Nankang Wanghu Pavilion Translation

The translation of Nankang Wanghu Pavilion is as follows:

Crossing the Changhu Lake in August, everything is depressed and sparse. The autumn wind blows and the sails rush, and the twilight is lonely on the mountain. Xu Guo's heart is still there, but his skills have been exhausted during the Kang Dynasty. Min'e's family is thousands of miles away, but he has nothing to do with his old age.

Notes:

Changhu: refers to Pengli Lake, which is now Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province. Its shape is long and narrow from north to south.

"Depression" sentence: It means that all kinds of scenery in nature appear to be depressed and scattered.

—Shangu: refers to Dagushan in Poyang Lake.

(Xu Guo: pledge oneself to the country and serve the country.

Kang Shi: that is, Kuang Shi, to remedy the shortcomings of the times. Because he avoided the taboo of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's name, he replaced Kuang with Kang. The technique has been Xu: Political opinions are not adopted and become empty.

(Min'e: Minshan and Emeishan are both in Sichuan.

Toulao: to grow old.

About the author:

Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, also known as Dongpo Jushi, was an important writer in the Song Dynasty and one of the eight great writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties. 1. The representative of the highest achievements in literature in the Song Dynasty. Han nationality, from Meishan, Meizhou (now Meishan City, Sichuan Province), was a "Jinshi" during the reign of Jiayou (Song Dynasty, 1056~1063). He wrote a letter to express the shortcomings of Wang Anshi's new law, and was later demoted to Huangzhou for writing poems to criticize the new law. Zhezong was a Hanlin scholar at that time. He once went to Hangzhou and Yingzhou, and was later demoted to Huizhou and Danzhou. Duo Huizheng in Lizhou County was posthumously named Wenzhong. He was knowledgeable and liked to reward those who came forward.

Together with his father Xun and his younger brother Zhe, he was known as "San Su". Also known as "Han Chao Su Hai". His poems have broad themes, are fresh and vigorous, are good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have unique styles. Together with Huang Tingjian, they are called the "Su Huang" group of poets. Together with Xin Qiji, they are also the representatives of the "Su Huang" group. "Xin". He also worked on calligraphy and painting. There are "Seven Collections of Dongpo", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Shu Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu" and so on.