Original text:
Su Yanpingjin—Song Dynasty·Cai Xiang
The sound of thousands of trees in the forest is singing, and the dense mist surrounds the chaotic peaks.
The tower stands at Shuangxihui, and when thunder and lightning strike, a sword appears. ?
At dawn, the city is full of people, and in the night, fishermen and firemen fight against the cold stars.
The painting screen used to refer to the lonely boat, but today the lonely boat is painting the screen.
Translation:
The vegetation is growing, the weather is desolate, and wherever the wind blows, thousands of sounds are singing together; the thick fog in the mountain forest surrounds everything, and only the towering peaks can be seen.
There is a tower standing at the confluence of two streams; there is thunder and lightning in the sky, and the flash of lightning cuts through the sky like a smart sword.
In the morning, smoke is everywhere, and people go to the morning market to welcome the rising sun after the rain; at night, the river is full of fishing fires, dotted with stars, and the starlight shines, attracting people to talk.
I once looked at the painting screen and pointed out the lone boat on the screen; today I am looking at the painting screen above the lone boat.
Extended information
Poetry author
Cai Xiang (1012-1067), courtesy name Junmo, Han nationality, born in Quanzhou Prefecture (Xinghua Army) Visit Chihu Jiaoxi in Cixiaoli County (now Qingzeting, Fengting Town). A famous calligrapher, politician, tea expert in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the cousin of the powerful Prime Minister Cai Jing.
In the eighth year of Renzong’s Tiansheng reign (1030), he was a Jinshi. He successively served as the Collator of Guange, Zhijianyuan, Zhishiguan, Zhizhigao, Longtuge, Privy Council, Hanlin, and Third Secretary. He holds the title of envoy, bachelor of Duanming Palace, etc., and serves as the transfer envoy of Fujian Road, knowing the affairs of Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Kaifeng and Hangzhou. After his death, he was given the title of Minister of the Ministry of Rites. During the Qiandao period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1165-1173), he was given the posthumous title of Zhonghui.
When Cai Xiang was the prefect of Quanzhou, he presided over the construction of the Quanzhou Luoyang Bridge, the earliest existing cross-sea beam-type stone bridge in China, connecting Jinjiang County and Hui'an County, connecting the east coast of Fujian from north to south; he served as the Fujian Road transfer At that time, he advocated planting pines along the 700-mile road from Fuzhou to Zhangzhou.
Cai Xiang carefully studied lychee varieties and processing, and his "Lychee Spectrum" was praised as "the world's first fruit tree taxonomy work"; in Jianzhou, he presided over the production of Wuyi tea boutique "Xiaolong Tuan" ", the most precious among the tribute teas of the Song Dynasty. His book "Tea Records" summarizes the ancient experience of making and tasting tea.
He also made achievements in prose and poetry, including "The Complete Works of Cai Zhonghui Gong"; Cai Xiang was loyal, upright, trustworthy, knowledgeable, and had superb calligraphy skills. In the history of calligraphy, when it comes to Song Dynasty calligraphy, he is known as " According to the "four great calligraphers Su, Huang, Mi and Cai", Cai Xiang's calligraphy is self-contained with its vigorous, dignified, simple and elegant calligraphy.