Translation:

There was an old man surnamed Bai in Hebei, whose eldest son, Bai A, was a magistrate in the south, and there had been no news of him for two years. One day, a distant relative surnamed Ding came to visit the old man Bai, who entertained him warmly. Ding will be a little witchcraft, in the middle of small talk, the white old man asked about the hell in the matter, Ding said God, fantasy, white old man laughed it off.

Ding left a few days later, once, the old man is sleeping, dreaming of Ding came again, invited him to go out to play. The old man had no choice but to go with him. When they entered a city gate, Ding pointed to a gate and said, "This is your nephew's house." At the time, Bai Laohan's sister had a son who was a magistrate in Shanxi, and he said in surprise, "How could my nephew be here?"

Ding, however, said, "If you don't believe me, go in and take a look and you'll see." Bai Laohan walked into the door, and indeed saw his nephew, wearing a sable hat and embroidered official uniform, sitting in the lobby, holding spears and halberds, flag and banner guards on both sides, Bai Laohan wanted to go to see his nephew, but no one could give him a briefing.

Ding pulled him out and said to him, "Your son's yamen is not far from here, want to see him?" Not long afterward the two of them came to an official government office, and Ding said, "Go in!" White old man approached the gate, saw a big wolf in the middle of the road, too scared to go. Ding said again, "Go in!"

After entering another gate, he saw only wolves sitting and lying on and under the hall. Look at the steps, white bones piled up. Bai Laohan was shivering with fear at the sight. Ding Mou then used his own body to block and protect Bai Laohan to walk in. The old man's son, Baijia, came out of the house and was very happy to see his father and Ding Mou. He sat down for a while and told the servants to prepare a feast.

Suddenly a big wolf came in with a dead man in its mouth, and the old man stood up with fear and trembling and said, "What is this for?" Baijia said, "Deal with it and make a few dishes." The old man hurriedly stopped him, his heart was on edge, and he wanted to leave, but the wolves blocked the way. Just when the dilemma, suddenly saw the group of wolves chaotic strife howl and run away.

Some drilled under the bed, some lying under the table, the white old man was stunned. A moment later, two fierce warriors clad in golden armor ran in with glaring eyes and took out a shiny iron rope to tie up Baijia. The white armor pounced on the ground and turned into a tiger, with sharp and long teeth. One of the gold-armored warriors drew his sword to cut off the tiger's head.

The other said, "Wait! Wait a minute! This is for next April, why don't we knock off the tiger's teeth first." Then he took out a sledgehammer and struck the tiger's teeth, which fell to the ground one by one, and the tiger roared in pain, and the sound shook the ground and shook the mountains. The tiger roared in pain and the sound shook the earth and the mountains. The old man was so scared that he sweated like a pig. Suddenly, the old man woke up and realized that it was a dream.

The old man felt strange in his heart, so he asked someone to invite Ding Mou, who excused himself and refused to come. The old man wrote down the dream and told his second son to send it to Baijia, and in the letter he repeatedly warned his son to be honest. When the second son arrived at Baijia's office, he saw that his brother's incisors were all missing, and asked him in astonishment what had happened to them, and Baijia said that they had fallen off from his horse in a drunken stupor.

The old man asked about the time of the fall, Baijia said it was a certain month and a certain day, the old man heard that it was the day of his father's dream, and he was even more surprised. So, Lao Er then handed Bai Lao Han's letter to his brother Bai A. Bai A read it and looked very different, and after a while said, "This is just a coincidence, not surprising."

At that time, Bai A did not care about the dream because he had just paid a heavy bribe to his superior and was recommended for reuse. The younger brother saw that Bai A's men were full of corrupt people, those who paid bribes, and those who took the back door day and night, so he advised Bai A not to do so with tears in his eyes, but Bai A said: "You live in the countryside all day long in a broken hayloft, so you don't know the know-how of the officialdom.

The power of elevation is in the superior and not in the people, and if the superior likes it, it is a good official." Knowing there was no way to stop him, his brother went home and told his father. When Old Man Bai heard about it, he cried out. He had no choice but to lose his family's wealth to relieve the poor, and he prayed to the gods every day, asking only for God's retribution for his rebellious son and not to involve his wife and children.

After a few days, I heard that Bai A was recommended to be the director of the Ministry of Justice, and the guests were full of congratulations, but the old man was even more sad, and he stayed in bed sick. Soon, I heard that the white armor on the way back to the capital encountered robbers, master and servant have lost their lives. Only then did Bai Lao Han get up and said to the people, "The wrath of the ghosts and gods was only retributed to him personally, while the grace of blessing our whole family could not be said to be less generous."

Therefore he burned incense and gave thanks to heaven. The people who came to comfort Bai Laohan all said that it was hearsay, but only Bai Laohan was convinced, and set a date to prepare for Baijia's funeral. But Baijia really didn't die. When he encountered the bandits, he tried to take out all the gold and silver treasures to save his life, and the bandits said to him:

"We want to avenge the people's death, is it just for a few stinking dollars?" After saying this, they cut off his head. There were also a few magistrates who specialized in fishing the people to help Baijia scavenge for money, all of whom were killed by the bandits. Only then did the bandits divide the money and then sped away.

A short time later, another magistrate happened to be passing by. When that magistrate saw the white-armored corpse, he asked, "Who was the man who was killed?" The attendant who drove the road in front of him said, "He is the white magistrate." That magistrate said, "He is the son of the old man Bai, don't let the old man see such a ferocious and miserable appearance, or connect his head for him."

So a man received Bai A's head on his neck while saying, "The head of a bad man shouldn't be received squarely, so let's forget about it with the shoulder to the chin." After receiving the white armor's head, they left. After a while, Baijia slowly woke up.

When his wife went to collect his body, she saw that he was still breathing, so she put him in the car and slowly gave him some soup, which he was able to swallow. They both stayed in a hostel and had no travel money to get home. It was only after more than half a year that the old man got real news of Bai Jia, so he hurriedly sent his second son to fetch Bai Jia back.

Baijia, though back from the dead, could only see his own back, his neck crooked, no longer like a person.

Author's comment: "I can't help but marvel at the fact that the world is full of officials who are like tigers and officials who are like wolves. Even if the officials do not become tigers, but the officials will become wolves, not to mention that there are more ferocious than tigers! People are afraid that they will not be able to take care of things in the future; first to make people awake, and then to remind them to take care of the consequences of their actions, how subtle is the method of the gods and spirits in educating people!"

Dream Wolf Li Kuangjiu, a scholar from Zouping County, was a very honest and clean official. Often rich people were falsely accused, and (if they went to Lord Li to complain,) the servants under Lord Li threatened them, saying, "The Lord wants two hundred gold from you, so you must do it quickly; otherwise, you will lose your case!"

There was such a rich man at that time, who was afraid, but promised to take only half the gold. When the officer shook his hand and said no, the rich man begged and pleaded, and the officer said, "I'll do my best for you, but I'm afraid your honor won't agree. When the trial comes, you see me go and intercede for you in front of him to see if he agrees, which will also show that I have no other intention at all."

Soon, Lord Li tried the matter. The officer knew that Lord Li had quit smoking and deliberately walked up and asked, "Do you smoke?" Lord Li shook his head. The errand boy immediately came down to the hall and said, "Just now I said how much gold you want to take, and His Honor shook his head to show his disapproval, did you see that?"

The rich man (who did not know the true meaning of Lord Li's shaking his head) took it at face value and was so afraid that he promised to pay the gold as much as he wanted. The officer knew that Lord Li loved tea very much, so he went up to him and asked, "Drink tea or not?" Lord Li nodded and said yes. The officer then held the brewed tea and walked down the hall and said, "It's done! He nodded his head in agreement just now, did you see it?"

Then the case was concluded, and the rich man was indeed exonerated, and the officer then collected his bribe, and in addition, knocked him a sum of reward money. The police officer then charged him a bribe, in addition to knocking him off with a gratuity! The official thought himself to be incorruptible, but those who scolded him for his greed were everywhere.

This is because he indulged his wolf-like subordinates without realizing it. There are a lot of such people in the world, this story can provide a lesson for the officials.

Also, the magistrate, Lord Yang, is strong and upright, and anyone who offends him will surely die; he especially hates those who misbehave as servants, and does not forgive even small faults. As long as he sits in the hall in a dignified manner, the following small officials do not dare to cough. If someone in this kind of small official has an idea, he will favor to do the opposite.

It happened that a townsman had committed a felony and was afraid of being sentenced to death. A minor official asked him for a large bribe to intercede on his behalf. The townsman did not believe him, and said, "Why should I begrudge the honorarium if I can do it!" So he made a covenant with the petty official.

Soon after, Lord Yang tried the matter. The townspeople were not convinced. The young official shouted, "If you don't tell the truth, I'm going to torture you to death!" Lord Yang said angrily, "How do you know that I must torture him? It must be that the bribe he gave you hasn't arrived yet."

So he punished the minor official and released the townsman. The townsman afterwards rewarded the petty official with a hundred pieces of gold. Knowing that jackals are cunning and deceitful, (jackal-like) such people will hurt the yin qi, and even cause a person's reputation to be destroyed. I don't know what is in the mind of the official, but he feeds children to the beasts!

Expanded Information:

1. Appreciation of Dreaming of Wolves

The old man Bai pines for his son, who is working as an official abroad. But he was shocked to dream that all the people sitting and lying in his son's hall were wolves. Looking around, white bones are like mountains. What's more, the son even wanted to entertain his dad with dead bodies.

It turns out that the son has long been turned into an evil wolf because of the unkindness of the official. The story is a horrifying satire of the social reality of the years when corrupt officials were like wolves and tigers.

2. Dreaming of Wolves:

Bai Weng, a native of Zhili. Eldest son A divining service south service, two years without consumption. Appropriately, there is a Gua Ge Ding family name to create a visit, Weng money. Ding Su walking erratically. Talking times, Weng always ask to meditate, Ding to language involved in fantasy; Weng not convinced, but slightly related.

A few days after the farewell, Weng Fang lying down, see Ding again, invited with the tour. From the go, into a city, move, Ding pointed to a door and said: "This is the nephew of the gentleman's family." At that time, Weng had a sister for the Jin order, surprised and said: "U here?" Ding said: "If you do not believe, into will know."

Weng into, I see nephews, cicada crown embroidered on the hall, halberd blocks rows and columns, no one can pass. Ding trailed out, said: "Prince Yamen, not far from here, also want to see it?" Weng Nuo. Less time to a first, Ding said: "into the."

Peeping its door, see a giant wolf when the road, fear dare not enter. Ding also said: "Enter." And into a door, see the hall, the hall, sitters, sleepers, all wolves. And look at the courtyard, white bones such as mountains, more fear. Ding Nai to body wing Weng and enter. The son of a party from the inside out, see the father and Ding Liangxi.

Sitting less, call the waiter to cure the food. The first time I saw him, I saw a huge wolf with a dead man in its mouth. Weng war vigilance and rise, said: "This Hu for?" A said: "Chat to fill the kitchen." Weng anxious to stop. The heart of the heart of the uneasy, resigned to go out, and the wolves blocked the road. In and out of the square no master, suddenly saw the wolves howling to avoid, or scurrying under the bed, or ambush a few bottom.

Stunned do not understand why, Russia has two gold armor fierce soldiers Numu eyes into, out of the black rope Suo A. A pouncing on the ground into a tiger, teeth. A pouncing on the ground into a tiger, the teeth of the Northwest Northwest, a person out of the sharp sword, want to lord his head.

A person said: "and do not, and do not, this next year, between April things, not as good as the Gou knock teeth to go." Is out of the giant hammer hammer teeth, teeth zero fall to the ground. Tiger roared, sound shocked the mountains. Weng big fear, suddenly woke up, was aware of its dream. Heart different, sent to recruit Ding, Ding resigned not to. Weng Zhi its dream, so that the second son to visit the A, letter of caution and grief.

Before arriving, I saw my brother's teeth all off; horrified and asked, drunkenly fell off a horse broken, examining its time is the day of the father's dream. Out of the father's book. A read the change of color, said: "This is a dream of the appropriate symbols, how strange."

When the party bribe when the road, get the first recommended, so do not take the demon dream for the intention. I live in a few days, to see its moth-eaten servants full of halls, bribes off the sayers in the middle of the night unceasingly, sniveling admonition to stop. A said: "I live in Hengmao, so I do not know the customs of the career of the trick ear.

The right to depose, in the upper stage is not in the people. On the stage like, is a good official; love the people, what art can make on the stage like also?" I know that can not be persuaded to stop, so returned to tell his father, Weng heard the great cry. There is nothing he can do, but donate his family to help the poor, and pray to God every day, but I hope that the retribution of the rebellious son will not burden his wife and offspring.

The following year, the newspaper a recommendation for the Ministry of Justice, congratulations on the door; Weng only lamented, sleep on the pillow to the disease not. Not a few, heard the son of the return journey encountered bandits, the master and servant perished. Weng Nai up, said: "the wrath of the gods and ghosts, stop and its body, bless my family can not be said not thick." The company's website has been updated with the latest information on the company's website, including its website and its website.

The comfort of Weng, salty that the road blackmail, but Weng is convinced, carved day for the camp signs. And A solid not dead. The first April, A dismissed, just out of the country, that is, by the bandits, A dumped the suit to offer.

The bandits said: "We come, for the people of an area to vent their anger, rather than specialize in this! So I decided to kill his head. And asked the family: "There are Division Dacheng who is?" The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture's heart and mind, helpers of the abusers.

Family members **** pointed to it, the thief also killed. More than that, there are four people, A convergence of ministers, will be brought into the capital.

And the search and decision was made, and then divided into funds into the bag, overly fast and go.

A soul ambush by the road, see a slaughter officer passed, asked: "Who killed?" The precursor said: "A county white county also." Zaijun said: "This white son, it is not appropriate to make the old queen to see this murderous tragedy, it is appropriate to continue its head."

That is, there is a person to pick up the head on the cavity, said: "Evil people should not be made positive, to shoulder collar can also be." Then go. Move when revived. Wife to collect his body, see the rest of the breath, carry it to the line; from the grace of the irrigation, but also subject to drink.

But the traveler's residence, poor can not return.

But the poor can't go back. Half a year later, Weng was able to find out what happened, and sent his second son to return to him. A although the resurrection, but the eye can take care of its back, no more teeth number of people carry on. Weng sister son has a political voice, is the year the line to take for the Royal Secretary, all in line with the dream.

Is Shi said: "I sigh the world's official tiger and official wolves, than than also. That is, the official is not a tiger, and officials and will be a wolf, not to mention fierce than the tiger! Mrs. can not take care of themselves behind the ear; Su and make the self-care, ghosts and gods of the teachings of the slightest!"

Zouping Li Kuangjiu, official quite honest. Often have rich people for people weaving, door service scared of it said: "the official asked you two hundred gold, should be done quickly; otherwise, defeat!" The rich people fear, No prepare half of the number.

Service shaking hands can not be, the rich people bitter sadness, service said: "I do not try, but I am afraid that the ear is not allowed. To be heard on the video, you witnessed me for if white, its allowed or not, can also be clear that my intention of no other."

Some time later, the public press is the matter. The company's website has been updated with the latest information about the company's website, including a list of its products and services. Li shook his head. The service that tends to say: "The number of words, the official shook his head is not allowed, you see it?" Rich people believe that, fear, Xu as a number. Service knows that Lee's addiction to tea, close to ask: "Drinking tea or not?" Li nodded.

Service to cook tea, tend to say: "Harmony! The appropriate first, you see it?" Both the end of the trial, the rich people were exempted, the service is to collect their tho, and ask for thanks to the gold. Whoops! Officials think of themselves as cheap, and scolded its greedy people in the road. This is another vertical wolf and do not know that they carry on. The world of such a class of people more, can be a lesson for those who live in the official.

Again, the Eupzai Yang Gong, sex just candid, opposing its anger must die; especially bad soap, small faults are not forgiven. Every Rin sitting on the hall, the subordinates of the Xu official did not dare to cough. This belongs to some white, will be used instead. Happily, there is a euphonious person who committed a serious crime, fear of death. The first time I saw this, I was able to get the ball rolling, and I was able to get the ball rolling, and I was able to get the ball rolling.

Yup man do not believe, and said: "If I can, I do not have to pay!" The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, in the late 1990s. The first time I saw this, I was able to get a picture of it. The first time I saw it, it was a very good one, and I think it was a very good one. Officials in the side he said: "not fast real confession, adults shackles death!" The public said angrily: "How do you know I will be armored? I think the bribe has not yet arrived ear."

So he blamed the officials and released the people. The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley. The first thing you need to know is that you have to be able to get a good deal of money from the government, and you have to be able to get a good deal of money from the government. I don't know what kind of mindset the officials have, but I'm not sure if they want to feed their children to the people who are in charge of them!

3, "Dreaming of Wolves" Notes:

Directly under: the old provincial name. Ming Yongle early, built the capital of Beijing, said directly under the Beijing area for the North Zhili, said directly under the Nanjing area for the South Zhili. In the early Qing Dynasty to the North Zhili for Zhili Province. It had jurisdiction over the cities of Beijing and Tianjin, most of Hebei Province, and small parts of Henan and Shandong.

Divining in the South: to be an official in the south. Zuo Zhuan - Min Gong Yuan Nian: "At the beginning, Bi Wan divined for Jin." Divination, divination with yarrow. Ancient people went out to be an official, must first divine the good and bad luck; later called into the official as "divination".

Gua Ge: a metaphor for distant relatives.

Walking in the dark: the old superstition of being an errand boy.

Cicada Crown and Embroidery: this refers to wearing official clothes. Cicada Crown, decorated with the sable-tailed cicada pattern of the crown, the ancient noble officials wear. The official dress is embroidered with the Chinese character Xiezhi.

The halberd rows and blocks: refers to the ceremonial battles arranged in rows in front of the hall. Halberd, refers to the "dry", set of red and black fabric clothing halberd, used as a ceremonial weapon. The building is a feather-decorated banner used in ancient times as a ceremonial weapon.

No one can get through: it means that the palace ceremonies are solemn, and no one can convey the private friendship.

Edge: the open space above the steps in front of the hall. Also refers to the steps.

Wing: shelter, cover.

Cuisine: dishes.

War: the look of fear.

Chat to fill the kitchen: slightly for kitchen use. Butchery: kitchen.

Stunned: hastily stunned.

Black rope: that is, the rope, the official binding prisoners.

A: according to the shandong province museum copy of the original missing.

Northwest: the mountain rocks are high and steep, which is used to describe the sharpness of the teeth.

Lord of the head: to behead. The head of a man is cut off and hung on a piece of wood.

When the road: that is, when the road, refers to the character of the great pole.

Getting the first recommendation: to obtain the qualification of priority recommendation for promotion. Ming and Qing times every three years to examine the political performance of the Palace, called the "big plan". The best of the best, recommended for promotion to a new position.

Dormant service: harmful to the people of the mandarins, the Yamen servicemen of the derogatory term. It is a derogatory term for the officials of the government offices.

Hengmao: Hengmen Moushou, the humble room where commoners live. Hengmen: Hengmen, a door made of horizontal wood.

Guanqiao: the "know-how".

Delegation: refers to the dismissal and promotion of officials. The term is used to refer to the removal and promotion of an official.

Superiority: a term used to describe a person who has been appointed to an official position.

Retribution of the rebellious son: refers to the retribution that Baijia should receive.

The retribution of the rebellious son: the retribution that Baijia should receive. The first is that the person should be rewarded for his actions, and the second is that he should be rewarded for his actions.

The Ministry of Justice: this refers to the Ministry of Justice. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, state and county officials were transferred to various ministries, and they were generally authorized to serve as the principal ministers, as well as the ministers of the Ministry of Justice. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do that.

Yingzhao: Divining and searching for a burial place. The first is to find a place of burial, and the second is to find a place of burial.

Dismissal: to leave one's post; this refers to the dismissal of an official from his post.

Assisting Jie to be abusive: a metaphor for helping bad people to do bad things.

The term "Jie" refers to a tyrant at the end of the Xia Dynasty.

Collecting ministers: the accomplices of the governor who rake in money on his behalf.

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Shoulder to Jaw: to use the shoulder to receive the chin so that the head and face are turned sideways. Jaw, according to the Museum of Shandong Province, was originally written as "collar".

To receive a drink: according to a copy of the Shandong Provincial Museum, this was originally written as "but to receive a drink".

Line take: the Ming Dynasty system, according to the required number of years, the state and county officials by the local senior officials, can be transferred to the Beijing, through the examination and selection, to be authorized by the Ministry of Science and Technology or the Ministry of the official position, known as the "line to take".

The dream of the "Cicada Crowned and Embroidered" nephew of the former said that I dreamed of it, and now it is really a complementary casting of the royal historian, so it is said that the "Cicada Crowned and Embroidered" dream.

Bibi: everywhere.

Fiercer than a Tiger: Fiercer than a tiger. The first is that the government is not only a good organization, but it is also a very good one.

Subtle: How wonderful!

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Zouping: the name of the county, in present-day Shandong Province.

Lo weave: to be falsely accused. Luo weave: to make up false charges and frame up.

Press: to interrogate.

Bracteate: to pay a bribe.

Shekim: a tip of reward.