Poems about elephants:
1. "The Jingzhou Thieves Arrive at Dongting in Warmth"
Revised by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
Snakes cross the cave and swallow elephants on Linjiang Island.
The bones are accumulated into Baling, and the last words are heard by the old man Chu.
Translation: The giant snake lay across the Dongting Lake and swallowed the elephant in one bite on the edge of the river island. The elephant bones were spit out and piled up into a baling. The person who told me this legend was an old man from Chu State.
2. "The Ballad of the People of the Sea"
Wang Jian of the Tang Dynasty
The people of the sea lived in the sea without a home, and the elephants who fished for pearls were a new year's gift.
Evil waves cross the Tianshan Mountains and block the roads, and the Weiyang Palace is always full.
Translation: Sea people have no home and live in ships at sea every day. They went to sea every day to pick pearls and kill elephants for their tusks to pay taxes. Dangerous waves rolled across the sky, and all roads were blocked by mountains. The palace's treasury was often filled with pearls and ivory. ?
3. "Journey to the Lingnan River"
Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty
Going to the south of the miasmatic Yangtze River into the clouds and smoke, you can see as far as Huang Mao is the seaside.
The rain and clear weather add signs in the belly of the mountain, and the sun warms in the middle of the pond and the saliva of dragons grows.
Translation: The river goes south and disappears into the vast clouds, and the end of the yellow grass everywhere is the seaside. After the rain and the sky clear, elephants appear on the mountainside, and leeches emerge from the hot pools under the scorching sun.
4. "Nanxiangzi·Meeting Place"
Li Xun of the Five Dynasties
The meeting place was on a sunny day in the evening, under the thorn flowers in front of the stage.
Looking back with deep affection in the dark, leaving behind a pair of green trees, riding an elephant and crossing the water first. ?
Translation: It was sunset and the sky was clear. A beautiful and innocent girl met a graceful, elegant and suave young man by chance under the blooming eryngium flowers in front of the platform. The two of them passed each other, but she still looked back secretly, gazing at the young man affectionately, deliberately dropped a pair of green feathers, hurriedly rode the elephant away from the tourists, crossed the river and left first.
5. "The Story of the Elephant Temple"
Wang Shouren of the Ming Dynasty
In the mountains of Ling and Bo, there is an Elephant Temple.
The Miao and Yi people living below worshiped the gods.
Translation: There are elephant temples on Lingjiu Mountain and Bonan Mountain. Many Miao people living at the foot of the mountain worshiped him as a god.