The previous sentence of "there is no windless mirror on the pool surface" is "the lake and the moon are in harmony"
Whole poem:
The lake and the moon set each other off, and there is no wind mirror on the pool surface.
Looking at Dongting from a distance, there is a green snail in the silver plate.
Translation:
On Dongting Lake, moonlight and water blend together, and the lake is as calm as an unpolished bronze mirror.
Looking at Dongting Lake from a distance, the landscape is as green as ink, like a green snail in a silver plate.
Source: Tang Yuxi's "Looking at Dongting"
Extended data:
This poem was written in the autumn of the fourth year of Changqing. The poet described the lakes and mountains in autumn night as beautiful and moving, just like a landscape painting. The poet Dan Qing skillfully compared the calm and static state of Dongting Lake to an unpolished mirror. This image also aptly depicts the elegance, softness and tranquility of Dongting Lake.
This poem offers a panoramic view of Dongting Lake from a moonlit perspective. The poet captured the most representative lakes and mountains, and reappeared the beautiful scenery of Dongting Lake in front of readers through rich imagination and clever metaphor.
The words "Lake Yue Hui" and "Harmony" show the harmony of water and sky, jade and dust-free, and Junshan in the lake is skillfully compared to "a green snail in a silver plate" by the author. The word "the mirror is not polished" vividly shows the calm scene of a thousand miles of caves, and there is a hazy beauty in the moonlight.