In landscape the home town with cold barren of bleak, years, I spent very beautiful childhood.
在山水萧瑟、岁月荒寒的家乡，我度过了非常美丽的童年。
In 1000 kinds of beauty, have an in part, concern with writing unexpectedly.
千般美丽中，有一半，竟与笔墨有关。
Too cold that winter, the river writtened guarantee ice, the lake writtened guarantee ice, water jar of Lian Jiali also writtened guarantee ice. Be in such day, elementary school should undertake final.
那个冬天太冷了，河结了冰，湖结了冰，连家里的水缸也结了冰。就在这样的日子，小学要进行期末考试了。
In shabby classroom, every child wears black in the intention. Grind quickly, had licked brush on inkstone stone will be licked, prepare exam paper. That days, pencil, pen has not spread the village with this far out-of-the-way.
破旧的教室里，每个孩子都在用心磨墨。磨得快的，已经把毛笔在砚石上舔来舔去，准备答卷。那年月，铅笔、钢笔都还没有传到这个僻远的山村。
Grind Chinese ink to want water, classroom doorway has an urine bucket, children are ferial when attending class, should take every day with. But today, that pail also writtened guarantee ice, still just use half brickbat break open ice, just shake dip of all alone shaking large rope to go up to inkstone. Children are worrying, the exam arrives half, if inkstone froze, how to do?
磨墨要水，教室门口有一个小水桶，孩子们平日上课时要天天取用。但今天，那水桶也结了冰，刚刚还是用半块碎砖砸开了冰，才抖抖索索舀到砚台上的。孩子们都在担心，考试到一半，如果砚台结冰了，怎么办？
At this moment, a male teacher of buoyant walked into a classroom. He falls from cotton-padded clothes front of a garment take out a bottle of white spirit, go up to pour a few to the inkstone of every child, say: “ this won't freeze, be at ease write! ”
这时，一位乐呵呵的男老师走进了教室。他从棉衣襟下取出一瓶白酒，给每个孩子的砚台上都倒几滴，说：“这就不会结冰了，放心写吧！”
Then, the wine in the classroom is sweet blast, on exam paper also wine is sweet blast. Our brush word, from had Li Bai aftertaste at the beginning.
于是，教室里酒香阵阵，答卷上也酒香阵阵。我们的毛笔字，从一开始就有了李白余韵。
Stopping actually is Li Bai. The ability after be brought up knows, be in of our elementary school west, earlier than Li Bai 400 years, a flock of people been dippinging in wine wrote, take the lead then the individual calls Wang Xi, the exam paper that draw up cries " order of Lan Ting market " .
其实岂止是李白。长大后才知道，就在我们小学的西面，比李白早四百年，一群人已经在蘸酒写字了，领头那个人叫王羲之，写出的答卷叫《兰亭集序》。
Small class hour has 4 years old only on me, the focal point that became teachers naturally protects a boy or girl friend. Class hour uses brush record on, I am too small, do two tactics is Chinese ink, touched a face again. Accordingly, finish class every time, the teacher can be held in the arms quickly remove me, by the side of the brook that develops school gate mouth, wash my face and hand clean, next, holding me in the arms to return a seat quickly again, the teacher that allows a class is looked at a bit more comfortable. But, the teacher of a class can weigh full marks again / answer do such thing. Then, the footstep that those running, those hold held arm in the arms, those clear river water, add in, became my grandest calligraphy introduction subject. If I write bad brush word, providential not allow.
我上小学时只有四岁，自然成了老师们的重点保护对象。上课时都用毛笔记录，我太小了，弄得两手都是墨，又沾到了脸上。因此，每次下课，老师就会快速抱起我，冲到校门口的小河边，把我的脸和手都洗干净，然后，再快速抱着我回到座位，让下一节课的老师看着舒服一点。但是，下一节课的老师又会重满分/复做这样的事。于是，那些奔跑的脚步，那些抱持的手臂，那些清亮的河水，加在一起，成了我最隆重的书法入门课。如果我写不好毛笔字，天理不容。
Later, there was a library in the school. Because the book is very few, teacher regulation, with one page regular script in small characters, borrow a book. Raise the price of the commodities again before long, rise to borrow a book for two pages regular script in small characters. in those day, I the first time hear a teacher to say brush word into “ calligraphy ” , because this produces misunderstanding instantly, think “ calligraphy ” is the methodological ” that “ lends a book. This misunderstanding, it is pretty good.
后来，学校里有了一个图书馆。由于书很少，老师规定，用一页小楷，借一本书。不久又加码，提高为两页小楷借一本书。就在那时，我初次听到老师把毛笔字说成“书法”，因此立即产生误会，以为“书法”就是“借书的方法”。这个误会，倒是不错。
Outside the school, the person of literacy is very few. But the home town that is king Yang Ming, Huang Zongxi after all, folk has a rule, a paper that has written a word sees on the road, even if be small only one horn, even if already blemish, also 10 thousand cannot trample. The farmer of pass by saw, must stoop waist goes, collect respectfully rise, holding in both hands with the palm, to Wu Shan temple goes. On temple door edge, have a Shi Lu, 4 words carve on: “ respects cherish wastepaper with characters written or printed on it. There still is Yu Jin in ” Shi Lu, put down wastepaper with characters written or printed on it, have a small fire sometimes, do not have fire sometimes, see wastepaper with characters written or printed on it only slowly brown, frit is entered cindery.
学校外面，识字的人很少。但毕竟是王阳明、黄宗羲的家乡，民间有一个规矩，路上见到一片写过字的纸，哪怕只是小小一角，哪怕已经污损，也万不可踩踏。过路的农夫见了，都必须弯下腰去，恭恭敬敬捡起来，用手掌捧着，向吴山庙走去。庙门边上，有一个石炉，上刻四个字：“敬惜字纸。”石炉里还有余烬，把字纸放下去，有时有一朵小火，有时没有火，只见字纸慢慢焦黄，熔入灰烬。
I hear of, connect a bandit downhill, see the wastepaper with characters written or printed on it on the road, also do so.
我听说，连土匪下山，见到路上字纸，也这样做。
Home town coastal waters, have many fishermans. Which one season, if send a heart to want to fish to high seas, shipowner can walk certainly a few lis of ground, find a scholar, work with a bunch of one basket egg, fish, change so that fold wastepaper with characters written or printed on it. They believe, the world is the heaviest, it is these brush words of Hei Sensen. Press paper of one reiterative locution in cabin only the bottom intermediate, ability dare capture billow distant ship.
家乡近海，有不少渔民。哪一季节，如果发心要到远海打鱼，船主一定会步行几里地，找到一个读书人，用一篮鸡蛋、一捆鱼干，换得一叠字纸。他们相信，天下最重的，是这些黑森森的毛笔字。只有把一叠字纸压在船舱中间底部，才敢破浪远航。
Those collect the farmer of wastepaper with characters written or printed on it on the road, and the fisherman that presses wastepaper with characters written or printed on it in cabin, illiterate.
那些在路上捡字纸的农夫，以及把字纸压在船舱的渔民，都不识字。
Illiterate person respects a character, adore the deities that never seeks a range like us, be be worldly ceremony, heaven and earth respect.
不识字的人尊重文字，就像我们崇拜从未谋面的神明，是为世间之礼、天地之敬。
This is my start.
这是我的起点。(文/余秋雨)