原文:沧州南临河干,山门圮于河,二石兽并沉焉。
译文:沧州南面一座寺庙靠近河岸,大门倒塌在河中,两个石兽一起沉入河底。
原文:阅十余岁,僧募金重修,求二石兽于水中,竟不可得,以为顺流下矣。
译文:过了十多年,和尚募集金钱重修寺庙,在河中寻找两个石兽,竟然没找到,以为它们顺流而下了。
原文:棹数小舟,曳铁钯,寻十余里无迹。
译文:摇着几只小船,拉着铁耙,寻找了十多里没有痕迹。
原文:一讲学家设帐寺中,闻之笑曰:
译文:一个讲学者在寺庙里教书,听了嘲笑说:
原文:“尔辈不能究物理。是非木杮,岂能为暴涨携之去?
译文:“你们这些人不能推究事物的道理。这不是木片,怎么能被大水带走呢?
原文:乃石性坚重,沙性松浮,湮于沙上,渐沉渐深耳。
译文:石头的性质又硬又重,沙的性质又松又轻,埋在沙里,越沉越深。
原文:沿河求之,不亦颠乎?”众服为确论。
译文:沿着河寻找它们,不也荒唐吗?”大家佩服(它)是正确的道理。
原文:一老河兵闻之,又笑曰:“凡河中失石,当求之于上流。
译文:一个老水手听了这话,又笑说:“凡河中落入石头,应当从上游寻找它们。
原文:盖石性坚重,沙性松浮,水不能冲石,其反击之力,必于石下迎水处啮沙为坎穴。
译文:石头的性质又硬又重,沙的性质又松又轻,水冲不走石头,它的
,一定在石头下面迎面冲击石前的沙子形成坑穴。
原文:渐激渐深,至石之半,石必倒掷坎穴中。
译文:越冲越深,到一半的地步,石头必定掉在坑穴里。
原文:如是再啮,石又再转。转转不已,遂反溯流逆上矣。
译文:像这样冲击,石头再转移。不停地转移,于是反而逆流而上了。
原文:求之下流,固颠;求之地中,不更颠乎?”
译文:到下游寻找石头,固然荒唐;在原地寻找它们,不是更荒唐吗?”
原文:如其言,果得于数里外。
译文:照他的话,果然在几里外寻到了(石兽)。
原文:然则天下之事,但知其一,不知其二者多矣,可据理臆断欤?
译文:那么天下的事,只知一方面,不知另一方面的例子很多,可以根据(一个方面的)道理就
吗?
Cangzhou South Kanawha dry, gate destroyed in the river, two stone animals and Shen Yan.Read more than ten years old, the monk raised gold rebuilt, seeking two stone animals in the water, actually not available, that carry lower downstream.Boating number of boat, trolling iron palladium, look for more than ten years without a trace.
A lecture home located off the temple, and the smell of laughed and said:"Seoul generation can not study physics. Non-wood 杮, how can we go for the portability of skyrocketing?Kennedy is the weight of the stone, sandy pine floating, submerged in the sand, gradually sink wore ear.Seeking the river, Britain does not have peace? "Public service is really on.
An old river soldier heard of it, laughed and said: "Where the lost river stone, when help of trend high.Cover stone of kin heavy, sandy pine float, water can not be washed stone, its counterorce, will meet the water at the sand is gnawing at stone ridge points.Getting excited wore on, until half stone, stone throwing Hom will fall in the hole.If so then Nie, stone and sub. Around incessantly, then carry on anti upstream reverse.The downstream demand, solid Britain; seeking land in Britain almost no more? "Its word, too few fruits inside and outside.What, then the world of things, but know one, I do not know which two more men, and can be justified on assumptions tonight?