Chinese story-Have a plan in mind-xiong you cheng zhu-胸有成竹

Friday, July 7, 2023

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In the Song Dynasty, there was a painter named Wen Youke. He wrote poems and articles very well. He was also good at drawing bamboo.
宋朝有个画家叫文与可,他的诗和文章都写得非常好,又很会画竹子。
sòng  cháo  yǒu  gè  huà  jiā  jiào  wén  yù  kě  ,  tā  de  shī  hé  wén  zhāng  dōu  xiè  de  fēi  cháng  hǎo  ,  yòu  hěn huì  huà  zhú  zi  。  

His paintings of bamboo are so lifelike that they are praised by people.
他画的竹子栩栩如生,很受人们的称赞。 
tā  huà  de  zhú  zi  xǔ  xǔ  rú  shēng  ,  hěn  shòu  rén  men  de  chēng  zàn  。 

He used to grow bamboo around his house,
他曾经在自己的住所周围,种植了许多竹子, 
tā  céng  jīng  zài  zì  jǐ  de  zhù  suǒ  zhōu  wéi  ,  zhòng  zhí  le  xǔ  duō  zhú  zi  ,  
  
To observe the posture of bamboo branches and leaves at different times throughout the year,
一年四季常去观察竹枝和竹叶在各个不同时期的姿态,
yī  nián  sì  jì  cháng  qù  guān  chá  zhú  zhī  hé  zhú  yè  zài  gè  gè  bù  tóng  shí  qī  de  zī  tài  ,

So he had a deep understanding of the image of bamboo.
因而对竹子的形象有很深的了解。
yīn  ér  duì  zhú  zi  de  xíng  xiàng  yǒu  hěn  shēn  de  liǎo  jiě  。  

He can quickly draw a variety of vivid bamboo when he picks up his pen.
他提笔就能够很快地画出各种各样的生动逼真的竹子来。
tā  tí  bǐ  jiù  néng  gòu  hěn  kuài  de  huà  chū  gè  zhǒng  gè  yàng  de  shēng  dòng  bī  zhēn  de  zhú  zi  lái  。  

When his friend Huang Buzhi saw this, he was greatly impressed.
他的朋友晃补之见了这种情形,十分佩服他,
 tā  de  péng  you  huàng  bǔ  zhī  jiàn  le  zhè  zhǒng  qíng  xing  ,  shí  fēn  pèi  fú  tā  ,
  
Once wrote a poem to praise him, including two lines that said: "When you draw bamboo, you have bamboo in your chest."
曾写了一首诗来赞扬他,其中有两句说道:“与可画竹时,胸中有成竹”。
ceng  xiè  le  yī  shǒu  shī  lái  zàn  yáng  tā  ,  qí  zhōng  yǒu  liǎng  jù  shuō  dào  :  “  yù  kě  huà  zhú  shí  ,  xiōng zhōng  yǒu  chéng  zhú  ”  。  

From this comes the idiom "having a ready mind."
"胸有成竹”这个成语就由此演化而来。
"  xiōng  yǒu  chéng  zhú  ”  zhè  ge  chéng  yǔ  jiù  yóu  cǐ  yǎn  huà  ér  lái  。

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