Source "Biography of He Jingrong in Liang Shu": "Show your cheeks, don't think about the water in the cup, the wings of the cloud, and care about the food in the cage."

Original text:

Xiao Chen, Yan Yu, Lanling people. When Chen was a few years old, he touched his back from Bohui and said, "I will teach." Only when you have less experience can you understand and argue. Start with Dr. Qi Taixue. When Wang Jian was in power, he was young and didn't know how to be frugal. He held a negative attitude towards his talents and wanted to be frugal. When I am frugal, I eat and drink in the music garden. When I wore tiger boots and peach branches, I made a frugal sitting posture and talked frugally, and I was very happy. Thrift for Danyang Yin, monarch for the main book, for South Xuzhou scholar, tired to move to Stuart room. Yongming nine years, Wei's friend. When Wei sent Li to make it, Qi Emperor gave it a banquet. Chen raised a glass of wine at the royal banquet to persuade him to be firm and not accept it. He said: "The court is selfless and cannot be persuaded." Chen Xu replied: "The poem says,' When it rains, I am in the public domain, so I am private.' "The people who sit are served, and the road is solid. When Dong Hun (1) succeeded to the throne, he took the temple-free canon as the basis for discussion, and Liewenhe as the basis for discussion. Both of them were temple canon, so they all followed it.

Liang Taijian is an empire. Beginning in Xuancheng, there were monks in the north and gourds in the south, including Preface to Hanshu. The monk said, "Sanfu has been handed down from generation to generation for a long time, thinking that Ban Gu is the real book." Chen Gu's books are different from the present ones. There are many ancient characters on paper and ink, such as the example of dragons. The sum of secretary Chen was also given to the East Palace by Wang Fannai of Poyang.

Move to Xing Wu area. There is a Xiang Yu Temple in the county seat, which is very effective. Therefore, the bed curtain in the county government is a shrine, so please pray for public and private. There are 2000 stones in the front and back halls, and they live in other rooms. When I arrived, I moved to the temple. I didn't doubt it. It is also forbidden to kill cattle and sacrifice, and it is forbidden to replace meat with pickled ones. I often go to big counties, but I don't care about this industry. If there is a flaw, I will accept it. I don't think this is too much. Chen often said, "When a teenager is strong, he is good at three things, music, books and wine. Since I was old, these two things have been abolished, but the book has never died. " But if you are stubborn by nature, you will often solve the problem yourself and get drunk when you finish it. In the first year of Zhongtong Datong, he served as the prefect of Jinling. Self-help due to illness, changed to Dr. Jin Guanglu. Single, 52 years old. It was ordered that the children and wife be buried in the same grave, provided with vegetables, and parked ten times on the day of burial. The survival rate was good. When you ride a bike in the rain, crying is very sad. A letter to this official, General Jia Yunhui. Ping Zi.

(Excerpted from Liang Shu Chen Xiaochuan)

Note 1 Dong Hun: Xiao Baojuan, the sixth emperor of the Southern Dynasties, was later victimized by a recent minister. He was only 19 years old, and he was relegated to the east. ② Two thousand stones: refers to the county magistrate. At that time, the salary was two thousand stones, hence the name. ③ù(jùn) here means to eat sacrifices.

Translation:

Xiao Chen, Yan Yu, Lanling people. When Xiao Chen was a few years old, Tang Bo Xiao Huikai stroked his back and said, "(This child) will definitely rejuvenate our family." When Xiao Chen was a child, he was clever and eloquent. First doctor of qi taixue. At that time, Wang Jian was in power in North Korea, and Xiao Chen was young and not appreciated by Wang Jian. Xiao Chen, relying on his cleverness, wants to meet Wang Jian. On one occasion, Wang Jian gave a banquet in Le Garden. Xiao Chen, wearing tiger boots and leaning on a mahogany cane, went straight to Wang Jian's seat. Wang Jian is very happy to talk with him. Wang Jianren was appointed as Danyang Yin, recruited Xiao Chen as the main book, and recommended him as a scholar in South Xuzhou. Xiao Chen was promoted to Stuart's clerk many times. In the ninth year of Yongming, the Northern Wei Dynasty began to establish diplomatic relations with Qi. At that time, the Northern Wei sent Li to the State of Qi, and the Emperor of Qi gave a banquet to entertain him. Li refused to accept a toast at the banquet, saying, "There is no personal etiquette in the court, so this glass of wine can't accept your advice." Xiao Chen replied slowly: "There is a saying in the Book of Songs that' raindrops fall on public fields, and private fields also rain'." Everyone here admires the eloquence, so Li accepted the persuasion. After Dong Hunhou succeeded to the throne, it was said that there was no legal system about paying homage. Xiao Chen suggested that both Levin and Yumin were laws and regulations about ancestor worship in the court, so he followed his advice.

After the establishment of the Liang Dynasty, Xiao Chen served as a court adviser. At first, Xiao Chen was appointed as the satrap of Xuancheng. A monk from the north crossed the river to the south with a gourd, which contained the preface of Hanshu. The monk said: "The legacy of Jingshi has been passed down from generation to generation, and I believe this is the original work of Ban Gu." Xiao Chen insisted on the book. This book is different from the Liang version in many places. The paper and ink are very old, and the words are as high as a faucet. Not official script, nor seal script. Xiao Chen cherishes it very much. On this trip, he dedicated this book to Fan Xiao, the king of Poyang, and Fan Xiao dedicated this book to the Prince.

Xiao Chen was quickly transferred to the Xing Wu area. There is an Axiangyu Temple in Xing Wu County, which the local people say is very effective, so the local people set up a tent as a shrine in nave, the county government, where public and private affairs come to ask for instructions and pray. Both the former satrap and the latter satrap worshipped in class and took refuge in other homes. After Xiao Chen arrived, he moved the throne back to Xiang Yu Temple, and did not hesitate to deal with the matter. It is also forbidden to sacrifice cattle to shrines, and it is forbidden to sacrifice dried meat instead of fresh meat. Chen Xiaoqin is in charge of the big county, never caring about the family property, and taking it when he is short, which is not regarded as a doubt. Xiao Chen once said, "When I was young, I had three hobbies: music, books and wine. When I get old, I give up both of them, but only one of them is interested in reading. " Xiao Chen is cheerful and unrestrained, and often sacrifices himself to help Kitchen God solve disasters and seek happiness. After the sacrifice, he will eat the food left over from the sacrifice and be intoxicated with joy. In the first year of Zhongtong Datong, Chen Xiao was appointed as the magistrate of Jinling and requested to be dismissed due to illness, and was appointed as Dr. Jin Guanglu. Xiao Chen is fifty-two years old. The last words asked his sons to bury him and his wife in the same grave, instead of sacrificing vegetables in the same grave. There were only ten cars when they were buried, so everything was as simple as possible. When the emperor went to the funeral, he was very sad and cried. The imperial edict posthumously conferred the original post, General Jia Yunhui. Mi is Ping Zi.