Lu Xun "Hometown" - 鲁迅《故乡》
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Lu Xun "Hometown" - 鲁迅《故乡》

in simplified and traditional Chinese, with pinyin and other useful information for self-study

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Lu Xun "Hometown" - 鲁迅《故乡》

in simplified and traditional Chinese, with pinyin and other useful information for self-study

About this book

The books in the collection »Read Chinese with Ms. Su« are aimed at advancedChinese learners who are in the process of reading longer texts on their own.

In the autobiographical narrative Hometown, the great Chinese writer Lu Xun created two literary figures, namely the farmer’s son Runtu and the “Tofu Beauty” Madame Yang, which belong to the Chinese cultural memory.

The first-person narrator visits his hometown to dissolve the household of his now impoverished family. He was in a sad mood, partly because the homeland he had left more than twenty years ago was no longer that of his childhood. His friend Runtu, the radiant hero of his childhood, who now addressed him with “my master”, suffered from hunger and the turmoil of war. Nevertheless, there should be hope. At least that is what the first-person narrator wishes for at the end of his journey.

Hometown is a particularly lovingly told story of Lu Xun. The style is unusually gentle for this sharp-tongued critic, and the construction of the sentences more simple und fluid. This is typical of Lu Xun when he writes about the landscape and the people of his homeland.

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The text Hometown has approx. 5000 characters, which are initially reproduced in the book in large font size and with pinyin. The word boundaries, which are normally omitted in a Chinese text, are indicated. Below the text line you will find explanations on word meaning, grammar, etc.; at the right margin of the page you will find a summary of the paragraph.

On the left pages of the book, the same text is printed in traditional Chinese characters, so that those who have learned simplified Chinese will quickly be able to understand the traditional characters with a little practice and vice versa.

At the end of the book, the texts are reproduced in normal print, i. e. in smaller font size, without any other information, as they would be found in a book from mainland China or Taiwan.

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The Text without Annotation in Traditional Chinese
故鄉
我冒了嚴寒,回到相隔二千餘裏,別了二十餘年的故鄉去。
時候既然是深冬;漸近故鄉時,天氣又陰晦了,冷風吹進船艙中,嗚嗚地響,從蓬隙向外一望,蒼黃的天底下,遠近橫着幾個蕭索的荒村,沒有一些活氣。我的心禁不住悲涼起來了。
啊!這不是我二十年來時時記得的故鄉?
我所記得的故鄉全不如此。我的故鄉好得多了。但要我記起他的美麗,說出他的佳處來,卻又沒有影像,沒有言辭了。彷彿也就如此。於是我自己解釋說:故鄉本也如此,——雖然沒有進步,也未必有如我所感的悲涼,這只是我自己心情的改變罷了,因為我這次回鄉,本沒有什麽好心緒。
我這次是專為了別他而來的。我們多年聚族而居的老屋,已經公同賣給別姓了,交屋的期限,只在本年,所以必須趕在正月初一以前,永別了熟識的老屋,而且遠離了熟識的故鄉,搬家到我在謀食的異地去。
第二日清早晨我到了我家的門口了。瓦楞上許多枯草的斷莖當風抖着,正在說明這老屋難免易主的原因。幾房的本家大約已經搬走了,所以很寂靜。我到了自家的房外,我的母親早已迎着出來了,接着便飛出了八歲的侄兒宏兒。
我的母親很高興,但也藏着許多凄涼的神情,教我坐下,歇息,喝茶,且不談搬家的事。宏兒沒有見過我,遠遠地對面站着只是看。
但我們終於談到搬家的事。我說外間的寓所已經租定了,又買了幾件傢具,此外須將家裏所有的木器賣去,再去增添。母親也說好,而且行李也略已齊集,木器不便搬運的,也小半賣去了,只是收不起錢來。
『你休息一兩天,去拜望親戚本家一回,我們便可以走了。』母親說。
『是的。』
『還有閏土,他每到我家來時,總問起你,很想見你一回面。我已經將你到家的大約日期通知他,他也許就要來了。』
這時候,我的腦裏忽然閃出一幅神異的圖畫來:深藍的天空中掛着一輪金黃的圓月,下面是海邊的沙地,都種着一望無際的碧綠的西瓜,其間有一個十一二歲的少年,項帶銀圈,手捏一柄鋼叉,向一匹猹儘力地刺去,那猹卻將身一扭,反從他的胯下逃走了。
這少年便是閏土。我認識他時,也不過十多歲,離現在將有三十年了;那時我的父親還在世,家景也好,我正是一個少爺。那一年,我家是一件大祭祀的值年。這祭祀,說是三十多年纔能輪到一回,所以很鄭重;正月裏供祖像,供品很多,祭器很講究,拜的人也很多,祭器也很要防偷去。我家只有一個忙月(我們這裏給人做工的分三種:整年給一定人家做工的叫長工;按日給人做工的叫短工;自己也種地,只在過年過節以及收租時候來給一定人家做工的稱忙月),忙不過來,他便對父親說,可以叫他的兒子閏土來管祭器的。
我的父親允許了;我也很高興,因為我早聽到閏土這名字,而且知道他和我彷彿年紀,閏月生的,五行缺土,所以他的父親叫他閏土。他是能裝弶捉小鳥雀的。
我於是日日盼望新年,新年到,閏土也就到了。好容易到了年末,有一日,母親告訴我,閏土來了,我便飛跑地去看。他正在廚房裏,紫色的圓臉,頭戴一頂小氈帽,頸上套一個明晃晃的銀項圈,這可見他的父親十分愛他,怕他死去,所以在神佛面前許下願心,用圈子將他套住了。他見人很怕羞,只是不怕我,沒有旁人的時候,便和我說話,於是不到半日,我們便熟識了。
我們那時候不知道談些什麽,只記得閏土很高興,說是上城之後,見了許多沒有見過的東西。
第二日,我便要他捕鳥。他說:
『這不能。須大雪下了纔好。我們沙地上,下了雪,我掃出一塊空地來,用短棒支起一個大竹匾,撒下秕穀,看鳥雀來喫時,我遠遠地將縛在棒上的繩子只一拉,那鳥雀就罩在竹匾下了。什麽都有:稻雞,角雞,鵓鴣,藍背…...

Table of contents

  1. Impressum
  2. Foreword
  3. About Lu Xun and the Text
  4. The Text《故乡》with Annotation
  5. The Text without Annotation in Simplified Chinese
  6. The Text without Annotation in Traditional Chinese
  7. Other Volumes of the Collection