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henning
July 12, 2008, 10:21 AM posted in General Discussion何我堂堂须眉,诚不若彼裙钗哉?实愧则有余,悔又无益之大无可如何之日也
Can such a kinglike man really not compare with those women? Actually, it is only shame I have abundant, but regret is of no use, whatever I do, the chance just cannot come!
Breakdown:
何我堂堂须眉,诚不若彼裙钗哉?
堂堂 kinglike
须眉 a man
彼裙钗 that womanfolks (裙钗 Skirt + hairpin = woman! Cool piece of vocab!)
哉 (exclamatory particle)
何我堂堂须眉
Such (何) a kinglike 堂堂 man须眉 like me,
Really (诚) cannot compare with (不若) those (彼) women (裙钗) 哉 (exclamatory particle)
实愧则有余,悔又无益之大无可如何之日也
Really shame is all that I have abundant
实愧则有余
Really (实) shame (愧) however (则) [I] have in excess (有余)
悔又无益之大无可如何之日也
But regretting again (悔又) does not help / is of no good (无益), whatever I do (之大?) 无可如何 there is just no day (之日)!! (也)
changye
July 20, 2008, 03:46 AMHi henning,
无益'之大' = 'Very' no use.
无可如何之日= 没办法过日子（？） or I don't know how to spend days.
xiaoanolga
July 12, 2008, 01:12 PMHenning, my "xuci" file is in pdf or openoffice/word format. I tried to copy it here , but all the pinyin and formattint get lost, so it's no use.
However, feel free to mail me at xiaoan.olga@gmail.com and I will forward it to you (or whoever needd it)!
CAVEAT: notes taken during lectures by Dr. G.Goormaghtigh, University of Geneva, "Philologie et textes classiques", academic year: 2006-2007
Examples are mostly taken from the course, with some added by myself during texts preparation. All errors are my responsibility alone.