2018 學語集 11 - 15

Original Script

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11. 雷

陰陽相搏而成雷聲動以爲天皇之威

• 相 V: V each other

• 以為 N/C: regard as N / think that C

12. 霜

秋冬之間天氣上昇地氣下降霜乃降肅殺萬物使草木黃落.

• N1 N2 之間: between N1 and N2

• 乃 C: so/then/namely C

• 使 N V: make N V

13. 春

春之爲時也日暖風和草木化生百花爭發農夫耕田

• N 之 VP: for N to VP > the way that N VP

14. 夏

夏之爲時也日永風薰草木長茂農人耘秄

• N 也: pause marker

15. 秋

夏盡秋來凉風至霜露降草木黃落百穀用成農人收穫

• NN (Noun Compound)

• VV (Verb Compound)

Translation

(sample) : Young Kyun Oh

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Yin and yang grapple and result in a thunderous sound; people take its movements to be the Heavenly Sovereign's majesty.

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1. Is it typical for Chinese authors to describe thunder (and especially its sound) in terms of movement (動)? Does this word have a more appropriate English gloss in this context (one that might work more elegantly with 威, for example)?

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This probably refers to the first of the "Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors" (三皇五帝) laid out in the Shi ji 史記 and Yiwen leiju 藝文類聚.