Translation of "The water in Zhongtan is so clear that you can see the bottom, and there are many people trying to find it, but you don't know how unpredictable it is." The water in Zhongtan is crystal clear, and most people like to play here, but ignore the depth of the water. Unfathomable. "Unpredictable" means immeasurable, unpredictable, and also deceitful and unpredictable.
From "A Trip to the Three Pools of Qingxi" by Li Yuanyang of the Ming Dynasty, the original text: The middle pool is about two feet deep, and the water is clear enough to see the bottom. The water in the lower pool is dark blue, the water in the middle pool is crow green, and the water in the upper pool is parrot green. Water and stone are related to each other. The more floating the water is, the more beautiful the color of the stone will be.
Li Yuanyang (1497-1580), named Renfu and Zhongxi, was a Bai nationality and a native of Dali, Yunnan. A famous writer and Neo-Confucianist in Yunnan during the Ming Dynasty. Jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing period. Li Yuanyang is upright and upright, extremely dissatisfied with the reality of political darkness and official corruption, and cannot solve practical problems. In the 20th year of Jiajing's reign (1541), he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown on the pretext of attending his father's funeral. From then on, he lived in seclusion in Dali for 40 years and never became an official again. He placed his love between Cangshan Mountain and Ershui River, eliminating the intrigues and intrigues, and no longer being fettered by officialdom. He not only sang in harmony with cultural celebrities such as Yang Shiyun, Yang Shen, Zhang Han, and Li Zhi, but was also diligent in writing. His poetry collections include " Yanxuetai Poetry", "Zhongxi Manuscript", Neo-Confucianism works include "The Illustrated Theory of Mind", and in his later years compiled Jiajing's "Dali Prefecture Chronicles" and Wanli's "Yunnan General Chronicles". Due to his outstanding achievements in philosophy, history, literature, calligraphy, and education, he is known as "the first Bai literati in history" and occupies an important position in the cultural history of Yunnan.