Division:
Walk a hundred and twenty paces west from the hillock, across the bamboos, hear the sound of water, like the sound of a pendant ring, and feel happy about it. Cutting bamboo / Take the road, go down / and see a small pool, the water is especially clear. The whole stone / is considered to be the bottom, close to the shore, roll up the bottom of the stone to come out, it is called Di, it is an island, it is called a rock, it is called a rock. Green trees/emerald vines, covered with vines/shaking, staggered/draped.
There are hundreds of fish in the pond, but they all seem to be swimming in the air/with nothing to rely on. The sun shines down clearly, and the shadows are spread on the rocks, but they don't move; they are far away, and they come and go. Like / having fun with tourists. ?Tan / Southwest / Looking at it, fighting and folding / snakes, light and death can be seen.
The shore conditions / canine teeth are different from each other, and the source / is unknown. ?Sitting on the pool, surrounded by bamboo trees on all sides, it was desolate and desolate. Because / his territory was too clear, he could not stay there for a long time, so / he left it in memory. ?
Traveling companions: Wu Wuling, Gong Gu, Yu Di Zongxuan. Li / And those who follow, Cui's Erxiaosheng: said to forgive oneself, said to serve one.
Translation:
Translation: Walking a hundred and twenty steps west from the hill, you can hear the sound of water through a bamboo grove, like the clinking of jeopards worn by people. The sound of the hammer made me feel happy. Cut down the bamboo and create a path (walk through it). Walking along the path, you will see a small pool with extremely cool water. The small pool has a whole stone as the bottom, close to the shore, and some parts of the stone bottom are rolled over to expose the water. It has become a variety of different shapes such as highlands, small islands, uneven rocks and boulders in the water. Green trees and green vines cover and wrap around, swaying and drooping, uneven, and fluttering in the wind.
There are about a hundred fish in the pond, all of them seem to be swimming in the air, with nothing to rely on. The sun shines directly (to the bottom of the water), and the shadow of the fish is reflected on the stone. It stops motionless and suddenly swims away again, coming and going, brisk and agile, as if playing with a fish. people make fun of each other. Looking to the southwest of Xiaoshitan, I saw that the stream was as winding as the Big Dipper, and the water was meandering like a snake, sometimes visible and sometimes invisible. The terrain on both sides is intertwined like a dog's teeth, making it impossible to know the source of the stream. I sat on LakeTan, surrounded by bamboo trees and trees, surrounded by silent and deserted trees. It makes people feel desolate, cold to the bones, quiet and profound, and filled with an atmosphere of sadness. ?Because the environment here was too desolate to stay for a long time, so I wrote down the scene here and left. The people who went to play together were Wu Wuling, Gong Gu, and my brother Zongxuan. Two young men named Cui went with them. One is called Forgiveness, and the other is called Fengyi.
Extended information:
The first four sentences of the first paragraph of "The Story of Xiaoshitan" describe how the author discovered Xiaoshitan and the general appearance of Xiaoshitan. The author uses the writing method of "changing scenery step by step" to write about the discovery of Xiaoshitan and the scenery characteristics of Xiaoshitan. He guides us to appreciate various different scenery during the movement and change, much like a landscape film, with a strong sense of imagination. Dynamic picture sense.
The first and second sentences focus on describing how the author and his party discovered Xiaoshitan. At the beginning of the article, we are guided to walk one hundred and twenty steps to the west of the hill. When we came to a bamboo forest, we could hear the sound of water flowing through the bamboo forest. Before seeing its shape, I first heard its sound, which sounded like a ring, and I felt happy. Although the appearance of Xiaoshitan cannot be called a thousand calls, it can be said to be half-hidden with a pipa in hand.
Finding the small pool through the sound of water not only tells the story of discovering the small pool, but is also full of suspense and curiosity, gradually unfolding a wonderful picture in front of people's eyes. After cutting down bamboo and taking the road, we saw Xiaotan. It is really a winding path leading to a secluded place, and the scene is truly extraordinary.
This pool is completely surrounded by stones of various shapes, so the author named it Xiaoshitan, and the stones exposed in the pool are all so strange in shape, they are like ridges and islets. For Cun, for rock. And "green trees and green vines, swaying and scattered, are scattered and scattered." This is the author's description of the scenery on the pool. Green trees and green vines are intertwined together to form a green network, dotted around the small pool, and the uneven branches sway in the wind. The description of this pool only has 12 characters, and it shows the extremely quiet and beautiful scenery around Xiaoshitan in front of us, making us more aware of the beauty of Xiaotan, and making the panoramic view of Xiaoshitan full of tranquility, as if it is not in the human world. A small world, but a piece of pure land in the legendary Buddhist kingdom.
The second paragraph adopts the method of "fixed-point close-up", directly focusing on the fish in the pond, describing their movement and stillness, indirectly highlighting the clarity and transparency of the pond water, and emphasizing the pleasure of sightseeing. Use stillness to contrast movement, and write about the small fish in the pond. This is the best part of this article. The fish in this pond are very weird: first, there are countless fish, with about "hundred heads"; second, their "shadows are spread on the rocks", and their expressions are "calm and motionless". This is a continuation of stillness, which not only highlights the tranquility of the small stone pool, but also outlines the clarity of the water in the small stone pool.
This turns into writing. In fact, the foreshadowing has already been made when writing about stillness. The fish in the water cannot stay still. The stillness of the fish is just like the freeze frame in the movie is just a display of a certain moment. After this freeze-frame, we can see that the fish in the pond "disappear far away, coming and going, seeming to be enjoying themselves with the tourists." The fish touched the author's feelings. Here, the word "乐" is worth noting. The author was relegated to a distant place due to setbacks in his reform, and his mental burden was very heavy. He found such a quiet place here, saw the fish swimming in contentment, and his soul was purified and restored. The clear water and the joy of fish finally brought the author a moment of joy. Quiet Kagura is the main theme of the first half of this essay.
The third paragraph uses the zoom method to push the camera into the distance to explore the water source of Xiaoshitan and the scenery on it. It describes the twists and turns of snakes in the Tanyuan stream. The brightness and disappearance can be seen, the canine teeth are different from each other, and the source cannot be known. Looking to the southwest, a small stream meanders forward. Its shape is like the twists and turns of the Big Dipper, and it also looks like a snake swimming. Some places are bright and some are dark. The banks of the creek are high and low, uneven and staggered. The author skillfully uses metaphors, using the twists and turns of the Big Dipper and the crawling of snakes to describe the shape of the creek, and using the teeth of dogs to describe both sides of the creek, making people feel as if they are actually there.
The fourth paragraph is about the author’s impression and feelings about Xiaoshitan. I write about the external environment first, and then my inner feelings, so that the scenes blend together to form a unique realm.
For the general impression and feeling of Xiaoshitan, the author highlights the word "quiet", penetrating the tranquility of the environment into the mind, blending the scenes, and writing a miserable and lonely state of mind. , this is undoubtedly a tortuous reflection of the author's mood after being demoted. Facing this primitive melancholy scene, he may feel more uncomfortable, or it may arouse the author's desolate associations, thus forming the emotional transition from "joy" to "sadness" A sharp decline. The performance of this landslide is also the joy of those who stand up."
But the good times did not last long, and soon I felt these "desolate souls and bones", and felt in my heart that "the environment was too clear", so I left in a hurry This combination of joy and sorrow is thought-provoking. This is because Liu Zongyuan participated in the reform, failed and was demoted, and his heart was filled with resentment. Therefore, misery was the keynote of his emotions, and it was precisely to get rid of this depressed heart.
The fifth paragraph records the people who traveled with the author to Xiaoshitan.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia: Xiaoshitan Notes