The Original Text, Annotation, Translation and Appreciation of Guan Tong's A Passage to Baoshan

Tong Guan

Baoshan county is close to the sea, which is a wonder. When I first arrived in the county, I never went out. Lying alone at night, people are quiet, the wind and waves are fierce, almost like pillows, and fish dragons dance and scream. When they fall asleep, their meaning soon overflows!

In summer and April, Jingxizhou came from Wuzhong, so he was curious. Give goodwill. It's the moon, so we watch the moon together in the seawall. Haitao landslide, broken moon shadow, boundless and cold, relative suspicion is not human, so I am very happy. A few days later, we watched the sunrise together. It's black at best, so you can't see it at close range. The first taste of the waves is like the sudden arrival of wind and thunder. In an instant, the sun rises. However, if it doesn't suddenly appear, a ray of light will gradually fade away and then rise. Chu Ci said, "I'm angry, I want to go." Without this, I know its body and things work! On the other hand, it is mottled and lascivious, almost the same as the moon, and its light invades our eyes, so we can look at it without staring.

On the fifth day of the following month, Bao Xu invited him to buy wine at Wusong Stage. It's sunny in the afternoon and the waves in the distance are like mirrors. Looking at the ocean in the south, if there are more than a dozen fallen leaves floating between the waves, they all arrive at the stage without eating, which is considered a big ship. Su Zizhan remembers the state of Dengzhou and believes it now. Therefore, Bao Xu is concerned about the domestic affairs of Kyoto and Popo, and he is generous and sad. At dusk, he objected.

Baoshan, jiading county. Its opposite county is Chongming. The water outside the two counties is a tributary of the sea, not the sea. However, on the other side of the river, eight miles east and west, what you see is extremely spectacular. When I arrived in Nanxiang, I saw that the floating leaves were the sea, and the sea was connected with the sky, so I couldn't tell them apart.

Qiantang River is famous for its tides, and the Yangtze River can also watch the tides. At the mouth of the river, the river is also trumpet-shaped, which has the conditions to form tidal bore. Although the tidal waves in the Yangtze River are not as spectacular as those in qiantang bore, the surging tidal waves in the Yangtze River are also spectacular. Guan Tong in Qing Dynasty wrote a trip to Baoshan, which vividly described the scene of watching the Yangtze River tide in Baoshan County.

"Baoshan County faces the sea, and the tides rise and fall, which is a spectacle." At the beginning of the article, Baoshan wins in shape, which is expected as follows. Next, it seems to be a concrete description of this victory, but the author changed his pen: "When I first arrived in the county, I never came out." Not only did we not rush to get a sneak peek, but we actually avoided the "spectacle" outside the door. But "the night is quiet, the wind and waves are fierce, similar to pillows, fish dragons dancing and whistling, and its sound is like a dream, and its meaning is fast!" Although I didn't leave the county seat, I already felt the great momentum of the raging sea. The word "fish dragon dancing and whistling" vividly shows the scene of stormy waves and dancing in the air, which is vivid and vivid and can be called the finishing touch. In particular, the huge wind and waves are so close to the pillow that people are heartbroken, and the sound form of dancing and whistling by dragons and dragons is even more touching, so the author said excitedly: "The meaning is about to overflow!"

Next, I write about walking along the seawall at night and watching the moon and tides. At that time, the author's good friend Zhou Ji came all the way from Wuzhong. He is a curious person, and of course he is curious about watching the tide on the Yangtze River. So he took the moon to the seawall. It was just mid-April, and he heard the sound of Haitao landslide and watched "Broken Moon Shadow, Boundless Cold". So they are "relatively suspicious of the world" and feel great pleasure. "Here, the scenery described by the author with vivid brushstrokes is both magnificent and beautiful. The sea is surging and collapsing like a mountain, and the moon shadow is surging with the waves, like finely divided silver wire scattered in the water. Looking at the sea and sky from a distance, it is vast and boundless, and the night is cold. In the face of such a night scene, it is no wonder that the author feels as if he is not on earth.

A few days later, I watched the sunrise with my friends. "In the dark, close at hand, the first wave of sudden smell of lei feng. In an instant, the sun rises. But if it doesn't come out, the light of the first line will disappear for a long time and then rise. " Before dawn, the world was dark, and within a short distance, it was impossible to distinguish, only the sound of distant waves suddenly rolling in like thunder and wind. The sun doesn't rise immediately, but first reveals a ray of light, which flashes for a long time before rising from the tide. This scene reminds the author of what Qu Yuan wrote in "Nine Songs: Dong Jun": "If you are too tired, you will be on the road and your heart will be depressed." While chanting, you will look at the magnificent scene of the sun rising, rising and setting, and deeply feel that if you don't come to the seawall, you will never appreciate the exquisiteness of these two poems. In this passage, people can see a surging and magnificent world by watching the moon and the sunrise on the seawall. The scenery of Wusongtai written in the next paragraph is another wonder of Baoshan tide, but it presents a magnificent and far-flung world with a unique taste. The author and friends came to Wusong stage, but they found the weather clear and calm. Looking at the ocean in the south, it seemed that there were more than a dozen fallen leaves floating in the long waves. After a while, they reached the stage and realized that they were all huge ships. This reminds me of a scene written in Su Shi's Biography of Penglai Pavilion: "On Penglai Pavilion in Zhangzhou, the sea is like a mirror, reflecting the sky. Suddenly, as the black beans were counted, the county people said,' The sea is coming.' I haven't cooked for a long time. It's your turn. "In the author's opinion, this spectacle under the Wusong stage is very similar to Su Zizhan's visit to the state, so I began to believe that this scene written by Su Shi is not an empty pen.

This paper describes the tidal wonders in Baoshan County, with ingenious conception. Wrote about the miracle of a day caused by tidal changes. The first paragraph describes the author's impression when he didn't see the wonders from the side. In the second paragraph, I first wrote about watching the moon on the seawall, which is extremely concise, but the scene is vivid and vivid. Following the sunrise, the level is very clear. The environment and momentum before sunrise, the modality and scenery at sunrise and sunrise are concrete, vivid and magnificent, which fully embodies the author's careful observation and vivid performance. In the third paragraph, Wu Songtai looks at the sea. The vision and close-up are vivid, and the realm is quiet and broad, which makes people fascinated. But these magnificent scenes are all because Baoshan county is close to the sea and the tides are diverse. Therefore, the end of the article echoes the beginning at a distance. Although it seems to be textual research, it is indispensable. What is particularly commendable is that Tongcheng School's article is semi-concise but not vivid, but it is concise and vivid.