家书
张英
千里家书只为墙，再让三尺又何妨？
万里长城今犹在，不见当年秦始皇。
Reply a Letter from Home
Zhang Ying 1
The letter was 1000-li far away from my home,
I suggested yielding thee inches instead of quarrel.
Today the Great Wall’s standing still firm,
Who met the First Emperor 2 of Chin Kingdom?
1. Zhang Ying (1637-1708) was a prime minister in the Qing Dynasty.
2. The First Emperor here refers to Ying Zheng (259BC-210BC)—the founder of Chin Dynasty.
（朱曼华 译）
