Do you want to learn Chinese through stories? Here is a story named-Every word is worth a thousand words. Have you ever heard it before? Let's take a look.
Lu Buwei kept three thousand disciples as his advisers,
吕不韦养了三千门客,作为他的智囊,
lǚ bù wéi yǎng le sān qiān mén kè , zuò wéi tā de zhì náng ,
Devise ways to consolidate his power.
想出种种办法来巩固他的政权.
xiǎng chū zhǒng zhǒng bàn fǎ lái gǒng gù tā de zhèng quán .
These people, these people, they have everything,
这些门客,三教九流的人,应有尽有,
zhè xiē mén kè , sān jiào jiǔ liú de rén , yīng yǒu jìn yǒu ,
Each has his own opinion and experience;
他们各人有各人的见解和心得；
tā men gè rén yǒu gè rén de jiàn jiě hé xīn dé ；
Put it on paper. Gather together,
都提出来写在书面上.汇集起来,
dōu tí chū lái xiè zài shū miàn shàng . huì jí qǐ lái ,
Became a great work of more than 200,000 words,
成了一部二十余万言的巨著,
chéng le yī bù èr shí yú wàn yán de jù zhe ,
"Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" was nominated.
提名“吕氏春秋”.
tí míng “ lǚ shì chūn qiū ” .
Lu Buwei regarded this book as a classic for the unification of the state of Qin.
吕不韦就把这部书作为秦国统一天下的经典.
lǚ bù wéi jiù bǎ zhè bù shū zuò wéi qín guó tǒng yī tiān xià de jīng diǎn .
At that time, Lv Shi published the book in Xianyang, the capital of Qin.
当时吕氏把这书在秦国首都咸阳公布：悬了赏格,
dàng shí lǚ shì bǎ zhè shū zài qín guó shǒu dū xián yáng gōng bù ： xuán le shǎng gé ,
Said anyone can add a word or subtract a word in the book, reward gold.
说有人能在书中增加一字或减一字者,就赏赐千金。
shuō yǒu rén néng zài shū zhōng zēng jiā yī zì huò jiǎn yī zì zhě , jiù shǎng cì qiān jīn。