Translation of October 8th in Entering Shu.

(July) 14, evening, sunny. Open the south-facing window in the cabin and see the scenery of rivers and mountains. There are many fish in Gushuxi, which rush out of the water from time to time. The sunset reflects the stream like a silver knife. People fishing by hanging rods and pulling nets are full of eyes. Because of this, the price of fish is very low and the servants are full every day. The local people say that this stream is fat and suitable for the growth of fish. When singing this stream, I feel that the water tastes really sweet. Is it really because of water and fertilizer? Many peaks in the southeast of the stream are like blue-black pigments. They used to be green hills.

14 (August), at dawn, it rained. After a Koishiyama, it is as straight as a knife from the top of the mountain, much like the Shu Mountain on the Yuyao River. While sailing on the river, I met a raft, which was more than ten feet wide and fifty feet long.

There are thirty or forty families, wives and children, chickens, dogs and clams. There are passages and shrines in the middle, which have never been seen before. The boatman said, this is still small. Big ones can be paved with soil to make vegetable fields on bamboo rafts or open hotels, but they are too big to drive into small inlets and can only drive in rivers. Against the wind that day, (the tracker) pulled the boat hard and walked only fifteen or sixteen miles from dawn to sunset. The ship docked at Liuguanji, the ancient border of qi zhou. My nephew came ashore and said, "I found a way. From the path to the back of the mountain, there is a large lake with many lotus seeds and water chestnuts, and there are many Manglietia plants by the lake. Several families in the sunset, reed fences and huts seem to be an elegant place, without a sound. There is a big pear. I want to buy it, but I can't. There are canoes in the lake to collect water chestnuts, but no one agrees. If you want to take a closer look, you happen to see tools for catching wild animals on the roadside. You don't dare to go any further because you think there are tigers and wolves. " Liu Guanfan, according to legend, Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of Shu Han, went to Wu, where he once went ashore by boat. At night, I saw chinemys reevesii ups and downs in the water.

On the 21st (August), (the ship set out from Grade VII Port in the upper reaches of Huangzhou) passed Shuangliujia and returned to Wangjiang, where the mountains are deep and the scenery is beautiful. Since leaving Huangzhou, although marching in Shuangliujia, it is endless, and the terrain is getting higher and higher, planting beans, millet, buckwheat and other food crops. At night, it is parked in Yangluofu, where the river bank is wide, the willows are dense and the residents are dense. Fish is as cheap as dirt, and one hundred copper coins (bought fish) can feed twenty people; They are all big fish. I want to find some small fish to keep cats, but I can't find them.

On September 9, (the ship sailed to Shishou County, Jingzhou) went to worship the Land Temple in the morning. In the houses along the road, the thatch covering the roof is more than a foot thick, so neat that there is no messy grass. Set sail, sail 30 miles in the river, and anchor at Ta Zi Alum, a mountain on the river. I didn't see the mountain until I left Ezhou. Buy sheep to buy wine, stop at the water near the village, because it is the Double Ninth Festival, kill a sheep, buy several boats separately, and eat it soon. I bought some chrysanthemums from people by the river. They were sweet and lovely, so I got drunk. It began to rain at night, and it was very cold, so I began to cover the quilt.

On the 21st (October), it is the most dangerous place in the world to watch the Shimen Gate on the boat and pass by a person. At night, the ship docked in Badong County, with magnificent rivers and mountains, far exceeding Zigui. The market is very depressed and deserted. There are only 100 households in the county, and there are thatched huts under the county magistrate's house without a tile. Acting as county commandant, Zigui county commandant You, Di Gong Langwang, and a surname and principal bookkeeper You, Di Gong Langdude came first, both from Sichuan. Visit the Clay Palace Temple and board the Qiu Feng Pavilion near the Yangtze River. It snows cloudy and cold day by day. Looking at the name of the pavilion makes people feel lost, so they feel wandering around the world. So I boarded the Shuangbai Hall and Baiyun Pavilion. There used to be a cypress tree planted by Cory Hall under the hall, but now it is dead. But there are many mountains and peaks in Nanshan, which are beautiful and lovely. Baiyun Pavilion is the most quiet and wonderful place in the world. Surrounded by mountains, layer upon layer. The ancient trees are dense and lush, often two or three hundred years old. Outside the pavilion, there are two waterfalls that pour down the mountain stream, like pearls jumping, like jade chips splashing, and cold air invading the bones. Here is Cixi, rushing to meet the Yangtze River. I entered Hubei from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with a journey of more than 5,000 miles. After fifteen States, the most beautiful scenery did not exceed Baiyun Pavilion, only behind the county magistrate's house. There is nothing wrong with the county magistrate of Badong County. The magistrate can sleep and eat in the pavilion. That kind of fun is endless, but the vacancy of the county magistrate is always two or three years, and no one wants to fill it. Why?