Over their chopsticks idly chattering, 饭桌上闲谈时，

　　Fell to disputing which could see the best; 争执起谁的眼力好，

　　At last, they agreed to put it to the test. 最后他们决定来较量；

　　Said Chang,A marble tablet, so I hear, 常说，在大理石板，我听到，

　　Is placed upon the Bo-hee temple near, 附近有个武夷庙，

　　With an inscription on it. 碑上刻着碑文，

　　Let us go And read it (since you boast your optics so), 我们去看看，碑文（既然你吹嘘你的眼力好），

　　Standing together at a certain place 站在石碑前面一定距离，

　　In front, where we the letters just may trace; 刚好看见上面文字的地方，

　　Then he who quickest reads the inscription there, 谁最快读出碑上的文字，

　　The palm for keenest eyes henceforth shall bear. 谁的视力就最好。

　　"Agreed," said Ching, but let us try it soon: 庆说，同意，我们尽快比，

　　Suppose we say tomorrow afternoon. 明天下午怎么样？

　　"Nay, not so soon," said Chang; 常说，不用这么早，我还有

　　I'm bound to go tomorrow a day's ride from Hoang-Ho, 一天的行程，骑马从黄河出发，

　　And sha'n't be ready till the following day: 后天才能回来，

　　At ten A. M., on Thursday, let us say. 周四上午十点再较量吧。

　　So't was arranged; but Ching was wide-awake: 这样决定了，庆睡不着觉：

　　Time by the forelock he resolved to take; 天刚蒙蒙亮他就出发了；

　　And to the temple went at once, and read, 到了庙前看石碑上写着，

　　Upon the tablet, To the illustrious dead, The chief of mandarins, the great Goh-Bang. 这里埋葬着杰出的满洲首领，伟大的国邦。

　　Scarce had he gone when stealthily came Chang, 他刚刚离开常就偷偷溜来，

　　Who read the same; but peering closer, 他也看到了同样的碑文，可他更仔细，

　　he spied in a corner what Ching failed to see—The words, 发现碑角上写着——这是庆没看到的。

　　This tablet is erected here by those to whom the great Goh-Bang was dear. 这个石碑是敬爱国邦的人所立。