Yangzhou Guo Maoer's classical Chinese
Yangzhou Guo Maoer is good at oral skills. Geng (19th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi), in Yangzhou, a friend came to the apartment with a cat. Compared with (waiting for) ordering wine, Guo Qi was invited to play a trick by setting a screen on the right side of the seat, without lights and candles. After Guo sat on the screen, the host and guests listened.
For a long time, silent. Rarely, flocks of chickens crow, and their voices are different. I heard that my father called his son, "It's almost dawn, so I can kill pigs." When his son began to feed pigs in the pigsty, he heard pigs fighting for food and eating, and his father was cooking soup and pouring water into the fire. His son tied a pig, and the pig was tied, sharpened, killed, killed and bled, and peeled with boiling water, which was very smelly. Father also said to Confucius, "It's almost dawn, so you can sell it." When you hear the sound of meat, you can hear the sound of buying meat and counting money. Some people buy pig heads, some people buy internal organs, and some people buy meat. There was a lot of controversy at that time, and all four seats were silent with a cry (huā).
(Excerpt from "Yu Chu Xu Zhi Guo Maoer")
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There is a man named Guo Maoer in Yangzhou who is good at ventriloquism. In the 19th year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, when I was in Yangzhou, a good friend came to my residence with Guo Maoer. When he was happy, Guo Maoer stood up and asked for permission to provide some skills to entertain him. Guo Maoer arranged several screens on the right side of the banquet, without placing lights and candles. The host and guests sitting behind the screen also calmed down and waited for the performance to begin.
There was no sound for a long time. After a while, many chickens screamed (frightened), and different sounds had their own characteristics. After a while, I heard my father call his son and say, "It's almost dawn, you can kill the pig." After struggling to get up, my son went to the pigsty to feed the pigs. I only hear pigs eating, chewing and fighting for food. His father boiled water and poured water into the stove, one after another. Not long after, the boy tied up a pig, and the screams when he tied up the pig, the sound of his son sharpening his knife to kill the pig, the sound of the pig being killed and bleeding, and the sound of scalding pig hair were all clearly audible, and there was nothing unusual. Finally, the father said to his son, "It's dawn, you can sell it." I heard the sound of meat on the console table, and then I heard the sound of counting money when selling pork. Some people buy pig heads, pig offal and pork. Just as it was busy, suddenly "wow!" With a loud noise, everything quieted down (the performance was over).
Word translation
Good at: good at, good at
Geng Shen: Kangxi 19, AD 1680. (In ancient China, heavenly stems and earthly branches was a calendar year with a cycle of 60 years. According to the information I have, we can know the specific year. )
Carry: invite and accompany.
Bobby: And wait.
Settings: Settings.
Feeding: Feeding and feeding, generally referring to poultry.
Xun: The sound of hair removal.
Huā: Onomatopoeia, with a loud voice, is often used to describe crackling, snapping, opening, treble and so on.