11: Take Oranges for Parent 懷橘遺親:陸績
Lu Ji was a man of Huating, Wu County (today's Songjiang, Shanghai) in the period of the Three Kingdoms and a scientist.
陸績,三國時期吳國吳縣華亭(今上海市松江)人,科學家。
When he was six years old, he went to Jiujiang with his father to call upon Yuan Shu. The latter entertained them with oranges and Lu Ji hided two oranges under his clothes. 六歲時,隨父親陸康到九江謁見袁術(shù),袁術(shù)拿出橘子招待,陸績往懷里藏了兩個橘子。
When they departed, the oranges fell to the ground and Yuan Shu laughed: "You came to my home as a guest. Why should you take away the host’s oranges when you leave?"
臨行時,橘子滾落地上,袁術(shù)嘲笑道:“陸郎來我家作客,走的時候還要懷藏主人的橘子嗎?”
Lu Ji answered: "My mother likes to eat oranges and I want to take them back for my mother." Yuan Shu was very surprised to learn he was pious to his mother at such a young age. 陸績回答說:“母親喜歡吃橘子,我想拿回去送給母親嘗嘗。”袁術(shù)見他小小年紀就懂得孝順母親,十分驚奇。陸
When Lu Ji was grown up, he was knowledgeable and knew astronomy and the calendar. He drew the Armillary Sphere Map, annotated the Book of Changes and wrote the Annotations on Canon of Supreme Mystery.
績成年后,博學多識,通曉天文、歷算,曾作《渾天圖》,注《易經(jīng)》,撰寫《太玄經(jīng)注》。