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Tao Yuanming (Southern and Northern Dynasties)

In Taiyuan, Shanxi and Wu Lingren, I took fishing as my profession and wandered along the stream, forgetting the distance of the road. Suddenly I met the peach blossom forest and grabbed the shore for hundreds of steps. There are no miscellaneous trees in it. Grass is delicious and English is colorful, which makes fishermen very different. If you go any further, you will want to be poor. When the forest is short of water, you will get a mountain. The mountains belong to fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry and bamboo, and the traffic is different. Among them, farming, men and women dressed, known as outsiders; The yellow hair hangs low and enjoys itself. He was shocked when he saw the fisherman. He never asks what he said, but he wants to go home and set the chicken for dinner. Xian heard that there was this man in the village, so he came to inquire. Since Master Yun avoided the chaos of Qin Dynasty, he led his wife to this desperate situation and never came back. So I separated from outsiders. You ask what this world is, and I don't know if there are any Han Chinese or Wei and Jin Dynasties. This man speaks every word with a sigh. The rest went back to their homes, and all the food was spilled. Stop for a few days and resign. There is a saying in China: "It seems that outsiders are not enough!" Help the road when you get off the boat, and you are determined everywhere. And the county, Yi Taishou Japan. The satrap sent someone to follow him, looking for what he wanted, so he got lost and went to Liu Ziji and Nanyang. When Gao Shi heard about it, he willingly obeyed, but failed, and finally found the disease. Nobody took care of it after that.

Taohuayuan translation

In the first year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a Wuling man who took fishing as his profession. One day, he rowed along the stream and forgot the distance. Suddenly I met a peach blossom forest with peach trees on both sides of a stream hundreds of miles away. There are no other trees in the middle, and the herbs on the ground are bright and beautiful, with many fallen petals. The fisherman was surprised at the beautiful scenery. Go further and want to walk through Taolin.

Taolin disappeared where the stream originated, and then I saw a mountain with a small hole, which seemed to have light. The fisherman put down the boat and got in through the hole. At first, the hole was very narrow, and only one person could pass through. After dozens of trips, it suddenly became open and bright. The land here is flat and open, with neat houses, fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees and bamboo. The path in the field is intertwined, and the crowing of chickens and dogs can be heard from village to village. People there come and go to farm and work, and men and women dress exactly like the world outside the Peach Blossom Garden. Old people and children are carefree, happy and happy.

People in Taoyuan were surprised to see the fisherman and asked him where he came from. The fisherman gave him a detailed answer. He invited fishermen to his home and cooked them with wine to kill chickens. When people in the village heard that there was such a person, they all came to inquire about the news. They themselves said that the ancestors of the previous generation came to this isolated place with their wives, children and fellow villagers to avoid the disaster in the Qin Dynasty, and never went out from here again, so they were isolated from the world outside the Peach Blossom Garden. They asked what dynasty it was, but they didn't know there was a Han dynasty, let alone Wei and Jin dynasties. The fisherman told them everything he knew in detail, and those people all sighed and regretted it. Others invited fishermen to their homes, and all took out wine and rice to entertain them. The fisherman stayed for a few days and then left. People here told him: "The situation here is not worth telling the world outside the Peach Blossom Garden."

After the fisherman came out, he found his boat and went back along the old road, marking everywhere along the way. Back in the county, I visited the satrap and reported the situation. The satrap immediately sent someone to follow him, looking for the mark he had made before, but he lost his way and didn't find the original road again.

Nanyang Liu Ziji, a noble celebrity, heard the news and happily planned to go. Didn't come true, and soon died of illness. There were no visitors after that.

The Three Gorges is selected from Notes on Water Classics and Rivers, and the text is as follows:

The Three Gorges, 700 Li, is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and there is no gap. Rocks piled up, blocking the sunshine in the sky, and there was no sunrise since midnight.

As for the steep water in summer, it is blocked along the back. Or the king ordered an emergency notice, sometimes worshiping Bai Di, and the river rose sharply at dusk. Although he seeks thousands of miles, he is not ill.

In spring and summer, the green pool is surging and the shadows are clear. There are many strange pines in the city, hanging springs and waterfalls, flying in the meantime. Rong Qing Junmao, it's fun.

At the beginning of every sunny day, the frost shines and the forest is cold and silent. There are often high apes screaming, leading to sorrow, echoing in the empty valley, and sorrow turning leisurely. So the fisherman sang: "The Wuxia Gorge of the Three Gorges in Badong is long, and the apes cry three times!"

Translation:

In the 700-mile boundary of the Three Gorges, there are continuous mountains on both sides without even a break. Many cliffs, layers of cliffs, cover the sky. If it's not noon, you can't see the sun. If it's not midnight, you can't see the moon.

In summer, the river overflows the mountains, and the downward and upward routes are blocked. Sometimes the emperor has an order that must be conveyed quickly. He sets sail from Baidicheng in the morning and arrives in Jiangling at night, which is more than 1,200 miles apart. Even if he rides a fast horse to catch the strong wind, it is not so fast.

Within the Three Gorges, at the turn of spring and summer, snow-white rapids, green pools, whirling clear waves and mountain shadows reflected in the water are all spectacular. There are many grotesque cypress trees on the extremely high peaks along the river bank. There is also a hanging spring waterfall hanging from the high cliff, and the flying stream runs between the rock cliffs. The river is clear, the trees are lush, the mountains are steep and the vegetation is abundant. It's really fun.

Every morning after the rain in Chu Qing or the autumn frost begins to fall, the Three Gorges is another scene. The Woods and mountain streams are cool and quiet, and the apes who often climb high cliffs are singing loudly, and their voices are continuous and very desolate. Empty valley echoes, sadness is indirect, and it will last for a long time. Therefore, the local fisherman sang in his song: "The Wuxia of the Three Gorges in Badong is long, and the ape sings three times with tears!"