《The Three-Body Problem》《三体》[ Chinese Literature 1 ] | Learn Chinese with Yoyo Mo

今天是我们中国文学专栏的第一期

Jīn tiān shì wǒ men Zhōng guó wén xué zhuān lán de dì yī qī

Today is the first episode of our Chinese Literature column

 

我想了一下

Wǒ xiǎng le yī xià

I've thought about it

 

这第一本书应该是哪本呢

Zhè dì yī běn shū yīng gāi shì nǎ běn ne

Which book should be the first one?

 

2024年中国3A游戏“黑神话悟空”很火

2024 nián Zhōng guó 3A yóu xì "Hēi Shén Huà Wù Kōng" hěn huǒ

In 2024, the Chinese 3A game "Black Myth: Wukong" is very popular

 

那我们从《西游记》讲起吗

Nà wǒ men cóng 《Xī Yóu Jì》jiǎng qǐ ma

Shall we start with "Journey to the West"?

 

2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主是中国的莫言

2012 nián Nuò bèi ěr Wén xué Jiǎng dé zhǔ shì Zhōng guó de Mò Yán

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner is China's Mo Yan

 

那我们从他的书讲起吗

Nà wǒ men cóng tā de shū jiǎng qǐ ma

Shall we start with his books?

 

2015年雨果奖最佳长篇小说奖颁给了一位中国科幻作家

2015 nián Yǔ guǒ Jiǎng zuì jiā cháng piān xiǎo shuō Jiǎng bān gěi le yī wèi Zhōng guó kē huàn zuò jiā

The 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel was awarded to a Chinese science fiction writer

 

很多名人都推荐这本书

Hěn duō míng rén dōu tuī jiàn zhè běn shū

Many celebrities have recommended this book

 

那我们就从这本《三体》开始吧

Nà wǒ men jiù cóng zhè běn 《Sān Tǐ》kāi shǐ ba

Then let's start with this book, "The Three-Body Problem"

 

《三体》的作者是刘慈欣

《Sān Tǐ》de zuò zhě shì Liú Cí Xīn

The author of "The Three-Body Problem" is Liu Cixin

 

1963年出生于北京

1963 nián chū shēng yú Běi jīng

Born in Beijing in 1963

 

曾在某个电厂当计算机工程师

Céng zài mǒu gè diàn chǎng dāng jì suàn jī gōng chéng shī

Once worked as a computer engineer at a power plant

 

《三体》是一部科幻小说

《Sān Tǐ》shì yī bù kē huàn xiǎo shuō

"The Three-Body Problem" is a science fiction novel

 

分为三部

Fēn wèi sān bù

It is divided into three parts

 

天文学家叶文洁联系上了4光年外的 “三体文明”

Tiān wén xué jiā Yè Wén Jié lián xì shàng le 4 guāng nián wài de "Sān Tǐ Wén míng"

Astronomer Ye Wenjie made contact with the "Trisolaran Civilization"  4 light-years away

 

三体星球的环境极其恶劣

Sān Tǐ xīng qiú de huán jìng jí qí è liè

The environment of the Trisolaran planet is extremely harsh

 

文明多次毁灭又重生

Wén míng duō cì huǐ miè yòu chóng shēng

The civilization has been destroyed and reborn many times

 

当他们发现了地球的宜居环境后

Dāng tā men fā xiàn le dì qiú de yí jū huán jìng hòu

After they discovered the habitable environment of Earth

 

他们决定入侵地球

Tā men jué dìng rù qīn dì qiú

They decided to invade Earth

 

展开了地球与外星文明的命运博弈

Zhǎn kāi le dì qiú yǔ wài xīng wén míng de mìng yùn bó yì

Thus began a fateful game between Earth and the alien civilization

 

故事中有宏大的宇宙想象

Gù shì zhōng yǒu hóng dà de yǔ zhòu xiǎng xiàng

The story contains grand cosmic  imaginations

 

也藏着对人性和文明的思考

Yě cáng zhe duì rén xìng hé wén míng de sī kǎo

It also hides reflections on human nature and civilization

 

《三体》里有一个著名的 “黑暗森林法则”

《Sān Tǐ》lǐ yǒu yī gè zhù míng de "Hēi àn Sēn Lín Fǎ Zé"

There is a famous "Dark Forest Law" in "The Three-Body Problem"

 

宇宙如同一片黑暗的森林

Yǔ zhòu rú tóng yī piàn hēi àn de sēn lín

The universe is like a dark forest

 

每个文明都是带枪的猎人

Měi gè wén míng dōu shì dài qiāng de liè rén

Every civilization is a hunter with a gun

 

小心翼翼隐藏自己的踪迹

Xiǎo xīn yì yì yǐn cáng zì jǐ de zōng jì

Carefully hiding its own traces

 

一旦某个文明暴露了自己的坐标

Yī dàn mǒu gè wén míng bào lù le zì jǐ de zuò biāo

Once a civilization exposes its coordinates

 

其他文明就会将其消灭

Qí tā wén míng jiù huì jiāng qí xiāo miè

Other civilizations will eliminate it

 

我们来读一读书里的文字

Wǒ men lái dú yī dú shū lǐ de wén zì

Let's read some lines from the book

 

你的无畏来源于无知

Nǐ de wú wèi lái yuán yú wú zhī

Your fearlessness stems from ignorance

 

我们都是阴沟里的虫子，但总还是得有人仰望星空 。

Wǒ men dōu shì yīn gōu lǐ de chóng zi ，dàn zǒng hái shì děi yǒu rén yǎng wàng xīng kōng 。

We are all worms in the gutter, but someone has to look up at the stars.

 

我爱你，与你有何相干？毁灭你，又与你有何相干 ？

Wǒ ài nǐ ，yǔ nǐ yǒu hé xiāng gān ？Huǐ miè nǐ ，yòu yǔ nǐ yǒu hé xiāng gān ？

I love you, what does that have to do with you? Destroying you, what does that have to do with you?