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Learn Chinese in Chinese stories｜Chinese legends｜Shennong tested hundred...

Learn Chinese in Chinese stories｜Chinese legends｜Shennong tested hundreds of herbs in person

You may not know Chinese medicine, but you must have heard of artemisinin for malaria. Chinese herbal medicine has a history of several thousand years , there are currently more than 12000 kinds of herbs in China .The mastery of the medicinal properties of most herbs depends on the author's trial in person .《Shennong Herbal Medicine》is the earliest theory of Chinese herbal medicine,it is written by a person called Shennong who tested hundreds herbs in person .

你可能不知道中药，但一定听说过治疗疟疾的青蒿素。中草药有几千年历史，在中国目前有12000多种中草药.对大多数中草药的药性的掌握都是靠作者亲身试药。《神农本草》是最早的中药理论，相传是一个叫神农的人亲身尝试百种草药后写出来的。

 CONTENT

Yuan gu shi hou ,zai nan fang li shan fu jin sheng huo zhe yi ge jiao yan zu de bu luo

远古时候，在南方历山附近生活着一个叫炎族的部落

In ancient times, there was a tribe called Yan lived near the southern Lishan mountains

 Yan zu de ren men kao da lie wei sheng

炎族的人们靠打猎为生

People of the Yan tribe live by hunting

 Da bu dao lie wu jiu e du zi ,sheng bing le ye wu yao ke yi

打不到猎物就饿肚子,生病了也无药可医

People suffered from hungry if didn’t got prey ,and no medicine if got sick

 You yi tian li shan de shi dong li dan sheng le yi ge tou shang zhang zhe jiao de ying er

有一天历山的石洞里诞生了一个头上长着角的婴儿

One day a baby with horns on its head was born in a cave of Lishan Mountain

Ying er chu sheng de shi hou ,shi dong si zhou mao chu jiu yan quan shui

婴儿出生的时候，石洞四周冒出九眼泉水

When the baby was born, there were nine springs spilled out of the cave

 Hou lai zhe ge hai zi cheng le yan zu de shou ling bei zun wei yan di

后来这个孩子成了炎族的首领被尊为炎帝

Later the child became the leader of the Yan clan and was called Emperor Yan

  Yi tian yi zhi hong se de da niao xian lai yi chuan zhong zi fang dao yan di shou li

一天一只红色的大鸟衔来一串种子放到炎帝手里

One day a big red bird put a string of seeds into the hands of Emperor Yan

 Yan di jiang zhong zi zhong dao tu li ,bu duo jiu zhang chu yi pian he miao

炎帝将种子种到土里, 不多久长出一片禾苗

Yan planted the seeds into the soil and soon some rice shoots grew

 He miao cheng shu hou yan di jiang ta zhu shu le qing ren men pin chang

禾苗成熟后炎帝将它煮熟了请人们品尝

When the rice shoot matured, Yan cooked it and asked people to taste

 Ren men fa xian ta ji hao chi you neng tian bao du zi

人们发现它既好吃又能填饱肚子

People found it is delicious and can feed the stomach

 Yu shi yan di jiang zhong zi fen song gei ren men bing jiao hui ren men geng zhong

于是炎帝将种子分送给人们并教会人们耕种

So Yan distributed the seeds and taught people to farm

 Cong ci ren men you le liang shi chi ,zun cheng yan di wei shen nong

从此人们有了粮食吃，尊称炎帝为神农

Since then, people have grains to eat and honored Yan as Shennong

 Dang shi ren men sheng bing le wu yao ke yi

当时人们生病了无药可医

At that time there was no medicine when people got sick

 Shen nong jue ding dao shen shan ye lin qu cai ji yao cai

神农决定到深山野林去采集药材  中草药

Shennong decided to collect medicinal materials from the wide mountains

 Yi tian shen nong fa xian yi zhong lv se de ye zi

一天神农发现一种绿色的叶子

One day Shennong found some green leaves

 Ta jiao le jiao fa xian zhe zhong ye zi neng qing chu ti nei du su

他嚼了嚼发现这种叶子能清除体内的毒素

He chewed and found that the leaves could clear the toxins from body

 Shen nong gei zhe zhong ye zi qu ming wei cha

神农给这种叶子取名为茶

Shennong named the leaf ‘cha’ -- tea

 Mei dang shen nong chang yao zhong du hou ta dou yong cha lai jie du

每当神农尝药中毒后他都用茶来解毒

When Shennong was poisoned for medicine trial ,he used the tea to detoxify

Tong guo qin zi shi chi ,shen nong fa xian le hen duo ke yi zhi bing de yao cai

通过亲自试吃，神农发现了很多可以治病的药材

Through the trial by himself, Shennong found many herbs that can treat illness

 Yi tian shen nong fa xian yi zhong huang se de xiao cao

一天神农发现一种黄色小草

One day Shennong found a yellow grass

 Ta zhai xia ye zi fang jin zui li

他摘下叶子放进嘴里

He took the leaves and put them in his mouth

 Shui zhi zhe shi you ju du de duan chang cao

谁知这是有剧毒的断肠草

That was the highly toxic gelsemium elegan

 Shen nong teng tong nan ren hun dao zai di

神农疼痛难忍昏倒在地

Shen Nong felt terrible pain and fell to the ground

 Dang ren men zhao dao ta de shi hou ,shen nong yi jing si qu le

当人们找到他的时候，神农已经死去了

When people found him, Shennong was dead

 Shen nong shou li jin wo zhe ta dui ge zhong zhi wu yao xing de ji lu ‘shen nong ben cao’神农手里紧握着他对各种植物药性的记录<神农本草>

Shennong held the book <Shennong Herbal Medicine >which recorded the medicinal properties of plants

 Wei le ji nian shen nong ,ren men jiang ta chang bai cao de di fang cheng wei shen nong jia

为了纪念神农，人们将神农尝百草的地方称为神农架

In memory of Shennong, the place where Shennong tested herbs was called Shennongjia

 Shen nong ye bei zun wei nong ye zhi shen he yao wang shen

神农也被尊为农业之神和药王神

Shennong was honored as the god of agriculture and medicine.

  KEYPOINTS

 Nóng

农

nóng yè

农业 agriculture; farming

Nóng mín

农民 peasant ,farmer

Zhōng guó de nóng mín yī bān zhǐ xiǎo nóng huò diàn nóng ,tā men kào zì jǐ hěn shǎo de tǔ dì huò gěi bié rén gēng zhòng tǔ dì móu shēng

中国的农民一般指小农或佃农，他们靠自己很少的土地或给别人耕种土地谋生。

In China ,’nong min 农民’generally refer to small-peasant or tenants , who earn a living on their own little land or farming for others

 Jǐ qiān nián lái ,zhōng guó dà duō shù rén kǒu dōu shì nóng mín .zhí dào jìn jǐ shí nián suí zhe gōng yè huà hé dà liàng nóng mín jìn chéng ,zhè zhǒng rén kǒu jié gòu cái fā shēng gǎi biàn

几千年来，中国大多数人口都是农民。直到近几十年随着工业化和大量农民进城，这种人口结构才发生改变。

For thousands of years, most people in China are peasants. Until recent decades this demographic structure changed with industrialization and large numbers of peasants entering cities

 Zài zhè zhǒng shēng chǎn fāng shì shàng chǎn shēng de nóng gēng wén míng kě yǐ zuò wéi lǐ jiě zhōng guó de yí gè shì jiǎo

在这种生产方式上产生的农耕文明可以作为理解中国的一个视角

The Agricultural civilization produced in this mode of production can be used as a perspective to understand China

 Zhǒng  zhòng

种

Zhǒng zi

种子  seed;

Gēng Zhòng

耕种 plough and sow; work on the farm;

 Liáng shí

粮食 staple food; principal food

Dào gǔ

稻谷 rice (mainly in south)

Xiǎo mài

小麦 wheat (mainly in north)

Wǔ gǔ

五谷  the five cereals: rice, millet, millet, wheat, beans

Wǔ gǔ fēng dēng

五谷丰登  an abundant harvest of all crops

 Yào

药 medicine; drug; chemicals

cǎo yào

草药 medicinal herb

 Zhōng guó shì cǎo yào de fā yuán dì ,mù qián zhōng guó dà yvē yǒu yī wàn èr qiān zhǒng cǎo yào

中国是草药的发源地,目前中国大约有12000种草药。

China is the birthplace of medicinal herbs. At present, there are about 12000 kinds of herbs in China.

 Zhōng yào yóu cǎo yào ,dòng wù yào ,kuàng wù yào gòu chéng,cǎo yào zhàn le dà duō shù

中药由草药，动物药，矿物药构成，草药占了大多数。

Traditional Chinese medicine is made up of herbs, animal medicine and mineral medicine, and herbal medicine accounts for the majority.

 Chá

茶 tea plant; tea;

Chá yè

茶叶 tea; tea-leaves  

Gēn jù fā jiào chéng dù bù tóng ,chá yè fēn wéi hóng chá ,huáng chá ,bái chá ,lǜ chá děng根据发酵程度不同，茶叶分为红茶,黄茶, 白茶,绿茶等

According to the degree of fermentation, tea is divided into black tea, yellow tea,white tea, green tea, etc.

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Learn Chinese in Chinese stories｜Chinese Idiom ｜Li Bing Constructed Dujiangyan

 "Tian Fu zhi Guo" means ‘ The land of abundance’, which refers to the Chengdu Plain in Sichuan Province, where giant pandas live. In the early years ,the flood and drought disasters in the Chengdu Plain were frequent, and its prosperity benefited from a hydraulician named Li Bing, who construced Dujiangyan two thousand years ago . Dujiangyan eliminated the floods,irrigated the Chengdu Plain and made it become the land of abundance .

 ‘天府之国’的意思是富庶之地，它是指四川省成都平原，这里也是大熊猫的故乡。最初的成都平原水旱灾害频繁，它的繁荣得益于一个叫李冰的水利专家，他在两千年前修建的都江堰解除了水灾，灌溉了农田，奠定了‘天府之国’的地理基础。

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Lǐ Bīng Xiū Dū Jiāng Yàn

李冰修都江堰

Li Bing Constructed Dujiangyan

��Min jiang ,wei yu si chuan sheng cheng du ping yuan xi bu

岷江，位于四川省成都平原西部

Minjiang River, located in the west of Chengdu Plain, Sichuan Province

 Liang qian liang bai nian qian ,min jiang ji hu nian nian fa da shui

2200年前，岷江几乎年年发大水

About 2200 years ago, the Minjiang River flooded almost every year

 Hong zai zhi hou ,you chang chang chu xian gan han

洪灾之后，又常常出现干旱

Floods was often followed by frequent droughts

 Ren men sheng cun kun nan ,liu li shi suo

人们生存困难,流离失所

People were difficult to survive and lost their homes

 Gong yuan qian er bai wu shi liu nian ,shui li zhuan jiaLi bing dan ren shu guo jun shou

公元前256年，水利专家李冰担任蜀国郡守

In 256 BC,  Li Bing，a hydraulician，served as the stadholder of Shu ’Si Chuan’ State

 Min jiang bei yu lei shan dang zhu ,zhi hao xiang nan liu

岷江被玉垒山挡住，只好向南流

Minjiang River was blocked by Yulei mountain, had to flow south

 Mei nian shan hong yi lai jiu jue di

每年山洪一来就决堤

Every year the mountain torrents overflowed the banks

 Er zhe kuai di fang ze mei nian da han

而这块地方则每年大旱

And this place was dry every year

 Wo men yao zao kai yu lei shan fen liu min jiang

我们要凿开玉垒山分流岷江

We need to cut the Yulei mountain and diverse the Minjiang river

 Kun nan fei chang da

困难非常大

It is very difficult

 Dan shi xiu hao hou ,zi sun hou dai dou neng shou yi

但是修好后，子孙后代都能受益

But future generations will benefit when repaired

 Li bing rang ren yong da huo ba shan shi jia re

李冰让人用大火把山石加热

Li Bing asked people to heat the rock in fires

 Zai yong leng shui jiao zhu

再用冷水浇注

Poured in cold water

 Shi shan shi bao lie

使山石爆裂

To burst the rocks

 Ran hou qiao kai shi tou zao chu yi ge shan kou

然后撬开石头凿出一个山口

Then pried open the rocks and cut a pass

 Jiang min jiang yin ru dong bian gan han di qu

将岷江引向东边干旱地区

To lead the Minjiang River to the eastern arid region

 You yu shan di jiao gao ,fen liu de min jiang bu neng man zu guan gai xu qiu

由于山地较高，分流的岷江不能满足灌溉需求

Due to the high mountain area, the Minjiang River can not meet the irrigation demand

  Li bing jue ding xiu jian di ba ti gao shui wei

李冰决定修建堤坝提高水位

Li Bing decided to build a dam to raise the water level

 Ke shi di ba hen rong yi bei tuan ji de Min jiang chong zou

可是堤坝很容易被湍急的岷江冲走

But the dam was easily washed away by the swift Minjiang River

 Li bing cong  he bian xi yi fu de fu nv shen shang shou dao qi fa

李冰从河边洗衣服的妇女身上受到启发

Li Bing was inspired by women washing clothes by the river

 Dang fang ru shi tou dao xi yi kuang shi

当放入石头到洗衣筐时

When put stones into the laundry basket

 He shui cong xi yi kuang de feng xi zhong liu guo

河水从洗衣筐的缝隙中流过

The river flowed through the crevices of the laundry basket

 Xi yi kuang que bu hui bei he shui chong zou

而洗衣筐却不会被河水冲走

And the laundry basket won't be washed away  

 Tong yang de ,ru guo yong zhu long zhuang shang e luan shi tou ru jiang zhong

同样的，如果用竹笼装上鹅卵石投入江中

Similarly, if put pebbles in bamboo cages and throw into river

 Jiang shui cong zhu long he e luan shi de feng xi zhong liu zou

江水从竹笼和鹅卵石的缝隙中流走

The river flows through the crevices of bamboo cages and pebbles

 Dang jiang shui de chong ji li bian xiao hen duo

当江水的冲击力变小很多

When the impact force of the river becomes much smaller

 Di ba jiu neng xiu zhu qi lai

堤坝就能修筑起来

The dam can be built

 Li Bing dai ling bai xing yong zhe ge fang fa xiu jian di ba

李冰带领百姓用这个方法修建堤坝

Li Bing led the people to build dams in this way

 Ti gao shui wei bing jiang Min jiang fen wei nei jiang he wai jiang

提高水位并将岷江分为内江和外江

Raised the water level and divided the Min jiang river into inside and outside rivers

 Ji jian shao le yu ji shi  jiang shui dui di an de chong ji

既减少了雨季时暴涨的江水对堤岸的冲击

It reduced the river’ impact force to the banks in wet-season

 You yin nei jiang shui guan gai le gan han de nong tian

又引内江水灌溉了干旱的农田

And pumped inside river water into dry fields

 Ke shi wen ti you lai le

可是问题又来了

But there was another problem

 Nei jiang he dao xia zhai ,hen rong yi bei yu ji de ni sha du se

内江河道狭窄,很容易被淤积的泥沙堵塞

The inside River is narrow and easily blocked by silt

 Li Bing you she ji le si xing de fei sha yan

李冰又设计了S型的飞沙堰

And Li Bing designed S-shaped desilting Weir

 Li yong shui liu de chong ji jiang ni sha pai ru wai jiang

利用水流的冲击将泥沙排入外江

Using the impact of water flow to drain silt into the outer river

 Shi gan jing de shui liu ru nei jiang

使干净的水流入内江

To lead the clean water to inside river

 Li Bing you rang ren zai jiang di fang ru you ke du de shi xiang

李冰又让人在江底放入标有刻度的石像

Li Bing asked to put graduated stone statues at the river bottom

 Dang he di ni sha da dao shi xiang jing jie xian shi

当河底泥沙达到石像警戒线时

When river silt reach the warning line of the status

 Bian dui ni sha jin xing qing li

便对泥沙进行清理

To clean up the silt

 Zhi ci ,Du jiang yan shui li gong cheng zhong yu wan gong

至此，都江堰水利工程终于完工

The Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project was finally completed

 Du jiang yan xiao chu le shui huan

都江堰消除了水患

Dujiangyan eliminated the floods

 Guan gai le cheng du ping yuan , shi ta cheng wei le tian fu zhi guo

灌溉了成都平原，使它成为了天府之国

irrigated the Chengdu Plain and made it become the land of abundance

 Li jing liang qian san bai nian ，Dujiangyan zhi dao jin tian dou zai fa hui zuo yong.

历经2300年，都江堰直到今天都在发挥作用

Until now It has worked for 2300 years

   KEYPOINTS

Lǐ Bīng

李冰

Lǐ李: 姓 family name

Bīng冰: 名 given name

 Zhōng guó rén de xìng míng ,xìng shì fàng zài qián miàn ,míng zì fàng zài hòu miàn

中国人的姓名，姓氏放在前面，名字放在后面

All Chinese names, the family name is placed in the front and the given name in the back

 Lǐ zài zhōng guó shì dà xìng , bǐ rú ‘lǐ xiǎo lóng’--- Bruce Lee

‘ 李’在中国是大姓，比如李小龙-----BRUCE LI ;

Li is a popular surname in China, such as‘ Li xiao long ‘ ----Bruce Lee;

Zài zhōng guó wén huà zhōng ,wǎn bèi de míng zì bù néng hé zhǎng bèi xiāng tóng ,duì zhǎng bèi yě bù néng zhí hū qí míng

在中国文化中，晚辈的名字不能和长辈相同，对长辈也不能直呼其名

In Chinese culture, to show respect, the younger generation's name can not be the same as the elders,and can’t call the elders ‘ names directly

 Tiān fǔ zhī guó

天府之国

the land of abundance

 Tiān fǔ zhī guó shì zhǐ sì chuān shěng ,sì chuān wèi yú zhōng guó xī nán bù ,shì dà xióng māo de gù xiāng

天府之国是指四川省，四川位于中国西南部，是大熊猫的故乡

‘tian fu zhi guo’ refers to Sichuan Province, which is located in southwest China and home to pandas

 Lǐ Bīng xiū jiàn de dū jiāng yàn diàn dìng le sì chuān chéng wéi tiān fǔ zhī guó de dì lǐ jī chǔ

李冰修建的都江堰奠定了四川成为天府之国的地理基础

Dujiangyan, constructed by Li Bing, laid the foundation for Sichuan to become the land of abundance .

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