2. vormodernes

Question 1

江西南昌县有士人某

Answer 1

there were 2 scholars from nanchang, Jiangxi province

Question 2

朋友之情，不能自割

Answer 2

but i can’t just cut our friendship

Question 3

阴喝

Answer 3

yinhe afraid

Question 4

兄慎弗怖

Answer 4

xiong shen fu bu

my brother don’t be afraid

Question 5

吾之所以来此者，欲以身后相托也

Answer 5

the reason why i came here is that after my death i wanted to entrust you

Question 6

得数斛来足以养生

Answer 6

if they could get a few hus of rive it would be enough to live

Question 7

愿兄周恤之

Answer 7

i want/hope you to take care of them

Question 8

吾有文稿未梓，愿兄为镌刻，俾微名不泯

Answer 8

wei zi, juanke, bi wei ming bu min

i have some articles which i didn’t publish yet and i want you to engrave them so that my name doesnt completely vanish

Question 9

少者唯唯

Answer 9

the young agreed

Question 10

既承兄担承，吾亦去矣

Answer 10

ji cheng xiang dan cheng

since that i asked you to undertake my favour I will leave

Question 11

与君长决，何不梢缓须臾去耶？

Answer 11

As we must farewell now forever, why not slow down, stay a little and then leave?

Question 12

更叙平生数语

Answer 12

they talked about all his life

Question 13

貌渐丑败

Answer 13

his appearance became gradually ugly and broken

Question 14

口中涎沫与少者之面相滴涔涔也

Answer 14

spit was pouring out of his mouth, slowly dripping un the face of the young

Question 15

尸主家方觅尸不得，闻信，臾归成殡

Answer 15

the family of the corps was now looking for him but couldn’t find him. They heard about the news and took care of the body to take him back to his funeral

Question 16

人之魂善而魄恶，人之魂灵而魄愚

Answer 16

ren zhi hun shan er po e, ren zhi hn ling er po yu
the spiritual soul of a human being is good while the corporeal soul is evil. the spiritual soul is clever while the corporeal soul is foolish

Question 17

其始来也，一灵不泯，魄附魂以行

Answer 17

yi ling bu min, po fu hun yi xing
when he first came, he was clever and not yet vanished so the spiritual and corporeal soul could enclose and come together

Question 18

其既去也，心事既毕，魂一散而魄滞。

Answer 18

since he wanted to leave and his worries were resolved, his spiritual soul fell apart and his corporeal soul remained

Question 19

魂在则其人也，魂去则非其人也

Answer 19

the spiritual soul is the personality and when the spiritual soul is gone, there is also no more personality

Question 20

世之移尸走影，皆魄为之，惟有道之人为能制魄

Answer 20

the walking dead and shadows are all corporeal souls. there are only a few people with the dao who can control their corporeal souls