brief introduction
This article is selected from Wang Wen's Collection of Official Documents and Mr. Linchuan's Collection. Author Wang Anshi (1021-1086), a native of Linchuan, Fuzhou (now Jiangxi), is one of the "Eight Great Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties" with vigorous prose. The Collection of Wang Wen's Official Documents contains 100 volumes, 56 volumes and 44 volumes of poetry, which contains most of his poems, and the content is basically the same as that of Mr. Linchuan's Collection. This article is an argumentative essay in the form of travel notes, which clarifies the truth of traveling and studying, emphasizes the prominent role of "ambition" in reading or starting a business, and points out that you should have firm ambition and tenacious perseverance, rather than dabbling or giving up halfway.
Baochan, also known as Huashan, was abandoned at its address (1) in the Tang Dynasty, but was buried by a pawn, so it was later named "Zanchan". Today, the so-called Huikong Temple is also known as the tomb of Lu. Five miles east of its courtyard, the so-called Huashan Cave, also known as the Yang of Huashan Mountain. More than a hundred steps away from the cave, there is a servant's road monument, whose text is diffuse, and the only one that is still recognizable is called "Huashan". Today's word "Hua", such as "Hua", masks this sound.
Below it, it is flat and open, with springs coming out sideways and many tourists, the so-called front hole. There is a cave five or six miles away from the mountain, which is very cold. You ask how deep it is, and it can't be bad. This is called a back hole. Yu and four people embraced the fire and entered. The deeper they go, the harder it is to get in, and the weirder it is. Lazy people who want to go out say, "If you don't go out, the fire will be consumed." So I said it. Cover up, not 11 (4) than those who do good deeds, but look at their left and right, and remember less; The deeper you cover it, the less it will be. The timing is right, the power given is enough, and the fire is bright enough. If you come out, you may blame the person who came up with it, but if you give it, you will regret it, not enjoy it extremely.
So there was a sigh. The ancients' views on heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, vegetation, insects, fish, birds and animals often gained something, and they sought the depth of thinking without exception. Husband and wife have many tourists; The risks are far away, but the risks are few. The transcendent world outlook is often far from danger, but people are rare. Therefore, people without will can't come. If you are ambitious, you can't stop, but if you don't have enough strength, you can't get there. Have ambition and strength, but don't be lazy. As for darkness and confusion, nothing can be compared with it, nor can it be realized. However, the strength is enough, people can laugh at it, but they have regrets. Those who can't do what I want can have no regrets, so who can laugh at them? What you give is what you get.
I am not just a servant's monument, and I don't exist in ancient books. 6. Those who can't be famous for heresy and heresy in the afterlife can't get the word! Therefore, scholars can't take it seriously without thinking deeply.
Four people: my father's father, Changle Wang's father, Yu's father and An Shangchun's father. One day in July of the first year of He Zhi, Wang Mouji of Linchuan.
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① Floating picture: Sanskrit, the different translations of "Buddha", "pagoda" and "Buddha picture" sometimes refer to Buddhists, here refers to monks. ② Luzhong (zhǒnɡ): namely Luzhong Tomb, a house built beside the tomb. ③ Hmmm (yo) Ran: It looks very deep. 4 can't be eleven: less than one tenth. ⑤ Stage (xiànɡ): Help and assistance. Sad husband: the meaning of emotion.
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Baochan is also called Huashan Mountain. Bao Hui, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, built a house here and was buried here after his death. Therefore, he was named Baochan Mountain. Now Huikong Temple is Bao Hui's home and graveyard. This Buddhist temple is five miles to the east. Because it is in the south of Huashan Mountain, it is called Huashan Cave. There is a stone tablet lying on the road more than 0/00 steps away from the cave/kloc-. The inscription on it is vague, and only a few words can be recognized, called "Huashan". Now reading Huashan as "Hua" is probably a mistake.
The mountain is flat and wide, and a spring water flows by it. There are many people writing inscriptions here, which is what people call the front hole. About five or six miles up the hill from here, there is a cave that is dark, deep, cold and dense. Ask how deep it is, even the cool tourists are not at the end. This is called the back hole. Four people and I went in with torches. The further we go into the hole, the harder it is to move forward, but the stranger we see. A lazy companion who wants to quit said, "If you don't go out, the fire will burn out." So we followed him out. Perhaps my achievements are less than one tenth of those of cool tourists, but look at the left and right stone walls of the cave, and few people come here to write their names; Probably the deeper the hole, the fewer people have been there. At that time, my physical strength was enough to continue to deepen and the torch could continue to illuminate. Everyone is out, and some people blame suggestions. At the same time, it's a pity that I can't enjoy traveling with him.
I have a lot of feelings here. The ancients observed heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, vegetation, insects, fish, birds and beasts, and often gained something because of in-depth and extensive exploration and thinking. Flat terrain, close to the road, many tourists; Difficult and far, few people go. However, the strange, magnificent and unusual scenery in the world is often in difficult, distant and inaccessible places. So people without ambition can't achieve it. Those who have ambition and don't stop at others, those who lack strength can't reach it. He has both ambition and physical strength, and he doesn't slack off on others, but he can't get to a dark and chaotic place without the help of utensils. However, if he is strong enough to reach and stop, others can laugh at him and he will regret it himself. If you try your best and can't reach it, you can have no regrets. Who can laugh at him? This is my experience.
I saw a prone stone tablet, so it's a pity that many ancient books have not been preserved and passed down by future generations, leaving people unclear about the truth. That's beyond words! This is why scholars have to use it carefully and thoughtfully.
The four people traveling with me are: Xiao from Luling, Wang from Changle, and my younger brothers An Pingfu and An Shangzi Chunfu. One day in July in the first year of He Zhi (1054), Wang Mouji of Linchuan was recorded.