Shi Zhongji's Original Translation
1, original text
"Water" says: "There is Shi Zhongshan at the mouth of Poyang Lake." Li Daoyuan believes that under the Shi Zhongshan near the deep pool, the breeze vibrates the waves, and the water collides with the stone, making a sound like Hong Zhong. This statement is often doubted. If the bell rings in the water, even strong wind and waves can't make it sound, and it is a stone! It was not until the Tang Dynasty that Rip began to pay tribute to the remains that he got two stones and put them on the pool. After listening to them, the voice in the south sounded Hu, the voice in the north was clear and clear, and the fork stopped ringing. I think I understand. He thinks he has found the reason for Shi Zhongshan. The sound of stones is everywhere, and this is just named after the clock. Why?
In June of the seventh year of Yuanfeng, Ding Chou, Yu, An, and Shi You, the eldest son, Mai, will go to Rao Dexing Wei and send him to Hukou, so that he can see the so-called stone clock. At the beginning of June in Genpox seven years, I went to Linru by boat from Decision. When I arrived in Linru, my eldest Ision Su Mai was about to take office in Dexing County, and I sent him to Hukou, so that I could meet the man named Shi Zhongshan. Gu Yu smiled and didn't believe it. At dusk, take a boat alone and reach the cliff. A thousand feet stand on the edge of a big stone, like a monster, and he wants to fight with people; Storks perched on the mountains, and human voices began, and they broke into the clouds; Some people cough and laugh in the valley, or call it a stork.
I was scared to retreat, and suddenly there was a loud voice on the water, which was as clear as a ringing drum. The boatman was very afraid. If you can examine it, the mountain is full of caves, and I don't know its shallow depth. The microwave enters and the culvert surges. The ship returned to the two mountains and entered the port. There are big stones flowing in it, which can seat 100 people. The air is full of tricks, feng shui and muffled cymbals, corresponding to the people facing it.
Because he smiled, he said, "What do you know? If stunned, Zhou didn't shoot; Wei Zhuangzi's songs are also bells. Ancient people are not good at bullying! "
You don't have to look at anything with your eyes or listen to it with your ears. Can you just guess whether it exists or not by subjective assumptions? What Li Yuan saw and heard was almost the same as that of Yu Tong, but it was unknown. The scholar-officials refused to spend the night on the boat under the cliff, so they didn't know; Fishermen and navy know but can't talk. This is why there is no such name as Shi Zhongshan in the world. However, shallow people beat stones with axes to find out why Shi Zhongshan was named, because they thought they were named after the truth. So I wrote down the past, lamented the simplicity of Li Daoyuan, and laughed at Li Bo's shallowness.
2. Translation
The water mirror said, "There is a Shi Zhongshan at the mouth of Poyang Lake." Li Daoyuan believes that Shi Zhongshan is close to the deep pool, and the breeze vibrates the waves, and the water and stone collide, making a sound like a big clock. People often doubt this statement. Now if you put the chime in the water, even the wind and waves can't make it sound, let alone the stone! It was not until the Tang Dynasty that Li Bocai visited the former site of Shi Zhongshan.
Find two stones near the deep pool, hit them and listen to their voices. The rock sound in the south is heavy and vague, while the rock sound in the north is crisp and loud. The drumstick stopped beating, the sound was still spreading, and the lingering sound slowly disappeared. He thinks he has found the reason why Shi Zhongshan was named. But I doubt this statement. Stones that can make a sound after being struck are everywhere, but only this mountain is named after the clock. Why?
On Ding Chou's Day in June of the seventh year of Yuanfeng, I went to Linru by boat from Qi 'an, and my eldest son, Mai Su, wanted to be a county commandant in Dexing County, Raozhou. I sent him to the mouth of the lake so that I could observe the mountain called Shi Zhongshan. The monk in the temple asked the child to take an axe and beat it in one or two places between the rocks. I think it's ridiculous and I don't believe it. At night, the moonlight was bright, and Mai Su and I came to the bottom of the cliff by boat alone.
Huge rocks stand by, thousands of feet high, like fierce beasts and strange ghosts, and come at people hazily; The eagle that stayed in the nest on the mountain heard the sound and was scared to fly and sing in the sky; There is a sound like an old man coughing and laughing in the valley. Some people say it's a stork I was too scared to go back. Suddenly there was a loud sound from the water, which sounded like a continuous bell and drum. The boatman was very afraid.
I slowly observed that there were caves and cracks in the stones at the foot of the mountain. I don't know their depth. Slight water waves poured into caves and cracks, and the impact produced such a sound. The ship circled between two mountains and was about to enter the harbor. There is a big stone in the middle of the current, which can seat hundreds of people. There are many holes in the middle, and the wind and waves swallow and spit out, making a dull sound, echoing the previous sound, like music playing.
I smiled and said to Mai Su, "You know what? That squeak was Zhou's voice, and there was no bell ringing; The sound of boredom is the sound of Wei Zhuangzi singing the bell. The ancients didn't lie to me! "
Can you infer its existence (correctly) only by subjective speculation without seeing it with your own eyes or hearing it with your own ears? What Li Daoyuan saw and heard was probably the same as mine, but it was not detailed; After all, the scholar-officials didn't want to dock at the cliff by boat at night, so they couldn't know the truth. Although fishermen and boatmen know it, they can't express it and record it in words.
That's why it didn't spread around the world (the origin of Shi Zhongshan's name). And shallow people seek the reason by striking stones with axes (named after Shi Zhongshan), thinking that they have got the truth of the matter. I wrote the above story because I lamented that Li Daoyuan's explanation was too brief and laughed at Li Bo's explanation for being too shallow.
Su Shi's classic masterpiece is "When will there be a bright moon?" ：
Chen Bing Mid-Autumn Festival, happily drank the next morning, drunk, wrote this word, and missed my brother Su Zhe.
When did the moon begin to appear? I take my glass from a distance. I don't know the palace in the sky, and I don't know the month and time. I'm willing to ride the wind to the sky, I'm afraid I can't stand the cold for nine days in a pavilion of fine jade. Dance to find out what shadows look like on the earth. The moon turned into a scarlet pavilion, hanging low on the carved window, shining on the sleepy self. The moon should not have any resentment against people. Why is it round when people are gone? People are sad and happy, and they are separated and reunited. The moon will darken or shine, and it will become round or round. Nothing is perfect, even in the past. I hope people will live for a long time and have a good scenery thousands of miles away.