Translation of "Enter Shu" by Lu You
The translation of Lu You's "Entering Shu" is:
On the 23rd, when passing by Ningzhen Temple in Wushan, I visited the Miaoyong Zhenren Temple. Miaoyong Zhenren is what everyone calls the Wushan Goddess. The temple is facing Wushan Mountain, with towering peaks rising into the sky and the foot of the mountain directly inserted into the river. People talk about Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Heng, and Mount Lu, none of which are as wonderful as this place. But not all of the twelve peaks of Wushan can be seen. Of the eight or nine peaks that can be seen, only the Goddess Peak is the most slender and steep, suitable for being the incarnation of the Goddess. The person who presided over the sacrifice in the temple said: "When the moon shines brightly on the night of August 15th every year, you can hear beautiful music. Walking back and forth on the peak, you can hear the cries of the apes on the mountain. By dawn, the music gradually fades. Stop." There is a stone altar halfway up the mountain behind the temple, which is relatively flat. Legend: "Xia Yu met the goddess, and the goddess gave Xia Yu the talisman at this place." There are twelve peaks on the stone altar, like barriers. On this day, the sky was clear and cloudless. There were only a few white clouds above the Goddess Peak, like phoenixes and cranes flying around. They lingered for a long time and did not disperse. It was also a very strange phenomenon.
Lu You (1125-1210), named Wuguan, also known as Fangweng, was a Han nationality and a native of Shanyin, Yuezhou (now Shaoxing). He was a writer, historian and patriotic poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. ?
In the second year of Jiatai (1202), Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty ordered Lu You to go to Beijing and preside over the compilation of Xiaozong and Guangzong's "Records of the Two Dynasties" and "History of the Three Dynasties". After the book was completed, Lu You lived in seclusion in Shanyin for a long time. He passed away in the second year of Jiading (1210) and left his last work "Shi'er".
Lu You also has a talent for history. His "Book of the Southern Tang Dynasty" is "concise and accurate", and the historical commentary is colorful and has high historical value.