《陋室铭》英文原文

导语：《陋室铭》,唐代文学家刘禹锡著,文章表现了作者不与世俗同流合污,洁身自好、不慕名利的生活态度.表达了作者高洁傲岸的节操,流露出作者安贫乐道的隐逸情趣.“铭”是古代刻在器物上用来警戒自己或者称述功德的文字叫做“铭”.

作品简介

《陋室铭》选自《全唐文》卷六百零八集.“铭”本是古代刻于金属器具和碑文上用以

叙述生平事迹的一些赞颂或警戒性的文字,多用于歌功颂德与昭申鉴戒.后来逐渐发展演变为一种独立的文体,这种文体一般都是用韵的.由于这种文体独特的历史渊源,使这种文体具有篇制短小、文字简约、寓意深刻等特点. 根据古文体的分类, “铭”是应用文.明白了铭的意思,也就明白题意,即对陋室进行歌颂,内接内容,即对陋室内的人的高尚品德进行歌颂.实际上也就是借陋室之名行歌颂道德品质之实,这才是作者真正的意思.托物言志,以此阐明作者的生活态度和人生观.这一点与《爱莲说》颇为相似.此处陋室是刘禹锡于长庆四年任和州刺史时所建.

陋室铭原文

山不在高,有仙则名.水不在深,有龙则灵.斯是陋室,惟吾德馨.苔痕上阶绿,草色入帘青.谈笑有鸿儒,往来无白丁.可以调素琴,阅金经. 无丝竹之乱耳,无案牍(dú)之劳形.南阳诸葛庐,西蜀子云亭.孔子云：何陋之有?

英文原文

An Epigraph in Praise of My Humble Home

A mountain needn't be high;

It is famous so long as there is a deity on it.

A lake needn't be deep;

It has supernatural power so long as there is a dragon in it.

My home is humble, But it enjoys the fame of virtue so long as I am living in it.

The moss creeping onto the doorsteps turns them green.

The color of the grass reflected through the bamboo curtains turns the room blue.

Erudite scholars come in good spirits to talk with me,And among my guests there is no unlearned common man.

In this humble room, I can enjoy playing my plainly decorated qin, or read the Buddhist Scriptures quietly, Without the disturbance of the noisy that jar on the ears, or the solemn burden of reading official documents. My humble home is like the thatched hut of Zhuge Liang of Nanyang, or the Pavilion Ziyun of Xishu.

Confucius once said: "How could we call a room humble as long as there is a virtuous man in it?"

注释

(1)山不在高,有仙则名.

山不在于它的高低,有了仙人就成为了名山.

(2)水不在深,有龙则灵.

水不在于它的深浅,有了龙就成为灵异的(水)了.