Chapter 14 Arrest And Trail

Main Ideas

本章节主要讲述苏轼因其文字获罪，遭受审判以及最后获释。

古代，历来由于言论不当（“文字”狱）而获罪不在少数，最后的结果都是流放亦或者迫害之死。

在经历此事件之后，苏轼的心态应该是发生了很大的变化的了。

乌台诗案，囚禁百日，以为山穷水尽，只求又结来生为了因。重获自由新生，未减旷达，仍存一派豪气。

平生文字为吾累，此去声名不厌低。

塞上纵归他日马，城东不斗少年鸡。

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Words & Expressions

slander

n./v.  to say false things about someone in order to damage other people’s good opinion of them 诽谤，诋毁，造谣中伤

eg. He is being sued for slander.

slanderous

adj.  a slanderous statement about someone is not true, and is intended to damage other people’s good opinion of them 诽谤的，诋毁的，造谣中伤的

Your Majesty has entrusted me with the shepherding of the people.

shepherd

v.  [T always + adv/prep] to lead or guide a group of people somewhere, making sure that they go where you want them to go 带领〔一群人〕，引导〔人群〕

shepherd sb into / out / towards etc  sth

eg. The tour guides shepherded the rest of the group onto the bus.

incorrigible

屡教不改的、无可救药的 （文中出现了很多次的 常为幽默用法）

eg. He is an incorrigible liar.

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Su Tungpo, to use the poet's own expression, had gone on "spitting out flies found in one's food," and had so far escaped scot-free. But the hundredth time he "spat," he was caught.

苏轼在度过读过一段潇洒、快意、纵情写诗的时期之后，也因其诗词以及不当“言论”让自己陷入牢狱之灾。

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