦道耶？”
"now, you can't possibly play [the game] like Yuan Tan, can you?"
ⅩⅩⅢ/41 "went back home to resolve the problem."
注引《晋阳秋》：“回还 以解。”
"I tried to explain〔by going over the story〕back and forth."
ⅩⅩⅢ/43 "Every time he was exhilarated with wine he would sing it, following his own adaption."
注引《续晋阳秋》：“每因酒酣，从 而歌之。”
"Every time he was exhilarated with wine he would sing it as a consequence."
ⅩⅩⅢ/44 "I made bold to seek a front seat."
“故冒求前 耳。”求前，求谒见。
"Therefore I made bold to ask for an audience."
ⅩⅩⅢ/50
(1) "had a record of disloyalty."
注引《桓玄别传》：“有不臣之迹 。”
"bore marks of disloyalty."
(2) "Huan unthinkingly said to his attendants."
“频 语左右。”频，数数也。
"Wang said to his attendants repeatedly."
(3) "After doing so, he burst…. What has my violation of my father's taboo name…got to do with you?"
“桓乃流涕呜咽。……犯我家讳 ，何预卿事？”
"Huan burst…. what has the violation of my family taboo got to do with you?"
ⅩⅩⅣ/3 "Chung wanted to go to visit K'ang in company with other worthy and outstanding gentleman of the time."
“鍾要 于时贤俊之士，俱往 寻康。”
"Chung invited the worthy and outstanding gentleman of the time to go together to visit K'ang."
ⅩⅩⅣ/4 "Hsi still took it for a compliment, but An had done it on purpose."
“犹以为欣故作。”
"He still took it for a compliment specially presented to him."
ⅩⅩⅣ/5 "Liu Pao was the first on the list."
“刘道真是其一 。”
"Liu Pao was one among them."
ⅩⅩⅣ/6 "Both Ch'eng and Tun visited the grand marshal to decline the post."
注引《晋阳秋》：“澄敦俱诣太尉辞 。”辞，告别。
"Both…the grand marshal to bid farewell."
ⅩⅩⅣ/10 "It's just a case of delayed appointment to office, that's all.
“但晚令耳 。”令，佳誉。耳，谓晚年始显。
"It's〔because〕I gained fame only in my later life."
ⅩⅩⅣ/16 "had watered and swept and put everything in order…."
“乃洒扫施设 。”施设，具饮食。
"had watered and swept and prepared food and drink."
ⅩⅩⅣ/17 "isn't even fit to be classified as a northern boor…."
“不足齿人伧耳。”
"is merely an unworthy northern boor."
ⅩⅩⅤ/2 "On another occasion the "Emperor" asked Hui…."
“帝复 问会。”
"Again…."
ⅩⅩⅤ/20
(1) "…new clothes from the table."
“枕上新衣。”
"…new clothes from the cloth-horse."
(2) "walking clothes."
“行来衣 。”
"clothes for going out (i. e., travel outfit)."
ⅩⅩⅤ/55 "getting into his clogs."
“蹑履 。”
"getting into his shoes."
ⅩⅩⅤ/60 "…you may more or less use your discretion. But on the other hand, someone who likes to meddle in other people's affairs is definitely not what I want."
“且小如意 ，亦好豫人家事，酷非所须。”如意，得志也。
"Morerover, whenever they fare better, they would like to meddle in the affairs of other family. This is definitely not what I want."
ⅩⅩⅤ/61 "Huan Hsuan was once playing 'sequences' …with Yin Chung-k'an and everyone was playing sequences on the word lieu, 'ended' …. Next they did sequence on the word, jwie 'danger'."
“桓南郡与殷荆州语次，因共作了语 。”“次复作危语 。”了，了然，非竟。
"Huan Hsuan was chatting with Yin Chung-k'an. They competed to describe something which is obvious. Next they depicted something which it dangerous."
ⅩⅩⅤ/64 "…seems to be coming from the middle of the darkest corner of the room."
“如从屋漏 中来。”
"…seems to be coming from a room with a leaking roof."
ⅩⅩⅥ中文应题轻诋，不应题简傲。ⅩⅩⅣ简傲作轻诋，亦误。
ⅩⅩⅥ/6
(1) "the Terrace of Blue Green Distance."
注引：《妒记》：“青疏 台。”青疏，门户之有画饰者，疏或作琐，非疏密之疏。
"the Terrace with Windows Painted in Blue Designs."
(2) "The girl did not carry out her order."
注引：《妒记》：“给使不达旨 。”
The girl failed to comprehend〔Wang Tao's〕instruction."
(3) "she herself seized a kitchen knife."
注引：《妒记》：“人 持食刀。”
"each with a kitchen knife."
ⅩⅩⅥ/9 "In his whole life Liu Tan never had any relation with you."
“真长平生何尝相比数。”相比数 ，见重也。
"Liu Tan never thought much of you."
ⅩⅩⅥ/10 "He's constantly talking about…."
“尝谓使君降阶为甚。”
"I am constantly thinking about…."
ⅩⅩⅥ/11 "When Huan Wen invaded Lo-yang."
“桓公入 洛。”
"When Huan Wen marched toward Lo-yang."
ⅩⅩⅥ/13 "who in her twentieth year had the perceptiveness of someone twice her age."
注引孙统《高柔集叙》：“年二十，既有倍年之觉 。”觉，差别也。
"She was in her twentieth year. In addition to〔her youthfulness〕, -there was a twofold age difference between them-…."
ⅩⅩⅥ/14 "rapacious clerk."
“酷吏。”
"harsh clerk."
ⅩⅩⅥ/23
(1) "It is only Hsieh Wan who alone in our family will have a thousand-year reputation."
“中郎始是独有千载 。”独有千载，谓千载独有也。
"It is Hsieh Wan who came into being once in a thousand years."
(2) "how does he alone get to have such a reputation…?"
“复那得独有？”
"how could he be a unique being…?"
ⅩⅩⅥ/24
(1) "the style was flowing and smooth."
注引《续晋阳秋》：“文遂流行 。”
"thereupon the text had a〔widespread〕circulation."
(2) "An thereupon picked one from among them and carried it in his hand."
“安乃取其中 者捉之。”中，去声。
"An thereupon picked a suitable one and carried…."
(3) "vied with each other in emulating him, wearing the fans on their persons."
“竞慕而服 焉。”服，用也。
"vied with each other in emulating and using the fans."
ⅩⅩⅥ/27
(1) "but Yü was never appreciated."
“庾每不推 。”
"but Yü was constantly unappreciative of him."
(2) "is that enough to make him a great man?"
“足作健 不？”健，善也。
"is that enough to be proud of?"
ⅩⅩⅦ/6 "Whereupon he ordered some horsemen to pursue him." "After a while the pursuing officers began to sense they had been traveling a little too far…."
“命骑追之，已觉多许里 。”
"Whereupon he ordered some horsemen to pursue him, but they were already outdistanced by many li."
ⅩⅩⅦ/8 "Yü Liang's niece."
（据注引《晋阳秋》，知成帝母乃庾亮之妹）
"Yü Liang's younger sister."
ⅩⅩⅦ/9
(1) "great-aunt."
“从姑。”
"aunt."
(2) "This old battered relic is only looking…."
“丧败之余 ，乞粗存活。”
"As our family has undergone〔military〕devastation, I am only looking…."
(3) "the son-in-law himself is a famous official, in no way inferior to myself."
“婿身名宦 ，尽不减峤。”名，宦为二事。
"As far as his fame and official position are concerned, the son-in-law is no inferior to me."
(4) "It turned out just way the diviner said it would."
“果 如所卜 。”卜，料也。
"It turned out just as I have anticipated all along."
ⅩⅩⅦ/10
(1) "I myself am a man of the world. What have my nightmares to do with you that I should be called?"
“我自是天下男子厌 。何须卿事而见唤邪？”厌，连上读。
"I am just a man of the world who may at times have nightmares. What has it to do…?"
(2) "But since we have this mutual relation…."
“既尔相关 。”关，关注。
"Now that you are so concerned about me…."
ⅩⅩⅦ/11 "the Theory of Nonexistance is completely unfounded."
“无义那可 立？”
"how can the Theory of Nonexistance be established?"
ⅩⅧ/1 "his friends, all followeres of Wang Yen, went to visit him in prison to bid him farewell."
“友人王夷甫之徒，诣槛车 与别。”徒，辈也。
"his friends, such as Wang Yen and others, all went to the prisoner's van to bid him farewell."
ⅩⅩⅧ/8
(1) "His mood appeared somehow to be no longer what it was in days gone by."
“意似二三 ，非复往日。”二三，不一也，变易其志也。
"His mood, being different, appeared……."
(2) "were all persons he had despised in the past."
注引《晋安帝纪》：“皆畴昔之所附 也。”附，从。
"were all persons subordinate to him in the past."
ⅩⅩⅨ/2 "proceeded to send him a bill for it."
“后更责 之。”责，求也。
"proceeded to ask for its return."
ⅩⅩⅨ/3
(1) "Wang Jung was worth a great deal in property and money."
注引《晋阳秋》：“戎多殖 财贿。”殖，治产。
"Wang Jung accumulated a great deal…."
(2) "Since he was intelligent and wise. he survived."
“既明且哲，于是在 矣。”在，非谓存在，谓在此等处也。
"Here lies〔the truth〕known as, both intelligent and wise."
ⅩⅩⅨ/6
(1) "but he provided no entertainment for him whatever."
“都不料理 。”料理，关照也。
"but he did not take care of him at all."
(2) "My materal uncle is so penny-pinching that he's even hard pressed over having to part with plants and trees."
“家舅刻薄，乃复驱使 草木。”驱使，处置也。
"……so penny-pinching that he even goes〔so far as〕to dispose of plants and trees."
ⅩⅩⅨ/9
(1) "so that when he had gotten all the way around, the treasure was almost completely exhausted."
“乞与亲友周旋，略尽。”
"so that the treasure was almost…."
(2) "When Yin heard of it he was alarmed and dismayed, but could do absolutely nothing about it."
“惊怪不能已已 。”
"When Yin heard of it, he could not help being alarmed and dismayed."
ⅩⅩⅩ/1
(1) "If he wants to go ahead and kill somebody from another family…."
“自杀伊 家人。”
"He kills people of his own family."
(2) "We are bound to have this kind of incident."
注引《王丞相德音记》：“当有如此事。”
"He is bound to…."
ⅩⅩⅩ/6 "never missing in a hundred thousand cases."
注引《相牛经》：“千百不失。”
"never missing in a hundred of thousand cases."
ⅩⅩⅩ/7 "later, after an intermediary offered to die in his stead, he finally got to come out."
“后因缘相为 ，垂死 乃得出。”因缘相为，谓因缘人助也。垂死，几死。
"Later, thanks to a friend's help, he finally came out at the point of death."
ⅩⅩⅩ/8 "many more than there ever were in K'ai's place."
“如恺许比 其众。”许，量词，不解作“处”。比，可相较者。
"those like K'ai's were found in great abundance."
ⅩⅩⅪ/1 "or again he wanted to dismiss her, but could not bear the thought."
“欲置 则不堪。”置，留。
"or again he wanted to keep her, but could not tolerate〔her bad temper〕."
ⅩⅩⅪ/2 "he lay on the ground and seized it in his mouth."
“复于地取内 口中。”取，拾取。
"he picked it up from the ground and…."
ⅩⅩⅪ/6 "but people have boasted about him so much, it's been just enought to make him lose his spontaneity."
“但人为尔，多矜咳 ，殊足损其自然。”矜咳，整峻。
"but, being a person as punctilious as this, it's been just enough to…."
ⅩⅩⅫ/1 "it would be hard for anyone to accomplish your death."
注引邓粲《晋纪》：“难得其死 。”难得其死，谓不得享天年也。
"you can hardly die a natural death."
ⅩⅩⅫ/2
（1）漏译：“此皆是病痛事，当何所益邪？天下要物，正有《战国策》。”
"These all caused me headache. What is the use of them? The most essential thing (i. e., writing) in the world is none but The Intrigues of the Warring States."
(2) "who made Yüeh responsible for the other's offenss…."
注引《袁氏谱》：“乃托以它罪 。”它罪，非它人之罪。
"who made Yüeh responsible for another offense…."
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ/3
(1) "schemed with Chih, biding his time until a convenient day should arrive."
注引《陆机别传》：“与志谗构日至 。”日至，无虚夕也。
"schemed with Chih to slander him day after day."
(2) "Those who knew this blamed K'ang for it."
注引干宝《晋纪》：“有识 尤之。”
"Those who were comprehensive blamed…."
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ/8 "and then when I offered him the Three Ducal Offices, how could I have been plotting any mischief? I was coerced by the royal laws."
注引邓粲《晋纪》：“一面披矜 ，便许 之三司，何图不幸 ，王法所裁。”
"…opened our hearts to each other and I predicted that he would someday occupy the Three Ducal Offices. Unexpectedly and by a stroke of misfortune, he was punished according to the imperial laws."
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ/9 "estimates of his character in his home village in the north never exceeded what he had been before."
“乡品犹不过 也。”过，入格也，非谓超越。
"evaluation of his character in his home village never passed him."
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ/10 "The inhabitants of the one commandery of Hsi-yang fall short of the truth."
注引《寻阳记》：“西阳一郡，户口差实 。”实，充实，非谓信实。
"The commandery of Hsi-yang is fairly populous."
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ/11 "If a man makes a request by prayer, expecting it to be efficacious, he is denying experience and nullifying his own doctrine. Surely he is only a vulgar disciple and nothing more."
刘注：“若请祷而望其灵，匪验而忽其道，固陋之徒耳。”
"If a man makes a request by prayer and expects it to be efficacious, but nullifies his own doctrine when his petition stands unanswered, then he is only a vulgar fellow and nothing more."
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ/12 "setting forth the pros and cons of deposing or establishing the emperor."
“陈废立之意。”
"setting forth the reason for deposing the emperor."
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ/16 "when unexpectedly he heard news…."
注引《续晋阳秋》：“俄 闻大勋克举。”
"soon afterwards he heard news…."
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ/17 "Yin Chung-k'an was drawn to Hüan Hsüan because of human sentiment."
注引周祗《隆安纪》：“仲堪以人情 注于玄。”
"As the popular sentiment was inclined〔to favor Hü an〕Hsüan, Yin Chung-k'an suspected that…."
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ/4
(1) "he seemed to lose his ambition."
“便失志。”
"he seemed to lose his sense of discretion."
(2) "they were drinking toasts."
“下饮。”
"they were drinking tea."
(3) "Once he followed a funeral procession as it passed beneath his lodgings…."
“尝行从棺邸下度。”
"Once while walking he passed by a storehouse of coffins…."
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ/1 "Ts'ao really thought this was what the Book of Documents and the traditions recorded."
注引《魏氏春秋》：“真所谓书传 所记。”
"Ts'ao really thought this was what was recorded in books and traditional documents."
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ/2
(1) "and claimed that he himself considered their beauty the most important thing."
注引《荀粲别传》：“自 宜以色为主。”自，自然，非己也。
"Naturally their beauty should be considered the most important."
(2) "It's indeed difficult to lose her."
注引《荀粲别传》：“妇人才色并茂为难。”
"it's indeed difficult to find."
(3) "it shouldn't be such a difficult experience."
注引《荀粲别传》：“非难遇也。”
"it shouldn't be difficult to come across."
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ/3 "fondled him in the wet nurse's arms."
“充就乳母手中呜 之。”
"kissed him in…."
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ/5 "the blue-green chain-decorated doorway."
“青琐。”
"windows painted in blue designs."
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ/5
(1) "Hsi-chin departed without coming forward."
“不前 而去。”
"Hsi-chih departed without meeting the host."
(2) "Shu's order was, in his own eyes, doing the appropriate thing."
“令自为 其宜。”
"Shu meant to let himself take an appropriate action."
(3) "the two were unequal in ability."
注引《中兴书》：“而两不相能 。”不相能，谓不相得也。
"the two did not get along well."
(4) "searching out its assests and liabilities, and found that the one in charge (Hsi-chin) had been remiss in forwarding taxes."
注引《中兴书》：“求其得失，主者疲于课对 。”课，非征税。
"searching out merits and faults of〔Hsi-chih,〕administration. The officer in charge〔of investigation〕was exhausted in preparing answers."
补遗（一）
Ⅵ/14 "Chancellor Wang Tao's superintendent of records was about to make an investigation of all the personnel under Wang's jurisdiction."
“王丞相主簿欲检校帐下 。”帐下，厨下。
"…was about to take an inventory of foodstuffs."
ⅩⅩⅨ/7 "Chancellor Wang Tao was economical and frugal by nature. His headquarters were full to overflowing with delicious fruits…. When the inspector-general reported it, …."
“王丞相俭节，帐下 甘果。盈溢不散。……都督 白之。”帐下，食物储蓄之所。都督，司其事者。
"…His food storehouse is full to overflowing…. When the head-manager reported it, …."
ⅩⅩⅩ/5 "Finally he secretly bribed the steward of Ch'ung's household…."
“乃密货崇帐下都督 。”帐下都督，典领膳食者。
"Finally he…the steward of Ch'ung's kitchen."
（以上据日本川合安氏说）
补遗（二）
稿就，寄马君商榷。马君细阅后以为未安者四十四条，今择从十五事，衔曰补遗（二）。刊诸篇末，以酬马君雅怀。
Ⅰ/2 “Toward few….”改为“Tai Liang seldom yielded superiority to anyone.”
Ⅱ/57
(2) "Hopefully there…?"改为"I trust there…?"
Ⅱ/90 全句改读为"Yuan said, There is no need for such anxiety." "Ch'e said, How do you know there isn't?"
Ⅱ/101 "he hinted the court."改为"he hinted to the court."
Ⅲ/14 全句改读“In the case of your Excellency's neglect of your own affairs, the whole realm also has not found it entirely satisfactory either…."
Ⅲ/16
(2) "every family…."改为"every family was provided for, and every person had enough."
Ⅳ/44 "put and end to the bewilderment."改为"put an end to the afflictions."
Ⅵ/20 "regardless of…."全句删。
Ⅸ/3 "I would seem to be somehow…."改为"I would seem to be somewhat…."
Ⅸ/11
(1) "Yu Ai's reputation…."全句删。
ⅩⅩⅢ/23
（2）全句删。
ⅩⅩⅥ/6
(2) "The girl failed to comprehend〔Wang Tao's〕instruction."改为"The girl failed to understand the situation." （The girl was unaware of the implications似更佳）。
ⅩⅩⅦ/9
(2) "As our family…."改为"As our family has barely survived loss and devastation, …."
ⅩⅩⅩ/7 "…, he finally came out at the point of death."改为"…, he finally came out on the verge of death."
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ/4 (1) "he seemed to lose his sense of discretion."全句删。
补遗（一）ⅩⅩⅨ/7 "…His food storehouse…."改为"His larder…."
一九九○年十一月二十三日四校毕。时距老友杨莲生教授之丧才一周。人琴并杳，把卷潸然。
（原载台北清华大学《清华学报》新20卷第2期）