The translation of Gong Zizhen's "Ji Hai Passed Over Yangzhou Again in June"

Jihai visited Yangzhou again in June ①

Li Cao ②, a visitor said: "Do you know Yangzhou today? Read Bao Zhao's "Wucheng Fu" ③, then meet it ④!" Yu Bei said.

Next year, I will take a leave of absence and travel south to Yangzhou. There is a plan for informing Bian ⑤, and he abandoned the boat and went to the pavilion ⑥. After staying in ⑦, we walked along the east wall of the museum and found a small bridge overlooking the stream, where the sound of the stream murmured. When crossing the bridge, if you encounter a female wall that can be climbed, climb it. Thirty miles from Yangzhou, there are twists and turns from beginning to end. The dawn rain bathes the house, and the tiles are like scales, and there are no cracks or cracks (11). I have already suspected that what Cao Cao said as a passing guest is untrue.

Going into the market looking for cooked meat, the market is in disrepute. When you get the meat, the host will give you a bottle of wine and a basket of shrimps. Drunk and singing, the songs of the Song and Yuan Dynasties are long and short, and Yuefu (12). Leaning down the window and whining (13), I startled the girl on the other side to wake up at night, but stopped.

If a guest comes to visit Shugang (14), the boat will be very fast. The curtains are all embroidered with embroidery, and the windows of the boat are also lattice-lined. Upon inspection, the glass is made of five colors (15). Boat people often pointed to both sides of the bank and said: "The former site of a certain garden", "The former site of a certain wine shop", about eight or nine places. In fact, there is no place left in the Rainbow Garden (16). The West Garden (17) where I stayed in the past is still known. The gate is there and the inscription is there. There are only eight or nine places where you can climb it. There are osmanthus in Fu (18) and hibiscus and water chestnuts (19) in the water. It is located in the northwest corner outside Yangzhou City and is the most beautiful. You can see the Yangtze River in the south and the Huaihe River in the north. Dozens of prefectures and counties govern the Jianghuai River and there is nothing like this. Recalling the words of the capital master, I know that there are extremely different things.

After returning to the museum, everyone in the county knew that I had arrived, and they were very happy. Some asked questions about the meaning of scriptures (20); some asked questions about historical events; some inquired about recent affairs in the capital; some presented their work, such as essays, poems, pens, long and short words, miscellaneous works, etc. In a series of books, those who begged for narration and inscriptions (21); those who had records of their ancestors’ life and affairs were begged for inscriptions (22); those who asked for booklets and book fans (23): Filling in the committee room (24), unexpectedly during Jiaqing Old style. Who can say that today is not a peaceful time? But there are boats passing by outside the window, and there is no sound of sheng and piping at night; even if there were, the sound could not be heard clearly. However, there are three women who use gardenia flowers as zhi to ask for letters (25), and couples use calligraphy and painting rings to fill in interoperable questions (2). A sad and sad atmosphere lingers among the bridges, pavilions, ships and boats. Although he is calm (27), his soul is shaking and unable to control himself (28). I believe in the letter (29), take the wind and catch the remaining rhyme, and see the so-called wind howling, rain howling, flying turtles sad, ghosts and gods crying (30)!

At the end of Jiaqing, I tasted the erotic poems (31) written by this and my friend Song Xiangfeng. I heard that Song Jun was ill and his survival was unknown. He also asked about the so-called poet (32). He was invisible and was hated. Lying down and thinking about it, my teeth are hanging down for fifty years. The generosity of the present and the past, the luck of nature (33), how many of the ancient beauties, celebrities, wealth and longevity are there? This is not related to the rise and fall of Yangzhou, but to leave Jiang Jie alone with emotion! If you suppress the beauty of the side, you will get old. If you look at the characters (34), search and compile documents, and still take charge of yourself, you will not grow old.

There are four seasons in heaven and earth. Don’t be sick of the scorching heat (35), and don’t be good at the early autumn. It eliminates the complexity and lustiness (36), and makes it desolate, sparse and desolate (37), calm and serene (38), and does not suddenly make people feel the sadness of the vastness and desolation (39), it is also early autumn. In today's Yangzhou, what's the early autumn like? In my life experience, although I am a beggar, I am confident that I will not die suddenly, and I am still as good as the early autumn of Ding Dynasty (40)? He wrote "Jihai Passed Yangzhou Again in June".

Notes

Notes

① In the 19th year of Daoguang (1839), the author resigned and returned to the south. He passed through Yangzhou, recalled the past and the present, and wrote this article . This is a travelogue style prose, describing Yangzhou's prosperity on the outside but decay on the inside, revealing the author's concern for the country. The article has profound meaning and sincere feelings. It is said that the author passed through Yangzhou when he returned from Beijing to the south in the 25th year of Jiaqing (1820).

②Juli Cao: Served in the Ministry of Rites. The author once served as the head of the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Etiquette and a walking priest of the temple.

③ "Wucheng Fu": In the third year of Xiaojian (456), the third year of Emperor Xiaowu's reign in the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Dan, the king of Jingling, rebelled against Guangling (i.e. Yangzhou). Guangling was almost destroyed by war and was desolate and dilapidated. After Guangling was recaptured, Bao Zhao climbed up to the city and looked into the distance, and wrote "Ode to Wucheng" to describe the desolate scene in Guangling after the Rebellion.

④Encounter it: get it, feel it.

⑤Generator (zhǔ主): coincidentally. Gaobian: sue, request. Buy, buy grain.

"Guoyu Luyu I": "When there is a famine in the country, the minister goes out to report the purchase, which is the ancient system." According to Gong Zizhen in 1838 because of disobedience to his superiors

He was "robbed of his salary" and had to ask for help. Funding from friends.

⑥Hotel: Hotel. Here it is used as a verb to live in a hotel.

⑦Jisu: After staying for one night.

⑧诙(huānhuan): noisy.

⑨Nvqiang: The low wall on the city wall. gnaw (niènie): bite. This metaphor is a gap caused by erosion.

⑩See: Same as "present".

(11)甔(zhòu日): Well wall, here generally refers to the wall.瓓(pì Remote): Brick.

(12) Long and short words Yuefu: Ci. Ci is also called long and short sentences. Ci poets in the Song and Yuan Dynasties enjoyed it, so it goes.

(13) Wuwu: onomatopoeia, referring to the sound of singing.

(14) Shugang: The name of the hillock. It is the ruins of an ancient city in the Tang Dynasty in the northwest of today's Yangzhou City and Slender West Hubei.

(15) Three sentences of "Suspicious Boat Window": It means seeing the boat window crystal clear and colorful, and suspecting it to be decorated with shells; upon closer inspection, it is revealed that it is colorful glass. Li□ (luóquè Luo Que), snail shell. This refers to shells. Li means "snail".

(16) Yihong Garden: a famous scenic spot in Yangzhou, named after its proximity to Dahong Bridge.宮(pǐPI): destroyed.

(17) Shinjuku: Stay two nights in a row. West Garden: formerly known as Fangpu, located in the west of Pingshan Hall, it was built in the 16th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty.

(18) Fu: Earth Mountain.

(19) Fuqu: Lotus. Ling: water chestnut. Gorgon: The name of an aquatic plant. Its flowers are purple and look like thorn balls. They are edible.

(20) Sutra meaning: the content and meaning of the sutra. Questioning: Asking difficult questions.

(21) Pen: Prose. In ancient times, "pen" and "wen" were relative. Those with rhyme were called essays, and those without rhyme were called pen.

(22) Describing one’s ancestors’ deeds: refers to taking the deeds written by oneself for one’s ancestors. To inscribe: Write an epitaph.

(23) Books: Inscriptions on books and picture albums. Book fan: inscription on the fan.

(24) Filling out the committee: full of confusion and confusion.

(25) Gardenia: the name of the flower. Among the gardenias, there is the concentric gardenia, which is often used as a token of love. Tang Han Hong's poem "Sending the Prince's Mansion Back to Hangzhou": "Gardenia trees are of one mind and are good gifts to others." Hua Fa: According to Sun Qinshan's "Selected Poems of Gong Zizhen", "fa" should be "li", which is the flower decoration of dancing prostitutes. Zhi: Gift. (26) Yuan: Yes. Ring: an accessory such as a jade bracelet. Fill in (diàndian): Earrings made of jade.

(27) Danding: Tranquil and calm.

(28) "It's Xi" sentence: It means that you are moved by sounds and colors, and your mood is unstable.

(29)Xinxin: Staying for four nights.

(30) "Wu Jian" sentence: It means that there is no desolate scene written by Bao Zhao. There is a sentence in Bao Zhao's "Ode to Wucheng": "The sunflowers are leaning against the well, and the wild geese are covered with grass. The altar is full of wild flies, and the steps are fighting with the gliders. The wood is full of ghosts, and the wild mice are foxes in the city. The wind is howling and the rain is howling, and I can see the morning trend at dusk." Flying squirrel (wú Wu), flying squirrel, looks like a rat, has membranes between its front and rear limbs, and can fly up trees. Pi (yòu right), long-tailed ape.

(31) Song Xiangfeng (1776-1860): named Yu Ting, also named Yu Ting, from Changzhou (now Suzhou). A famous scholar and poet in the Qing Dynasty. Side erotic poems: Gorgeous and frivolous poems.

(32) The so-called poets refer to the prostitutes who wrote poems with the Song family and the author.

(33) Luck of nature: movement and changes in nature.

(34) Zhen Zong: Comprehensive analysis, identification and evaluation.

(35) Disease: Harm.

(36) Chengtai: Still eliminated. Sexy steam: extremely hot.

(37) Xiao Shudang: distant and empty.

(38) Lingranseran: cool and clean appearance.

(39) Vast and vast (juéjue): depressed and cold.

(40) Ding: Dang, value.