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这里莱尔将“三十一金”译成twenty-one pieces of gold(二十一金)显然是笔误。更大的错误则在于,他认为这三十一金是耀宗因为感激秃先生的知遇之恩(was so moved)而送给秃先生用以购买小妾的。根据原文,我们知道“尝投三十一金,购如夫人一”的主语是承前句的“秃先生”,这里丝毫看不出他接受耀宗馈赠的意思。
第二处的原文是:“王翁曾言其父尝遇长毛,伏地乞命,叩额赤肿如鹅,得弗杀,为之治庖侑食,因获殊宠,得多金。逮长毛败,以术逃归,渐为富室,居芜市云。时欲以一饭博安民,殊不如乃父智。”莱尔的译文是:
Old Wang too had once said that when his father encountered the Long Hairs, he kowtowed to them and begged for his life.In order to thoroughly convince them of his submission he had kept knocking his head on the ground until he had raised a big, ugly lump on it.But at least the Long Hairs had not killed him.Elaborating on the technique of feeding invading armies, old Wang's father had even gone a step farther and opened a kitchen to provide them with food.As a result the Long Hairs had become especially fond of him and he, in turn, had made a great deal of money.When they were finally defeated, he managed to get away from them, became wealthy in his own right, and finally settled down in Wu town.Th
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