In December in Chongzhen, I lived by the West Lake.
It snowed for many days, and the noise of pedestrians and birds in the lake disappeared.
It was even more settled, so I took a boat, held my clothes on fire, and went to the pavilion in the middle of the lake to see the snow alone.
Ice flowers are all over the sky, the sky is bright and watery, and the sky is pure white.
The shadow of the lake, only a trace of a long beach, a little outline of the lake, and my boat, two or three boat people on board.
In the pavilion in the middle of the lake, I saw two people laying blankets and a child cooking a wine stove.
Seeing me, I was happy to say, "I didn't think there would be people like you in the lake!" " ! "Pull me together, accompany me to drink.
I tried to drink three glasses of wine and then said goodbye to them. Ask them what their surnames are. They are from Nanjing and are guests in this place.
While waiting for the boat, the boatman murmured, "Stop talking about your Excellency, you idiot, and people like you are crazy!" " ! "
Translation:
In December of the fifth year of Chongzhen (AD 1632), I lived by the West Lake. It snowed heavily for several days, and the voices of pedestrians and birds in the lake disappeared. At about eight o'clock in the evening, I rode a boat, wore a fur coat and took a stove, and went to the lake pavilion to see the snow alone. Ice flowers are everywhere, and the sky, clouds, mountains and water are white from top to bottom. The shadow on the lake is just a faint trace of a long bank, a little outline of a pavilion in the middle of the lake, and a small boat like grass with two or three figures in it.
In the pavilion in the middle of the lake, I saw two people sitting opposite each other with blankets. A child is cooking a wine stove. They were very happy when they saw me and said, "I didn't expect there to be people like you in the lake!" " "(They) dragged me to drink together. I tried to drink three glasses of wine and then said goodbye to them. I asked their surnames, and I learned that they are from Nanjing and live here. When we got off the boat, the boatman murmured, "Don't say that" xianggong "is obsessed with you, and there are people as obsessed as" xianggong "! "