"Early Departure from Baidi City" is a poem composed by the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty when he was pardoned and returned from exile in the second year of Qianyuan (759). It is the most widely circulated among Li Bai's poems. One of the famous articles. This poem is intended to describe the section of the Yangtze River from Baidi to Jiangling, where the water flows rapidly and the boat moves as fast as flying. The first sentence describes the height of Baidi City; the second sentence describes the distance to Jiangling and the speed of the boat; the third sentence uses the shadow of the mountain to highlight the speed of the boat; the fourth sentence writes that the boat is as light as nothing, indicating that the water is flowing like water. The whole poem combines the poet's happy mood after being pardoned with the magnificence of the mountains and rivers, and the smoothness and briskness of boating along the current. It uses exaggeration and fantasy to write it in a fluent and elegant way, shocking the world, without artificiality, and is arbitrary and natural. Yang Shen, a man of the Ming Dynasty, praised: "The ghosts and gods weep in the storm!"
Depart from Baidi City early
The farewell to Baidi is among the colorful clouds, and the rivers and tombs thousands of miles away are returned in one day.
The apes on both sides of the strait can’t stop crying, and the boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Annotation translation
Word and sentence annotation
Fa: departure. Baidi City: Its former site is on Baidi Mountain, Fengjie County, Chongqing City. Yang Qixian's note: "Baidi City was built by Gongsun Shu. In the early days, when Gongsun Shu came to Yufu, a white dragon came out of the well. He inherited the fate of the Han Dynasty, so it was called Baidi City. It was changed from Yufu to Baidi City." Wang Qi Note: "Baidi City is located in Fengjie County, Kuizhou, close to Wushan. The so-called colorful clouds refer to the clouds in Wushan."
Chao: Morning. Words: Farewell. Caiyunjian: Because Baidi City is located on Baidi Mountain with a towering terrain, looking up from the river below the mountain, it seems to tower into the clouds. Baidi: Today's Baidi Mountain in the east of Fengjie County, Chongqing City. There is Baidi City on the mountain, located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
Jiangling: present-day Jingzhou City, Hubei Province. It is about 1,200 miles from Baidi City to Jiangling, including 700 miles of the Three Gorges. Li Daoyuan's "Three Gorges": "In the seven hundred miles from the Three Gorges, there are mountains on both sides, with no gaps. The mountains are stacked on top of each other, hiding the sky and blocking out the sun. Since it is not Tingwu time, there is no bright moon. As for Xiashui Xiangling, along the trace (or retroactively) blocked. Or the king's order was announced urgently, and sometimes the White Emperor arrived in the morning and arrived in Jiangling in the evening. During the period of 1,200 hours, he rode against the wind, but did not suffer from the disease. In spring and winter, the green pond was always turbulent. There are many grotesque cypresses growing in the valley, with springs and waterfalls among them. It is a lot of fun to see the clear and majestic trees in the woods every sunny day and the chilly sound of apes. It's so sad. The sound of mourning is heard in the empty valley. So the fishermen sing: "The Three Gorges of Badong are long, and the apes cry three times to wet their clothes." Return in one day: return in one day. .
Ape: ape. Cry: Ming, cry. Stay: stop. One word is "finish".
The boat has passed: a poem "passed by in a moment". Ten Thousand Mountains: A mountain with layers upon layers, which can be described in many ways.
Vernacular translation
Farewell to Baidi City among the white clouds in the early morning. Jiangling, thousands of miles away, can be reached in one day.
The apes on both sides of the river were shouting non-stop, and the brisk boat had sailed through thousands of green mountains.