How can one find the best translations of four Chinese classic novels?

For 'Journey to the West', Arthur Waley's translation is quite well - received. For 'Dream of the Red Chamber', Hawkes' translation is considered one of the best. As for 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms', Moss Roberts' translation has its own merits. And for 'Water Margin', Sidney Shapiro's translation is among the notable ones.

Classic Chinese: A bag full of snow Translator: Nangfāi depends on the light of the fireflies and the reflection of the snow to read. The light of the fireflies is small but can illuminate a page of the book. The story of the empty bag reflecting snow comes from the character Che Yin in the Biography of Women in the Book of Jin. Because his family was poor and could not buy paper, he used the light of fireflies and the reflection of snow to read. This story was used to describe the spirit of hard work and to express the importance of knowledge to a person.

The classical Chinese translation of "Virtue" was "Virtue" or "The Way of Virtue". In modern Chinese,"virtue" generally referred to a person's moral character and behavior. It was an important concept in Confucianism.

The translation of the ancient "Four Knowledge" is as follows: "Four Knowledge" was an article written by Bai Juyi, a writer of the Tang Dynasty. The general content of it was that a person named "Four Knows" proposed four principles about being a human being, including: One should do something to be able to do something. One should be honest and trustworthy to win the trust of others. Three people should learn to be humble in order to improve their own quality. Four people should maintain perseverance in order to succeed. The article "Four Knowledges" emphasized the importance of humility, honesty, modesty and perseverance. It still has enlightening significance for people today.

The classical Chinese of the Record of Thick Virtue was translated into a book of virtue.

The classical Chinese translation of the black sheep was " black sheep." This sentence comes from the 16th chapter of the Analects of Confucius, Gongye Chang. The original text is: "There are five kinds of horses. One of them is flawless, two are not bad, three are not bad, four are not hungry, five are not satisfied." There are five kinds of horses. One is noble and the other is rich and the other is humble. The third is respectful and respectful. The fourth is respectful and kind. The fifth is gentle and harmonious. People have five virtues, one is benevolence, two are righteousness, three are courtesy, four are wisdom, five are credibility. If there is an unkind person, even if he is rich, he must be poor; If there is an unjust person, even if he is noble, he must be humble; If there is an impolite person, even if he is rich, he must be poor; If there is an unwise person, even if he is noble, he must be humble; If there is an untrustworthy person, even if he is rich, he must be poor. There are five kinds of harm to horses. If they are not tired, hungry or satiated, they will perish. There are five virtues in man. If you are not benevolent, you will not raise unjust people. If you are not noble, you will not listen to people who are not polite. If you are not wise, you will not plan, you will not believe, you will not be friends. Therefore, a gentleman does not raise an unkind person, does not value an unjust person, does not listen to an unwise person, does not plan an untrustworthy person. Therefore, a gentleman does not raise a horse that is harmful to the herd, does not listen to the words of a horse that is harmful to the herd, and does not harm the horses of the herd. This is the way of a gentleman."

The translation of the classical Chinese Ode to Snow is as follows: The northern wind whistled, and the snowflakes danced in the air, turning the world white. The poet stopped to watch and couldn't help but feel a myriad of emotions. The ground was covered in snow as if it was wearing a pure white cotton jacket. The branches were covered in glittering ice crystals. The cold air is filled with the fragrance of snow It made people feel relaxed and intoxicated. This poem expressed the poet's love and praise for the snow scene And his feelings and thoughts about nature. Through the beautiful description of snow, the poet expressed a sense of reverence for nature.

The classical Chinese translation of the Ring-knot Grass was "Biting Grass to Form a Ring". This idiom originated from a fable in Zhuangzi: Foreign Things. It tells the story of a man who, in order to get the love of a beautiful woman, deliberately put his grass in his mouth and tied it to a branch with a rope to express that he was willing to give up everything for this beautiful woman. Later, the man got the beauty but found that the beauty actually liked another man, so he threw away the grass and branches. The story of the grass knot was used to describe the sacrifice and sacrifice one made to achieve a certain goal. It meant that one was willing to do anything to achieve the goal.

Mencius Teng Wen Gong's translation into classical Chinese is one of the Confucian classics of the Warring States Period. The original text is as follows: Mencius Teng Wen Gong's original text: Mencius said,"The question of Teng Wen Gong is like the question of the great tree. Trees are the sum of all trees, and no one in the world can do it. However, if you do it and don't use it, it will be big or small. Now someone saws the big part of the tree under the tree, cuts off the weak part, and takes the small part in the middle. Therefore, isn't it appropriate to abandon the great for the small?" Translated into modern Chinese: Mencius said,"Teng Wen Gong asked this question as if a big tree was asking it. A tree was the sum of many trees, and no tree in the world could exist alone. But isn't it fitting to let him give up the big one for the small one, like letting him give up the trunk for the branch?"