放生故事之一: 放生池
1. 放生池
the free life pond
浙江天台山的山峰是青黛色的，犹如竖起的画屏。远客纷沓而至，观其美景。
the peaks of tiantai mountain in zhejiang are green and black. they stand like an ornamental screen. people come from far away to enjoy the scenery here.
几千年来，这些秀丽的山峰上都建有许多的寺庙。有一个大庙的主持名叫智顗，约生活在公元539－597年间。因为他的智慧，隋炀帝赐封他为智者大师，这个名字至今仍为人们所知。
for thousands of years, there have been many temples in these beautiful mountains. the head of a big temple there was called zhiyi. he lived from about 539 to 597 ad. because he was so wise, the emperor yang of the sui dynasty gave him the title the wise master, and this is how he is known even today.
当时，智者大师觉得时下之人过于残忍，尤其是满足口腹之欲时。他们可以杀掉任何活物，然后吃掉。
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