—— Wang Chang
Jinan is governed by the government, which is the way to save water. The nature of the economy is flowing away, and when it gets there, it will flood in. People chop wood, cut off their heads and shovel dirt, which is only three or four inches. When they get up, they get a spring. The spring water is clear, the ground is covered with sand, and it does not gurgle for mud. However, it is not as strange as Pearl Spring. In front of the Governor's House, the spring is a one-square-acre pool surrounded by a stone fence. According to the column, the spring comes out of the sand, gathering and dispersing, breaking and continuing, rushing and slowing, and the sun reflects it. The big ones are pearls, and the small ones are sighs, all from bottom to top, rustling and heavy. "Kangcangzi" says: "The slough of the earth is water, the slough of water is gas, and the slough of gas is empty." Look at it this spring and believe it. It's a new rainy day, and his disciples Wu Qi and Yang Huaidong are wandering around and leaving. There are four people out of ten who get the name of Jinan spring, and this spring name is the cloud.
Note: ① (fú): Water flows underground ②: Encounters cracks ③: Frequently ④(y n): Pointing ⑤ (y √) ⑤ gurgling ⑤ weeks: Brick the pool wall ⑧: Describe the spring water gushing out.
Translation:
Jinan Fucheng is a place where water flows. The water-based nature of water saving is a potential underground flow. When it meets a gap in the ground, it spews out immediately. People cut off a branch, sharpen it and insert it into the ground. Just insert it three or four inches and pull it up, and the spring will gush out. This spring water is sparkling and crystal clear, because the ground is sandy, so the spring water is not muddy by the soil. But the local springs are not all as beautiful as pearls.
Pearl spring is a brick pool in front of the governor's yamen, with an acre of land and stone fences around it. Looking at the spring water at the edge of the stone fence, I saw the spring water spewing out of the sand, sometimes closing and sometimes spreading, sometimes interrupting and connecting, and sometimes slowing down. The sun shines on the spring, and the big water drops are like big round pearls, and the small water drops are like small pearls. They all rise from the bottom to the surface, green and bright, one after another. "Kangcangzi" said: "What comes out of the ground is water, what comes out of the water is gas, and what comes out of the gas becomes empty." After reading this song "Pearl Spring", I can believe that this sentence is correct.
On this day, just after Chu Qingyu, my students Wu Qi and Yang Huandong and I visited here and stayed for a long time before leaving.
There are 14 famous springs in Jinan, of which Pearl Spring is the most famous.