Translation of cobalt tan Ji

1. The cobalt pool is in the west of Xishan. Its source is probably Ranxi from south to north, encountering the barrier of rocks and winding eastward; The upstream and downstream flows of the pool are turbulent, and the impact is even more turbulent, eroding the bank of the cobalt pool. The bank is wide, and the water depth in the middle is wide, and the water does not stop until it reaches the rock. The current forms a wheel-shaped vortex and then flows slowly. The pool water is clear and mild, more than ten acres. There are trees around the cobalt pool and waterfalls hang down.

Someone lives on the mountain. Because I have been there many times, I knocked at the door one morning and told me, "(Because I can't afford to owe more and more land rent and private debts, (I can't help it), I want to go to the mountains to cut grass and open up wasteland, and I am willing to sell the land by my pond to temporarily relieve my debts."

I'm glad I promised him. I raised the countertop, lengthened the railing, diverted the high spring water, and made it fall into the pool, making a pleasant sound. Especially in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is more appropriate to enjoy the moon. You can see that the sky is higher and the vision is farther. What makes me live happily in this savage land and forget my hometown? Isn't it because of this cobalt pool?

Second, the original text: from Tang? Liu Zongyuan's Liuhe East Collection

The story of cobalt pool

The cobalt pool is in the west of Shanxi. At the beginning, Ran Shui ran from the south to the rocks and bent to the east. Its potential is steep and violent, so it is wide and deep, and it ends at the end of the stone. Flowing foam into a wheel, and then walking slowly, it is clear, flat and more than ten acres, with trees and springs hanging down.

There are people living above, so you can travel in an emergency. Once the money gate came, they said, "I can't afford official rent and private coupons. I can live on the mountain. I am willing to use the beach for trading and financing to alleviate the disaster."

Give happiness like you said. Then worship its platform, delay its threshold, walk its spring, and fall into the pool where the highest one falls, with a sound. The Mid-Autumn Festival is especially suitable for enjoying the moon, and you can see that the sky is high and crisp. Who gives happiness to those who are in exile and forget their homes? What happened to Feizitan?

Extended data

I. Introduction to the author

Liu Zongyuan (AD 773-AD 8 19165438+1October 28th), a native of Hedong (now Yongji area in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province), was one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and was known as "Liu Hedong" and "Mr. Hedong" in the Tang Dynasty. Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu are called Liu Han, Liu Yuxi is called Liu Liu, and Wang Wei, Meng Haoran and Wei Wuying are called Wang Meng. ?

Liu Zongyuan left more than 600 poems in his life, and his achievements in writing were greater than poems. There are nearly a hundred parallel essays, and the essays are rational, sharp and ironic. There are many places where scenery is described in travel notes, such as Collection of Mr. Hedong, with representative works such as Xiju, Jiang Xue and Fisherman.

Second, the creative background

In the first year of Yuanhe (806), Liu Zongyuan was demoted from Yongzhou to Sima because he participated in the Wang Innovation Movement. After arriving in Yongzhou, his mother died of illness and Wang was executed. He himself is constantly being slandered and attacked by the rulers, and he is depressed. Yongzhou mountains and rivers are strange and dangerous, and many places are still little known. During this long mourning period, Liu Zongyuan traveled around, seeking novelty and winning, in order to broaden his mind and gain spiritual comfort. Eight Chapters of Yongzhou is the crystallization of travel under this mentality. This article was written in Tang Xianzong Yuanhe four years (809).