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古文英用：《闲情偶记》翻译

十人之中，拔其一二最聪慧者，日与谈诗，使之渐通声律，但有说话铿锵，无重复聱牙之字者，即作诗能文之料也。苏夫人说“春夜月胜于秋夜月，秋夜月令人惨凄，春夜月令人和悦。”此非作诗，随口所说之话也。东坡因其出口合律，许以能诗，传为佳话。此即说话铿锵，无重复聱牙，可以作诗之明验也。其余女子，未必人人若是，但能书义稍通，则任学诸般技艺，皆是锁钥到手，不忧阻隔之人矣。

One or two out of ten concubines may be selected for their superior intelligence, and these you can talk to every day about poetry, and by and by, make them understand tone and metre. As long as their speech has a ring to it, and they don’t keep repeating themselves or use grating words, then they have the makings of a poet or prose-writer. The wife of Su Dongpo said, “The moon on a spring night is better than the moon on an autumn night. on an autumn night makes you feel cold and wretched, the moon on a spring night makes you feel good and glad.” This was not a poem, it was a causal remark. Yet Dongpo thought it had a good rhythm, and praised his wife for being able to make poetry. His words have since been much quoted, and go to prove what I said, that if a person’s speech has a ring to it, and has no awkward repetitions or jarring sounds, then they have the makings of a poet. The other girls may not all reach this level, but if they can get the hang of books, they will have the key to the various arts of letters in their hands, and need not fear being locked out.