I still want to see this thing, even if I'm on my way to the cabin.
Even if you pass by and stay for two nights, you can still see it.
Source: Huangniutan? -Li Daoyuan
Original text:
The river is in the east, passing under the Huangniu Mountain, and there is a beach called Huangniutan. There are mountains on the south bank, and there are stones between the outermost high cliffs. People who are like knives and cows and black bezoar have made clear achievements. As no one has been there, there is no way to know. Since this stone is high, you can still see it when you rush back to the river. Therefore, the Monkey King made a rumor, saying, "Send scalpers early and treat them later. In the Three Dynasties, so did the cows. "
The river flows eastward, across the Wolf Tail Beach and across the People's Beach. Yuan said, "The two beaches are two miles apart. The water on the beach is very handsome, and there are bluestones on the south bank. They don't come out in winter and summer. Their stones are embedded in the ground. In dozens of steps, everyone knows the face, big or small, and those who are clear must have hair, so it is called' people beach'. "
Translation:
The river flows eastward again and passes through Huangniu Mountain. At the foot of the mountain, there is a beach called Huangniutan. Layers of mountains stand on the south bank, and there is a rock on the farthest mountain, like a man holding a knife and holding a cow. Human black bezoar with clear outline; This place is inaccessible, and no one can explore it in person.
This stone is already very high, and with the twists and turns of the river, you can still see this thing even after walking on the road for two nights. Therefore, there is a passerby saying, "Set out from Huangniushan in the morning and spend the night in Huangniushan at night. After a few days and nights, Huangniushan is still the same. "
The river flows eastward again, passing through Wolf Tail Beach and People Beach. Yuan (a famous scholar in the Jin Dynasty) said, "The two beaches are two miles apart. People beach, the river is very urgent. There are many blue stones on the south bank of the river, which are submerged in summer and exposed in winter. These stones are dozens of steps apart (steps: ancient length units), all in the shape of human faces, big and small; Those with clear lines, hair and beard can be distinguished: therefore, it is called "human beach".
Extended data:
This article is selected from Zhu. It's called Notes on Water Classics, but in fact, it takes Water Classics as the key link and records more than 1000 rivers and related historical sites, stories, myths and legends in detail. It is the most comprehensive and systematic comprehensive geographical work in ancient China. The book also records a large number of stone tablet ink and fishing songs and folk songs, with gorgeous words and beautiful language, which has high literary value.
In addition to rich geographical content, Zhu also contains many thematic materials. For example, there are about 20,000 place names recorded in the book, of which more than 2,400 are explained. There are more than 30 ancient pagodas, 20 palaces 120, 260 tombs, 26 temples and many gardens at home and abroad. It can be seen that the book has certain reference value to history, archaeology, toponymy, water conservancy history, ethnology, religion, art and so on.
These contents are not only amazing in quantity, but more importantly, the author uses literary and artistic techniques to describe them vividly, so they are still classics of classical literature in the Han Dynasty and occupy a certain position in the history of literature. It is a collection of landscape prose, a collection of myths and legends, a guide map of scenic spots and historical sites, and an interview record of local conditions and customs in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
"Water Mirror Notes" is also excellent in language use. As far as waterfalls are concerned, the words used are: long, flood, suspended current, suspended water, suspended waves, suspended springs, suspended streams, suspended waves, ebbing waves, flying clear and so on. It's endless. Therefore, we say that Zhu is not only a scientific masterpiece, but also a literary and artistic treasure.
The value of such rich content is self-evident. As far as historical geography is concerned, it plays an endless role. Professor Hou Renzhi used it to repair ancient water conservancy projects in Beijing suburbs and studied the historical changes of Mu Us Desert. We can use it to study ancient waterway changes, lake annihilation, groundwater development, coastal changes, urban planning, climate change in historical periods and many other topics.
Zhu Dui's profound influence is inseparable from Li Daoyuan's serious attitude towards scholarship. In order to write this book, he collected a large number of documents, quoted 437 kinds of books, and sorted out about 350 kinds of stone inscriptions during the Han and Wei Dynasties.
I also collected many folk songs, proverbs, dialects, legends and stories, and carefully analyzed and studied the materials obtained, personally visited historical sites, traced back to the source, and adopted a scientific attitude of seeking truth from facts. This book is actually a summary of the ancient geography of China before the Northern Wei Dynasty. Many valuable materials in the book have long been lost, and many people can edit or revise some ancient books from them.