"一块石头" 一些问题...

[TCcookie]

Hello all. After a long break I am resuming serious study of my poor, neglected Chinese by going through the elementary school reader stories that Roddy so graciously linked to a while back, starting with one called 一块石头. Anyway, questions follow:

1) 苏轼稍稍看了一下，便丢在一边，继续往前掘。

Is "便“ here used to mean "then?" What's the deal? And does the second part say, "...and continued digging where he left off? What exactly is 前 referring to?

2) 苏轼轻轻敲一敲，丁丁当当，声音楞脆哩。

Su Shi lightly knocked it... "ding ding dong dong"... but what does the last part mean? I seem to get confused when things make sounds:　ｇｒａｍｍａｔｉｃａｌｌｙ，　ｈｏｗ　ｄｏｅｓ　ｔｈａｔ　ｗｏｒｋ？ And what exactly does 楞脆哩 mean?

3) 四川省岷江岸边的眉山镇，是个山清水秀的地方。宋朝有名的大文学家、大书法家苏轼就出生在这里。

What does 宋朝 mean? Is that the name of a town?

Thanks a ton! Sorry for the oddly phrased questions.

[nipponman]

sorry, wheres the link?

[skylee]

1) 苏轼稍稍看了一下，便丢在一边，继续往前掘。

Is "便“ here used to mean "then?" What's the deal? And does the second part say' date=' "...and continued digging where he left off? What exactly is 前 referring to? [/quote']

便 = then. 往 = towards. 前 = the front. 继续往前掘 = go on to dig ahead.

2) 苏轼轻轻敲一敲，丁丁当当，声音楞脆哩。

Su Shi lightly knocked it... "ding ding dong dong"... but what does the last part mean? I seem to get confused when things make sounds:　ｇｒａｍｍａｔｉｃａｌｌｙ，　ｈｏｗ　ｄｏｅｓ　ｔｈａｔ　ｗｏｒｋ？ And what exactly does 楞脆哩 mean?

声音楞脆哩 = it indeed sounded clear and crispy. 哩 = a sort of exclamation to emphasise assertion. (But personally I have not seen 楞脆 before. I guess it is the same as 清脆.)

3) 四川省岷江岸边的眉山镇，是个山清水秀的地方。宋朝有名的大文学家、大书法家苏轼就出生在这里。

What does 宋朝 mean? Is that the name of a town?

宋朝 = Song Dynasty. Su Shi was a great poet / artist of the Song Dynasty.

[roddy]

Original post is here, not sure about this exact story.