Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting is

Yonghe nine years, years old in guǐ ugly, early spring, will be in Huiji (kuài jī: and) Shan Ye Lanting, studying. A group of smart people never miss, but some of them are long and salty. There are mountains, lush forests and bamboos, as well as clear streams and fast-flowing water (tuān), which are reflected around. Thought that music (shāng) flows and water (qū) sits beside it. Although it is not as prosperous as the string of silk and bamboo, a song (Shang) is enough to say your feelings.

Today is a sunny day, sunny and sunny. Looking up at the size of the universe and overlooking the variety, what you see and hear is enough. I believe in coke.

Ladies, lifelong pitch. Or arm in arm and realize the words of a room; Or because of consignment, wandering outside (hái). Although fun (qǔ) is different from peace, when it is happy with what it has encountered, it will gain something from itself temporarily, and it will be self-sufficient (the same as "fast") without knowing that old age is coming. What he is tired of is that his feelings move with the times, and his feelings are (X). I'm happy about it. It's a thing of the past between pitches, so I still have to be happy about it. The situation is short-lived, and it will end in the end. The ancients said, "Life and death are great." It hurts!

Every time we look at the reason why people in the past are excited, if they unite, they must worship the words, not hold them in their arms. Knowing that a dead life is a false birthday, Peng Qi's destruction (shāng) is a mistake. Looking back today is still looking back on the past, sad husband! So when people line up, they are recorded. Although the world is different, pregnancy is a good thing. Later visitors will also be impressed by Sven.

: translation

In the ninth year of Yonghe, that is, the year of guichou, at the beginning of March, (celebrities) gathered in Lanting, Shanyin County, Huiji, and went to the water to eliminate disasters and seek happiness. Many prestigious and talented people came, young and old. There are tall mountains and steep mountains, dense forests and tall ones

Bamboo, the water is clear and fast, and it shines around (in the pavilion) to divert water into the ring channel (in the pavilion), so that the glass floats on the water (for people to drink). People sat in rows by the curved water. Although there is no grand occasion of orchestral music, it is enough to express their feelings buried in their hearts when drinking and composing poems.

On this day, it was sunny and breezy. Look up at the boundless sky, look down, there are so many things on the ground, so as to broaden your horizons and broaden your mind, and you can enjoy watching and listening beside it. It's really worth having fun!

People get along with each other and pitch all their lives. Some people like to talk about their interests and ambitions, and they like to talk face to face indoors (with friends). Some people pin their feelings on what they like and live indulgently without any constraints. Although hobbies vary widely, whether static or dynamic, they are not the same. When they are happy with what they meet, they (or) get what they want temporarily, they feel happy and self-sufficient, and they don't feel the coming of aging. When you are tired of what you love or get, your mood changes with the status quo, and your feelings arise spontaneously. What you used to feel happy will become a thing of the past in a blink of an eye, but you still have to feel deeply about it, and the length of (life) will eventually come to an end. The ancients said: "Life and death are also important!" How can you not be sad!

Whenever I see the reasons why my predecessors feel sorry, if I encounter the same thing (as I think), (I) never sigh and feel sad without facing their articles, and I can't express it in words in my mind. I know it is absurd to treat life and death equally, and it is wrong to treat long life and short life equally. Sadly, future generations look at today in the way before today. So I relayed the people at that time and recorded their poems. Even though times have changed, people express their feelings in the same way. Later readers will also feel the poetry of this party.

Reference link: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lanting Preface