English Original
During the Jin Dynasty (265-420), there lived a writer named Zuo Si. As a child, he was mischievous and disliked studying, much to his father's frustration.
One day, while Zuo Si's father was chatting with friends who admired his son, he sighed and lamented that Zuo Si was even less studious than he had been in his youth, calling him a "good-for-nothing." Overhearing this, young Zuo Si was deeply saddened and realized his future would be bleak without hard work. He resolved to study diligently from that moment on.
Years of relentless effort transformed Zuo Si into a learned scholar. His first major work, the "Ode to the Capital of Qi," showcased his literary talent. He then embarked on an ambitious project: the "Ode to the Capitals of the Three Kingdoms." For a decade, he immersed himself in research and writing, often forgetting to eat or sleep, until the masterpiece was complete.
Upon publication, the ode was met with immense acclaim, compared to the great works of Ban Gu and Zhang Heng. In an era before printing, admirers had to copy it by hand. The demand for copies was so overwhelming that it caused a paper shortage in the capital, Luoyang, driving up prices.
This story, from The History of the Jin Dynasty, gave rise to the idiom "the price of paper went up in Luoyang," symbolizing the extraordinary popularity of a literary work.
中文翻译
晋代（265-420年）有位名叫左思的作家。他幼时顽皮，不爱学习，这让他的父亲非常苦恼。
一天，左思的父亲与朋友们聊天，朋友们都羡慕他有个聪明可爱的儿子。听到这里，父亲却叹息道：“别提他了。我儿子左思学习还不如我年轻时用功，而我自己当年学得也不够好。看来他实在不成器。” 这番话恰好被小左思听到。他感到非常难过，强烈地意识到如果不努力学习，将不会有光明的前途。于是，他下定决心从此发奋苦读。
日复一日，年复一年，左思逐渐长大。由于他坚持不懈地刻苦学习，最终成为一位博学的学者，写出了非常优秀的文章。他耗时一年写成的《齐都赋》，展现了他卓越的文采，为他成为杰出作家奠定了基础。随后，他计划创作以魏、蜀、吴三座都城的风土物产为内容的《三都赋》。为了在内容、结构和语言上达到理想效果，他全神贯注地投入研究，废寝忘食地进行创作。整整十年后，他终于完成了这部文学杰作《三都赋》。
《三都赋》问世后，广受读者好评，人们认为其文笔精妙堪比班固的《两都赋》和张衡的《二京赋》。由于当时印刷术尚未发明，喜爱这篇赋文的人们只能亲自手抄。争相抄写的人如此之多，以至于洛阳的纸张供不应求，价格大幅上涨。
这个故事出自《晋书·文苑传》中的《左思传》。基于此，人们创造了成语“洛阳纸贵”，意指新作的极度流行导致纸张短缺，用以形容一部杰出文学作品风靡一时的盛况。