Now I make my home by this stream, but no one can decide its name.
The first is the Preface to Yuxi Poetry by Liu Zongyuan, a writer in the Tang Dynasty.
Preface to Yuxi Poetry is an essay by Liu Zongyuan, a writer in the Tang Dynasty. By talking about Yuxi's portrayal of herself, this article expresses her loneliness and frustration that her wish to save the world cannot be realized. The full text is led by a "stupid" hook, and the point is a chapter. The first and second paragraphs describe the reason why Ran Xi changed to Yuxi. The third paragraph is the reason for writing a stream with a silly name. The fourth paragraph is about the types and nature of fools. The fifth paragraph is about the fun of fools. The last paragraph boils down to eight stupid poems.
Two. Brief introduction of the author
Liu Zongyuan (773-8 19), with thick words, was a famous writer and thinker in the Tang Dynasty. Liu, a native of Hedong (now Ruicheng, Yuncheng, Shanxi), was born in an official family, with few talents and high aspirations. In his early years, he was a scholar in the exam, and his writings were mainly flowery words. One of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, Han Yu and he jointly advocated the movement of ancient Chinese prose in Tang Dynasty and called it "Liu Han". Liu Yuxi also called it "Liu Liu". Wang Wei, Meng Haoran and Wei also called it "Wang Meng". Liu Zongyuan left more than 600 poems and works in his life, and his philosophy is characterized by simple materialism. His political thoughts are mainly manifested in his social historical view of attaching importance to "potential" and Confucian people-oriented thought. His literary works are simple and natural in language and elegant and meaningful in style. His representative works include Qian Donkey, Snake Catcher, Eight Stories of Yongzhou, Jiang Xue and so on.
Third, the original text
Preface to Yuxi Poetry
There is a stream in the sun and a drizzle in the east. Or: ran's family tastes at home, so his surname is, that is. Or: it can be dyed, named after its ability, so it is called dyeing creek. Stupidly touch the crime and plunge into the water. Love is a stream. When you enter the second or third mile, you will get the best. In ancient times, there was Gong Yu Valley, but now the home is a stream, and the name cannot be determined. The scholar is still embarrassed, which is even more embarrassing.
Buying a hill above Yuxi is a silly hill. Walking sixty steps from the northeast of Yu Qiu, you got a spring and bought it. It's a stupid spring. Yuquan six points are all built from the mountain. The confluence bends to the south, which is a stupid ditch. Therefore, it is a foolish pool to carry earth and stone and block its pass. To the east of Yugong Pool is Yugong Hall. To the south of it is a stupid pavilion. There is a desert island in the pool. The dislocation of beautiful trees and different stones is a wonder of mountains and rivers, so that they can grow old, but salt can humiliate their stupidity.
A wise man is happy when there is plenty of water. Today, it's shameful for a person to look at a fool. Why? Cover it with water, and you can't irrigate it. It's steep and rocky, so big ships can't get in. Quiet and shallow, the dragon disdains, can't have sex, can't benefit the world, and is suitable for giving, but it can humiliate fools.
Ning Wuzi said that "the country is stupid without Tao" and wisdom is stupid. Yan Zi "does not violate like a fool all day long", no matter how sharp he is, he is also a fool. No one will be really stupid. Today, I was violated by Tao and truth, so I am a fool. If you are a husband, you can't fight for the world, you can be famous for it.
Although the stream is not beneficial to the world, it is good at learning all kinds of things, clear and beautiful, and can make fools laugh and admire, but not go. Although giving does not conform to the custom, it is equivalent to masturbating with pen and ink, washing everything, and holding various cages without taboo. Singing silly songs, I am at a loss, but I don't violate them. Unconsciously, all roads lead to the same goal, surpassing the HarmonyOS system, hanging out with foreigners, enjoying myself and not knowing what to say. So he wrote "Poems of Eight Fools" and recorded it on a flowing stone.
Four. translate
There is a stream to the north of irrigation, which flows eastward into small water. Some people say that there was once a man named Ran who lived here, so this stream is called. Others say that flow can be used for dyeing, and it is named dyeing flow according to its function. I was exiled to Num for a stupid crime. I like this stream. After walking along it for two or three miles, I found a place with excellent scenery and lived here. In ancient times, there was Gong Yugu. Now I have settled my home by this stream, but no one can decide its name. The local residents are still arguing, and it seems that it will be renamed, so I will name it Yuxi.
I bought a mountain above Yuxi called Yu Qiu. Walking sixty steps from Yugong Mountain to the northeast, I found a spring, bought it as a savings, and called it Yugong Spring. There are six springs in the silly spring, all of which are on the flat ground at the foot of the mountain, and all of which gush upward. After the springs meet, they meander south, and the place they pass through is called Yugou. So he transported mounds of stones to block the narrow spring road and built a foolish pool. Fish pond has fish soup to the east and fish soup to the south. In the middle of the pool is stupid island. Beautiful trees and strange rocks are uneven. These are magnificent scenery, because I defiled them with stupid words.
Water is the favorite of smart people. But this stream was actually humiliated by stupid words. Why? Because its waterway is very low, it can't be used for irrigation. Steep and urgent, there are many shoals and stones, and big ships can't get in; Narrow seclusion, dragon disdain. It can't afford to raise clouds or rain, which is bad for the world, just like me. In that case, even if you are insulted, it is ok to call yourself stupid.
Ning Wuzi's "national chaos is stupid" is a wise man deliberately playing dumb. Yan Zi "never mentions disagreeing with the teacher and likes to play the fool", and is also a smart person who deliberately plays the fool. None of them are really stupid. Now when I am politically clear, I have done something that goes against the truth, so there is no one more stupid than me. So no one in the world can compete with me for this stream. I have a patent to name it.
Although the stream is not beneficial to the world, it can reflect everything, make it clear and delicate, make it sound like stone, make fools smile and make people feel distressed. Although I am not secular, I can comfort myself with articles, drive everything with the freedom of writing, and create a satisfactory aesthetic realm. Nothing in the world can escape my pen and ink description. I sang Yuxi with silly words and felt that there was nothing against reason. I seem to have the same destination, beyond heaven and earth, into the mysterious silence, in loneliness and silence, no one can understand me. So he wrote "Eight Poems for Fools" and wrote it on a flowing stone.