臣密言：臣以险衅［1］，夙遭闵凶［2］。生孩六月，慈父见背［3］；行年四岁，舅夺母志［4］。祖母刘愍臣孤弱，躬亲抚养。臣少多疾病，九岁不行，零丁孤苦，至于成立［5］。既无叔伯，终鲜兄弟，门衰祚薄［6］，晚有儿息［7］。外无期功强近之亲［8］，内无应门五尺之僮［9］，茕茕孑立［10］，形影相吊［11］。而刘夙婴疾病［12］，常在床蓐［13］，臣侍汤药，未曾废离［14］。
A Letter to His Majesty
Li Mi
Your humble servant Mi begs to say:
Born with ill fortune, I live a miserable and disastrous life in my
early childhood. My father died when I was six months old and my
mother was forced by her brother to remarry when I was four years
old. Feeling deep sympathy for my loneliness and poor health,
Grandmother Liu brought me up on her own. Being susceptible to
illness in my childhood, I could hardly walk even at the age of
nine. Having neither uncles nor cousins, I grew up helpless and
forlorn without any intimate companions. Destined not to have the
joy of a big family, I only got a male descendent late in life. I
have neither close relatives who will wear mourning for me when I
die, nor a boy servant to attend to the household affairs. Oh! How
wretched and lonely I am, with only body and shadow comforting each
other. Grandmother Liu has been bedridden for a long time, and I
have to wait upon her without negligence.
【注释】
［1］险衅（ｘìｎ信）：灾难祸患。指命运坎坷。
［2］夙：早。这里指幼年时。闵凶：忧患。
［3］背：背弃。指死亡。
［4］舅夺母志：指由于舅父的意志侵夺了李密母亲守节的志向。
［5］成立：长大成人。
［6］祚（ｚｕò作）：福泽。
［7］儿息：儿子。
［8］期功强近之亲：指比较亲近的亲戚。古代丧礼制度以亲属关系的亲疏规定服丧时间的长短，服丧一年称“期”，九月称“大功”，五月称“小功”。
［9］应门五尺之僮：指照管客来开门等事的小童。
［10］茕（ｑｉóｎｇ穷）茕孑（ｊｉé结）立：生活孤单无靠。
［11］吊：安慰。
［12］婴：纠缠。
［13］蓐（ｒù入）：通“褥”，褥子。
［14］废离：废养而远离。
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