Yandang Mountain is famous for its beautiful scenery and is known as "a famous mountain on the sea and the most beautiful place in the world". I will share with you the translation of Yandang Mountain's classical Chinese text below. Let's take a look!
Translation of the classical Chinese text of Yandang Mountain
Original text of Yandang Mountain 1:
Yandang Mountain in Wenzhou is a wonderful place in the world, but since ancient times, there has never been anyone who has spoken about it. In the auspicious talisman, because of the construction of the Yuqing Palace and the harvesting of materials from the mountains, it was only seen by people, but it was not yet famous at this time. According to the Book of the Western Regions, Arahat Nuoju Luo lives in Longqiu, Furong Peak, Yandang Mountain, on the southeast coast of Sinian. Monk Guanxiu of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Nuoju Luo Zan", which contains the sentence "The wild geese are walking in the desert, and the dragons are sitting in the rain." There is Furong Peak in the south of this mountain. At the foot of the peak, Furong Station overlooks the sea. However, the location of Yandang and Longqiu is unknown. Later, due to logging, this mountain was only seen. There is a large pool on the top of the mountain, which is said to be Yandang; there are two pools of water below, which are thought to be Longqiu. There is a large lake on the top of the mountain, which is said to be called Yandang; there are two pools at the bottom of the mountain, which are called Longqiu. There are also the Walking Gorge and the Banquet Sitting Peak, both of which were named after Guanxiu's poem by later generations. Xie Lingyun was the guardian of Yongjia. He had traveled extensively in Yongjia's mountains and rivers, but he did not mention this mountain, because it did not have the name of Yandang at that time.
Translation:
Wenzhou Yandang Mountain is one of the most unique and beautiful mountains in the world, but there is no record of it on maps and geographical data since ancient times. During the Xiangfu period (Song Dynasty), people discovered this mountain because it was necessary to build the Yuqing Palace and cut the mountain to cut timber. At that time, the mountain did not have a name. According to records in the Book of the Western Regions, the Arhat (named Nuojuluo) lived in Longqiu on the Furong Peak of Yandang Mountain on the seaside in southeastern China. Guanxiu, a monk from the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Nuoju Luo Zan", which contains the poem "The wild geese are walking through the deserted clouds, and the dragons are feasting and sitting in the misty rain". There is Furong Peak in the south of this mountain, and there is Furong Post at the foot of the peak. You can overlook the sea, but most people at that time did not know where Yandang and Longqiu were. Later (Song Dynasty) due to timber harvesting, they began to See this mountain. There is a large lake on the top of the mountain, which is regarded as Yandang in legend; there are two pools at the bottom of the mountain, which are regarded as Longqiu (big and small). There are also Jingxing Gorge and Yanzui Peak, which were later named according to Guan Xiu's poems. When (Southern Tang poet) Xie Lingyun was the prefect of Yongjia, he traveled to almost all the mountains and rivers in Yongjia (area), but he did not talk about this (Yandang) Mountain. (This is) because the name Yandang Mountain did not exist at that time.
Original text two of Yandang Mountain:
I look at the peaks of Yandang Mountain, they are all steep and dangerous, rising thousands of feet high, with domed cliffs and huge valleys, unlike other mountains, they are all wrapped in valleys , Looking from the outside of the ridge, nothing can be seen; in the valley, it is so dense that the sky is clear. The reason is that it should have been caused by the flood in the valley. The sand and soil were all gone, leaving only the huge rocks standing upright. For example, the Big and Small Dragon Qiu, Water Curtain, and Chuyue Valley are all caves carved by water. Viewed from below, the cliffs are high and rocky; viewed from above, they are level with the ground, and the tops of the peaks are also lower than the ground on the tops of the mountains. Everywhere in the world's ravines, dug by water, there are niches and rocks planted with earth. This is also the case. Nowadays, in the large streams of Chenggao and Shaanxi, there are earth-moving structures hundreds of feet tall, standing very different from each other. They are also concrete and small like wild goose, but here there is earth and there is stone ear. Since it does not protrude from the ground, it is covered by deep valleys and forests. Therefore, it is not seen by the ancients and cannot be reached by spiritual luck. It is not surprising.
Huge ravine, unlike other mountains. (Many peaks of Yandang Mountain) are contained in some (surrounding) valleys. Looking at these peaks from the surrounding mountains, you can't see anything; when you walk into the valley, you can see these peaks standing tall and straight into the sky. Looking at the reason for its (formation), it should be that it was washed away by the flood in the valley, and all the sand and soil were washed away, leaving only (these) huge rocks standing majestically (there). Caves such as Big and Small Longqiu, Shuilian, and Chuyue Valley are also caves washed by water. Viewed from below, these peaks appear to be towering rocky cliffs; viewed from above, the peaks of the peaks in the valley are exactly as high as the surrounding mountains, and even the tops of many peaks are lower than those of the surrounding mountains. ground plane. Wherever water flows in valleys around the world, there are towering upright layers of soil and rocks with sunken bottoms that look like shrines. That’s just this type of situation. (They are the same as the causes and principles of the formation of many peaks in the Yandang Valley. are the same.) The towering and upright soil layers in the large valleys west of Chenggao and Shaanzhou are often hundreds of feet high, and they can also be regarded as the many peaks of the Yandang Mountains that are complete in shape but smaller in scale. , it’s just that here it’s made of loess and there it’s made of stone. Since (many peaks of Yandang Mountain) do not stand on the flat ground, but are hidden by deep valleys and old forests, it is not surprising that the ancients did not discover it and Xie Lingyun has never been (here).
Extended information
Writing background:
The creation background and related circumstances of "Mengxi Bitantan" are stated by the author Shen Kuo in "Mengxi Bitantan Preface" A relatively clear explanation: After 1082 (the fifth year of Yuanfeng in the Song Dynasty), the author was politically unsuccessful. Around 1088 (the third year of Yuanyou), he lived in Runzhou and built a Mengxi Garden (in the east of present-day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) to live there. In daily life, he rarely goes out and interacts less with others. This is called "retiring to the forest and living deep in the woods".
The oldest version of "Mengxi Bi Tan" currently available is the engraved version of Chen Renzi's Dongshan Academy in 1305 (the ninth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty) collected by the National Library of China. This edition was republished according to the Qiandao edition of the Southern Song Dynasty (see the illustration in this section). We can still get a glimpse of the old Song edition. The format is large and extremely laid out, and the frame is very small. The binding is a butterfly dress that was popular at the time. Among the Yuan Dynasty engraving editions Unique.
About the author:
Shen Kuo (1031-1095), courtesy name Cunzhong, was a scientist and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. A native of Qiantang, Hangzhou (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), Jiayou Jinshi. Xiningzhong participated in Wang Anshi's reform.
In 1072 (the fifth year of Xining), he was promoted to Si Tianjian, and he discussed the Armillary Sphere, Fulu and Jingbiao, and recommended Wei Pu to revise Feng Yuanli. The following year, he went to Zhejiang and Zhejiang to inspect water conservancy and labor. In 1075 (the eighth year of Xining), he sent envoys to Liao and denounced his land demands. He also drew pictures of the mountains and rivers, people and customs, and submitted them to the "Illustrations of the Envoy Khitan".
The Song Benzu engraving of Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan" has long since disappeared. According to the textual research of the circulated edition, it can be seen that the original edition of "Mengxi Bi Tan" was thirty volumes, with more content than the current edition, but all of them have been lost. There was a Yangzhou engraving in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was reengraved in the second year of Emperor Xiaozong's reign in the Southern Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, none of the Song engravings exist today.
The front volume of the Yuan Dade edition has two Zhuwen square seals of "Donggong Shufu" and "Wenyuan Pavilion", and there are also "Wang Shizhong Seal", "Pingyang Wang's Collection Seal", " "Chen Wenchen's Seal", "Jiazi Bingyin, Han Dejun, Qian Runwen and his wife took refuge twice with books" and other seals.