人影
Man's Shadow
person[:Man's] s[-S]hadow
新月初上。
The new moon had just risen.
[The] new moon [had] just rise[n].
兒行廊下。似有一人隨其後。
A boy was passing under a veranda, (and) it seemed (to him) that somebody (lit. one man) was following him.
[A] boy [was] go[:passing] 2[a] veranda 1under, [and it] seem[ed] [to him that] one-man (somebody) [was_]following 2him 1after.
不敢回顧。
The boy did not dare to look back.
[The boy] [did_]not dare [to] 2back 1look.
急入告姊。
Hurriedly he entered (the house), (and) told (his) elder sister.
^hurry[-iedly] [he] enter[:went_inside] [and] tell[:told] [his] elder_sister.
姊曰。此{a:汝身之影}也。
(His) sister said, "It (is) the shadow of your body.
[His] sister speak[:said], "^it 2your 3body 4~'s 5shadow 1is.
汝立燈前。行日下。{b:皆有影}。
(When) you are standing before a lamp, (or) going under the sun, there always is a shadow.
[When] you [are_]stand[ing] 2[a] lamp 1before, [or] go[ing] 2[the] sun 1under, 2every[where] be[:there_is] 1[a] shadow.
何忘之耶。
How is it that you forget it?"
^how [is it that you] forget it interrogative_particle (~\?) [~\"]
{c:兒乃悟}。
The boy then understood.
[The] boy then understan[--oo]d.
Here 之 is a sign of the possessive case: "the shadow of your body".
Here 皆 is used as an equalizing particle which indicates that a quality, a state or an action relates to two or several objects to the same extent.
Similar examples.
人人皆知All men know that.老少皆在Old and young all are there.四海之內皆兄弟也All within the four seas are brothers.
Here 乃 is used as a consequential particle.
Similar examples.
乃可It will then do.百事乃遂Everything then has gone right.