<p>织草为茵 (Weaving grass into a carpet/ grass is woven into a carpet) is the literal meaning</p>
<p>It figuratively describes the scene as 'densely grown grass look like a woven carpet' (you can imagine it was very short grass)</p>

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<p>I am translating Dai Hongci‘s diary. He is describing an Austrian school for young nobles (貴冑學堂）. The above has a slightly unexpected word order. I am wondering, whether I understand it correctly (as grass interwoven into a thick mattress) , or whether 織草 is a plant name (cotton or something).</p>
<p>Below are the context (sentence by sentence), my German translation, as well as my rush attempt at an English one. A photography of a print, which I appended below, can be found <a href="https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&amp;file=104394&amp;page=313" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>:</p>
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<p>格致器械室、藏书室，藏籍颇富。/
Das Zimmer mit den naturwissenschaftlichen Apparati sowie die
Bibliothek bergen zahlreiche Bücher. /
The room with the natural sciences equipment and the library room contain plenty of books.</p>
<p>观马房，旁为练马场。/
Besichtigung der Stallungen.
Daneben befindet sich das Übungsgelände der Rösser. /
Inspection of the stables. Next to them there is the training ground for the horses.</p>
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<p>堂后因山为园，林木优胜，织草为茵。/
Hinter der Schule, an die Berge grenzend,
ist ein Garten zu finden.
Des Waldes Bäume sind zahlreich und florieren,
die Gräser wachsen dicht wie eine Matte./
Behind the school, adjacent to the hills, there is a garden (or park). Its trees are numerous and flourishing. Its grass is thickly interwoven as a mattress.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>TLDR: I understood 因 without 草字頭 as 連接, adjacent because of the Song poem: 水边小丘因古城, 上有巨竹数百个</p>
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Translation of 織草為茵 in context
# Translation of 織草為茵 in context

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-07)

I am translating Dai Hongci‘s diary. He is describing an Austrian school for young nobles (貴冑學堂）. The above has a slightly unexpected word order. I am wondering, whether I understand it correctly (as grass interwoven into a thick mattress) , or whether 織草 is a plant name (cotton or something).

Below are the context (sentence by sentence), my German translation, as well as my rush attempt at an English one. A photography of a print, which I appended below, can be found [here](https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&file=104394&page=313):

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格致器械室、藏书室，藏籍颇富。/
Das Zimmer mit den naturwissenschaftlichen Apparati sowie die
Bibliothek bergen zahlreiche Bücher. /
The room with the natural sciences equipment and the library room contain plenty of books.

观马房，旁为练马场。/
Besichtigung der Stallungen.
Daneben befindet sich das Übungsgelände der Rösser. /
Inspection of the stables. Next to them there is the training ground for the horses.

> 堂后因山为园，林木优胜，织草为茵。/
> Hinter der Schule, an die Berge grenzend,
> ist ein Garten zu finden.
> Des Waldes Bäume sind zahlreich und florieren,
> die Gräser wachsen dicht wie eine Matte./
> Behind the school, adjacent to the hills, there is a garden (or park). Its trees are numerous and flourishing. Its grass is thickly interwoven as a mattress.

TLDR: I understood 因 without 草字頭 as 連接, adjacent because of the Song poem: 水边小丘因古城, 上有巨竹数百个

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**Tags:** translation, meaning-in-context, literary-chinese

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-09-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

织草为茵 (Weaving grass into a carpet/ grass is woven into a carpet) is the literal meaning

It figuratively describes the scene as 'densely grown grass look like a woven carpet' (you can imagine it was very short grass)


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