趣味英語民間故事

舜帝孝感動天

Shun, a legendary ancient emperor and one of the Five Emperors, had a surname of Yao and a last name of Chonghua. He was also known as Yushi or called as Yushun in Chinese history.

舜，傳說中的遠古帝王，五帝之一，姓姚，名重華，號有虞氏，史稱虞舜。

According to the legend, his father Gusou (literally the blind old-man), stepmother and half brother Xiang plotted to kill him for many times:

相傳他的父親瞽叟及繼母、異母弟象，多次想害死他：

They let Shun revamp the roof of granary and set fire under the barn, Shun jumped to escape with two bamboo hats in hand; they also let Shun dig a well, but Gusou and Xiang filled soil to the well while the digging, Shun then dug underground tunnel to escape.

讓舜修補穀倉倉頂時，從穀倉下縱火，舜手持兩個斗笠跳下逃脫;讓舜掘井時，瞽叟與象卻下土填井，舜掘地道逃脫。

Afterwards, Shun didn't resent and was still humble to his father and loved his younger brother.

事後舜毫不嫉恨，仍對父親恭順，對弟弟慈愛。

His conducts of filial piety moved the King of Heaven. When Shun cultivated in Mount Li, elephants ploughed for him while birds weeded for him.

他的孝行感動了天帝。舜在厲山耕種，大象替他耕地，鳥代他鋤草。

Emperor Yao heard that Shun was a filial son with the talents of dealing with political affairs, and married off his two daughters, Ehuang and Nvying, to Shun.

帝堯聽說舜非常孝順，有處理政事的才幹，把兩個女兒娥皇和女英嫁給他

Through years of observation and tests, Emperor Yao selected Shun as his successor. After Shun ascended the throne as the Son of Heaven, he still called on his father respectfully, and granted the leud title to Xiang.

經過多年觀察和考驗，選定舜做他的繼承人。舜登天子位後，去看望父親，仍然恭恭敬敬，並封象爲諸侯。