红楼梦Chapter18_小升初阅读_小升初-查字典英语网

红楼梦Chapter18

Hills it enclasps， embraces streams， with skill it is laid out： What task the grounds to raise! the works to start and bring about! Of scenery in heaven and amongst men store has been made; The name Broad Vista oer the fragrant park should be engraved.

When she had finished writing， she observed smilingly， as she addressed herself to all the young ladies： I have all along lacked the quality of sharpness and never besides been good at verses; as you， sisters， and all of you have ever been aware; but， on a night like this Ive been fain to do my best， with the object of escaping censure， and of not reflecting injustice on this scenery and nothing more. But some other day when Ive got time， be it ever so little， I shall deem it my duty to make up what remains by inditing a record of the Broad Vista Garden， as well as a song on my visit to my parents and other such literary productions in memory of the events of this day. You sisters and others must， each of you， in like manner compose a stanza on the motto on each tablet， expressing your sentiments， as you please， without being restrained by any regard for my meaGRE ability. Knowing as I do besides that Pao-yue is， indeed， able to write verses， I feel the more delighted! But among his compositions， those I like the best are those in the two places， the Hsiao Hsiang Lodge， and the court of Heng and Wu; and next those of the Joyful red court， and the cottage in the hills， where the dolichos is bleached. As for grand sites like these four， there should be found some out-of-the-way expressions to insert in the verses so that they should be felicitous. The antithetical lines composed by you， (Pao-yue)， on a former occasion are excellent， it is true; but you should now further indite for each place， a pentameter stanza， so that by allowing me to test you in my presence， you may not show yourself ungrateful for the trouble I have taken in teaching you from your youth up.