If you come to visit the Imperial Palace,
remember not to take pictures at these spots within for they will make your
flesh creep even by day.

如果你要来参观故宫，记住故宫这几个地方是不宜拍照的，这几个地方白天在那里都会让人不寒而栗。Never photograph at the bedrooms of the
imperial concubines in the Cold Palace for too much yin there, otherwise you’ll break the
taboo.

在这种冷宫中妃嫔寝室是绝对不能照相的，这是故宫不宜拍照之中阴气最重的地方，要不然真是会犯了大忌讳…

Today I headed for school after the summer
vacation. Suddenly some pale sunlight was let out between the clouds.

暑假終矣始赴庠，雲罅忽瀉病日光。There
had been no rainfall at the quiet empty school yard. Why did the cover of my
bike’s seat get wet？

空庭寂寂無飄雨，何故濕却車之裳？

A decision made by the Propaganda Department of CPC Central Committee to confer on Z the title of a Model of the Times
Comrade Zhang Yugun is headmaster of Black Tiger Temple Primary School, High Mound Township, Zhenping County, Henan Province.
Without forgetting his original intentions and willingly giving up the chance to work in the cities, he has been firmly embedded in the deep mountains and struggling persistently in the front line of teaching for seventeen years in the countryside. For lack of teachers, he has devoted himself to the job whole-heartedly, studying every subject intensively and practicing teaching hard for giving each class satisfactorily.
Regardless of any sacrifice to himself, he learnt sewing and cooking for serving the increasing boarders; he helped the poor students generously with money; with no transport service in the mountain area, he had to carry back textbooks and stationery by a shoulder pole for the students; his resolute dedication to grass-roots education has brought new hope to the local children pursuing their studies.

Miss Yue - Sai Kan’s mother’s views on success Whether or not a man has achieved success can
be judged from three aspects in his last twenty years in the world. First, if
he possesses enough wealth; second, if he is healthy; third, if he has
relatives and friends by his side whom he likes and who like him. If his answers
to the three questions are in the affirmative, he can be called a successful
man.

Born in Guilin, Guangxi, Kan yuesai went to
settle in Hong Kong with her parents at the age of three, going to study in the
US by herself at sixteen.

The emperor and
his officials are entertaining themselves there by listening to the music which
reverberates loudly through the hills. The hot spring bath is only conferred upon
those wearing official headgear. And no civilian attends the banquet dressed in
a short close-fitting jacket of
coarse cloth.

君臣留歡娱，樂動殷樛嶱。

賜浴皆長纓，與宴非短褐。

The silk
distributed in the court is woven by the poor women and exacted as a tribute
from their whipped husbands.

彤庭所分帛，本自寒女出。

鞭挞其夫家，聚斂貢城闕。

With no shortage of food and clothing,
nowadays people are more and more enthusiastic about preserving their health. To
keep fit, besides good foods and outdoor activities, mental cultivation is also
important. Everyone hopes to be in a good mood every day. To reach this goal,
the best way is to adhere to the doctrines of Buddhism, abstaining from
avarice, annoyance and infatuation. That is to say, purifying the heart and
diminishing the passion. It’s easy to declare the belief but hard to carry it out. Because it
needs a strong will to resist all kinds of worldly temptations, which are just
illusions, as Buddhism denotes. Once into the state when all conventional
desires have been deserted, the joy repaid will be unmatched, well above that
brought by wealth, power and position.

I’ve known our school’s night watchman, Mr. Liu, is a good cook. I wasn’t aware of his craftsmanship until yesterday when I saw him finish weaving a delicate wicker basket. People of the older generations were or are usually skilled at some vocation, for example, grandfather and father in bricklaying, uncle and brother in carpentry and mother in weaving. Now we can afford to hire craftsmen furnishing our rooms and purchase many articles of daily use. But if we do some work and make something ourselves, then we have a close connection with the work and the object. Moreover, we’ll have a sense of our own importance and achievement.

The good rain did come at daybreak as
predicted. It is beneficial to the crops and vegetables at the first stage of
their growth.

Father Ralf has been madly in love with
Miss Maggie. But he falsely persuades her to forget him and marry an ideal
husband. Then he leaves so long and never returns until the fire in Drogheda. He departs again after the funeral of Paddy and
Stu. Maggie feels deserted and heartbroken and rashly marries Luke, a shearer
hired on the farm, who looks like Ralf in her eyes, without informing the
priest. Soon she is in deep remorse for her rashness in marriage when she is maltreated.
Her pride keeps her from telling her family any of her sufferings outside.

As a fifteen-year old boy, Tom’s calmness and courage in the face of adversity really deserves our praise and appreciation. When his father collapsed under the mortal blow of losing the lawsuit, he stands up bravely and determines to protect his mother and sister as a man should do in such circumstances. In view of this respect, Tom’s schooling is fruitful and worthy. Although he’s dull in commanding knowledge, his defying attitude towards the challenge of life is heroic and adorable. Nowadays the education of outlook on life has been largely ignored both at school and home; once the young people only trained for grasping knowledge are in unfavorable circumstances, they would be in perplexity.

A thin layer of ice formed on the surface
of the water in the bucket and the fuels were covered with a heavy frost. I have
got used to the chill for the autumn has arrived so long.

水浮冰兮薪覆霜，秋旣久兮已耐凉。People’s lot is just like this, so I hope
my wound will cure with the passing of time.

人生際遇亦如此，且待時日療我傷。