Notes on the original translation of Little Stone Pond.

Xiao Shi Tang Ji is the work of Liu Zongyuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, and also a classic in Eight Chapters of Yongzhou, especially its sentimental meaning. The following are the original and translation notes of Little Stone Pond compiled by me. Welcome to read!

original text

120 steps west of the mountain, across the bamboo forest, smelling the sound of water, like singing, I am happy. Cut bamboo and walk along the road, and see the small pool below, the water is particularly clear. The whole stone is at the bottom, close to the shore, and the bottom of the rolling stone comes out, which is a mountain, an island, a mountain and a rock. Green trees and vines, covered and twisted, staggered and brushed. (Pei Tong: Pei)

There are hundreds of fish in the pond. They are all swimming in the air. The sun is shining, the shadow is on the stone, motionless; You are far away, and communication is sudden. It seems fun to be with tourists. (Next Work: Next Work)

Looking from the southwest of the pool, you can see that it is zigzag. Their shore potentials are different from each other and their sources are unknown.

Sitting by the pool, surrounded by bamboo forests, lonely and empty, sad and cold, quiet and quiet. It is too clear to live for a long time, but remember.

Travelers: Wu Wuling, Gong Gu, Yu Dizong Xuan. The second son Cui Shi said, "Forgive yourself and serve me." .

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Go west from the mountain 120 steps, cross the bamboo forest, and you can hear the sound of water, just like the sound of people wearing rings colliding. I feel happy. Cut down the bamboo, open a road (walk over), walk along the road and see a small pool, which is especially cool. The small pool is based on the whole stone, close to the shore, and part of the stone bottom is rolled out of the water. It has become a highland, an island, a rugged rock, a rock in the water and other shapes. Green trees, ivy, covered with twisted, swaying drooping, uneven, fluttering in the wind.

There are about a hundred fish in the pond. They all seem to swim in the air without any support. The sun shines directly (to the bottom of the water), and the shadow (of the fish) is reflected on the stone. It just (stops there) motionless, suddenly (swims), coming and going, light and agile, as if having fun with the people playing.

Looking to the southwest of Xiaoshitang, I saw the stream winding like the Big Dipper, and the current winding like a snake, sometimes visible and sometimes invisible. The terrain on both sides of the river is jagged, and the source of the stream is unknown.

I sat by the pool, surrounded by bamboo forests and Woods, quiet and empty. It makes people feel sad, cold, quiet and profound, full of sadness. Because the environment here is too bleak to stay long, I wrote down the scene here and left.

Wu Wuling, Gong Gu and my brother Zong Xuan went to play together. They were accompanied by two young people named Cui. One is self-forgiveness, and the other is Feng Yi.

To annotate ...

Hill: It's to the east of Xiaoshitang.

[2] Bamboo: Bamboo grove.

[3] Like a ring: It sounds like rings worn by people collide with each other. Ring: The sound made. Pei and Huan: Both are Yu Pei.

[4] The water is particularly cold: the water is particularly cold. Very special. Clear and clear. Bitter and cold.

[5] The whole stone is the bottom: (Tan) The whole stone is the bottom. Think of ... like ...

[6] Near the shore, the bottom of the stone rolls out: near the shore, the stone bends upward from the bottom of the water to expose the water surface. With: conjunction, equivalent to "and", not translated.

[7] For Guangxi, for jade, for Qin, for rock: it becomes various shapes of Guangxi, jade, Qin and rock. Liao, the highland in the water. An island. Qin, rocky rock. Rock rock.

[8] Cuiman: the stem of green vine.

[9] cover, sway, sway: (branches and vines) cover, sway and droop, and sway with the wind.

[10] Cobb Xutou: There are about a hundred. Yes, about. "Xu" is used after numerals to indicate divisor, which is equivalent to "coming".

[1 1] Nothing swims in the air: (fish) all seem to swim in the air without any support.

[12] Sunlight shines on the rocks: Sunlight shines on the bottom of the water, and the shadow of fish seems to be reflected on the rocks at the bottom of the water.

[13] Don't move: (Fish) Just don't move. What dull eyes.

You passed away: suddenly he swam away. Hey, suddenly.

[15] Come and go suddenly: come and go quickly. Neglect; A light and agile look.

[16] Obviously, this river bends like the Big Dipper and winds like a snake. Buckets, like the arrangement of the big dipper. Snake, winding like a snake crawling. Blinking is visible, sometimes visible, sometimes invisible.

[17] Dogs have different teeth: they are as irregular as dogs' teeth. Canine teeth: Like canine teeth. The differences are mutual and mixed.

[18] It's bone-chilling and quiet: it makes people feel sad, cold and profound, filled with sad breath. Sadness and cold: To make ... feel desolate and cold. Sad, silence makes people feel sad. Deep, deep. Sad and sad.

[19] It's too clear, because the environment here is too deserted. So, because. Clear and sad.

[20] Wu Wuling: The author's friend was also demoted to Yongzhou.

Gong Gu: The author's friend.

[22] Zong Xuan: the author's cousin.

[23] Cui Shi Erxiaosheng, servant: I went with two young people named Cui. Follow: follow. Li: The entourage. Also: the table is tied. Cui Shi refers to Liu Zongyuan's brother-in-law Cui Jian. Second, two young people, referring to Cui Jian's two sons.

[24] Rolling the bottom of the stone can roll out; And, and

Appreciation of Xiaoshitang Story

Liu Zongyuan's The Story of Little Stone Pond is a short and pithy travel note with beautiful scenery. Using various techniques, this paper vividly, concretely and richly depicts the dynamic beauty of Xiaoshitang, and also depicts the beauty and tranquility of the surrounding scenery. The article links scenery with emotion, expressing the loneliness and desolation of the author after being relegated. From my personal reading point of view, this essay has the following characteristics:

First, the content is complex and the theme is clear.

In this paper, the materials are organized in the order of wandering. To write a small stone pond, first write the sound (the sound of running water, such as singing), and then write the shape (the scenery in the pond, such as water, stones, trees and fish); Write the scenery in the pool and write the close-up view first (clear water; Stone-strange; Tree beauty; Fish-music), and then write a vision (shore potential-canine teeth are different; The source of water-unknown), finally describes the sad bones of the pool environment, leading to a miserable and lonely state of mind. Throughout the whole article, the author does not write about scenery because of it, but uses it to set off feelings, with a clear purpose. It can be said that the meaning of drunkenness is not wine.

Second, the technique is flexible and the structure is orderly

This paper uses the methods of sound, static and dynamic combination. The scenery in the article should be written exquisitely. Whether the author writes about the appearance of a pool or the swimming fish, bamboo forests, rocks and streams, it is vivid and poetic. In order to achieve this effect, when describing Tan Xiao's appearance, the author first wrote that he heard the sound of running water passing through the bamboo forest, but didn't see its shape, so he heard its sound first. Although this is not a long-awaited event, it is also great that half of her face is still hidden behind her guitar. In "Second Nature", the author aims at the fish in the pond directly and describes its dynamic and static state, which indirectly highlights the clarity and transparency of the pond water and focuses on a pleasure of sightseeing. The beauty of this passage lies in writing imagination with reality and writing static with movement. Among them, the fish is true, and the weather in the pool is empty; Write about the fish swimming in the water, and write that the fish shadow reflected by the sun is cast on the underwater stone, which is clear and identifiable, as static and vivid. The sudden movement of fish, also called writing movement, actually reflects the silence of the pool. The author used the word "Eli" to truly express his inner joy. This is the happiness he has never felt since his reform was frustrated and he was exiled to a distant place. The article describes the above scenery in detail, which makes people have infinite charm and shows that its techniques are extremely flexible.

The whole article begins with the discovery of the small pool, from writing about the pool water to writing about the atmosphere, from far to near, from total to minute, from scenery to people, the structure appears orderly, which summarizes the whole picture of the stone pool.

Third, copy words and deeds to make the language elegant.

The author of this article vividly expresses it by rhetorical devices. At the beginning, it is described that the sound of water is crisp and pleasant, as a ringtone. In the third paragraph, the author pushes the camera into the distance and depicts the twists and turns of the stream bank, taking the bucket as a metaphor; Describe the winding of the stream and use the snake's behavior as a metaphor; Using canine teeth as a metaphor, write down the unevenness of the creek bank. Use Yiran's "Er" to vividly describe the shape of fish; The scenery by the pool was written by Luo Mengyao. Because the author is good at grasping the characteristics of scenery and adopting metaphors according to his own specific feelings, the language is accurate, vivid and vivid.

Fourth, love in the scene, scene blending.

Although the scenery of Xiaoshitang is vividly described in this paper, which makes people linger, it actually permeates the author's own unfortunate feelings and extremely lost feelings. This remote small stone pond is full of vitality, but no one appreciates it; Surrounded by bamboo, it is quiet and beautiful, unknown to the world. This is the inner portrayal of Liu Zongyuan's talent. The author came to this cold environment and was hurt by the scene in front of him, which aroused his nausea and anger, and naturally he was sad and sad. The sentence "I won't live long" truly reveals the author's depressed mood that he can't get rid of reality, and also implicitly reveals his dissatisfaction with reality.

In a word, the author uses the technique of observing its subtlety, expressing its essence and spreading its spirit to write a small stone pond perfectly. This article is a poetic prose.