Original:
In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Teng Zijing was appointed to guard Baling County. The next year, the government will be harmonious with people, and everything will flourish. It is to rebuild Yueyang Tower, add its old system, and engrave Tang Xian's poems on it, which belongs to the rest of the composition to remember it.
Yu Guanfu's Baling is a great success, and it is located in a lake in Dongting: it occupies a distant mountain and swallows the Yangtze River, which is vast and boundless; It's sunny in the morning and cloudy in the evening! This is the grand view of Yueyang Tower, which was prepared by predecessors! However, Wuxia in the north, Xiaoxiang in the South Pole, and the poets who moved to other places will be here, and they will have a good look at things.
if the husband is raining hard and the moon can't open, the evil wind is howling, the turbid waves are emptying, the sun and stars are hidden, the mountains are hidden, business travel is not good, the dusk is fading, the tigers are howling and the apes are crying, and the stairs are also up, then there are people who are homesick, worried and ridiculous, and bleak everywhere.
To Ruochun and Jingming, the waves are calm, the sky is shining up and down, and the sky is blue, Sha Ou Xiangji, swimming in the brocade scales, and the shore is green and green; Or the long smoke is gone, the moon is thousands of miles away, the light is shining and the gold is shining, the static shadow is sinking, and the fishing songs are answering each other. What a joy! If you go to the Dengsi Building, you will feel relaxed and happy, forget all your insults, and leave the wine in the wind, which will make you happy!
fu! I try to seek the heart of the ancient benevolent people, or to do something different from the two. What? Don't be happy with things, don't be sad for yourself. If you live high in the temple, you will worry about your people, and if you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you will worry about your king. It's worrying about advancing and retreating, but when will you be happy? It must say, "Worry about the world first, and enjoy it later!" Hey! Weiss, who are we going home with?
Modern Chinese Translation:
In the spring of the fourth year of Song Renzong's Qingli (A.D. 144), Teng Zijing was relegated to be the satrap of Baling. After a year, when the people were politically peaceful and prosperous, Yueyang Tower was built again, and new projects were added according to the original plan. The famous works of the Tang Dynasty and the poems and songs of famous people in the current dynasty were engraved on the inscriptions. (Old friend Teng Zijing) asked me to write an preface.
I think this masterpiece of Baling County is all found in Dongting Lake: the lake is as wide as a mirror, and the distant mountains and recent shadows are listed in it. It devours the Yangtze River, and the waves are rolling and endless; Morning glow and evening rain are falling, and this natural scene is unpredictable! This spectacular scene of Yueyang Tower has long been captured and described by ancient sages and modern people (what else can I say).
But this Dongting Lake, the head of the Three Gorges in the north, and the source of xiaoshui and xiangshui in the south, is it the same that many people and commentators who have a historical responsibility for the country and the nation gather here and touch the scene?
whenever Huang Meiyu is in season, the Dongting Lake is not happy after the moon, the evil wind is roaring, the turbid waves are flying, the sun, the moon and the stars are hidden, the beautiful mountains and rivers are hidden and invisible, business contacts and travelers are trapped in the journey, and the masts of large and small ships that used to shuttle through the lake are scattered, and the roaring of tigers and wolves and the whining of apes can be faintly heard in the morning and evening when the fog is heavy.
At this time, when you board Yueyang Tower, you will inevitably have the idea of leaving the state affairs and returning to your homeland to settle down. Because you are afraid of being hurt by the villain's slanders, if this situation is mixed with this mood, you will leave with tears in your eyes!
In the spring of March, the lake is calm and sparkling, like the blue gemstone, the water birds are noisy, all kinds of fish are playing, and the orchids of Angelica dahurica bloom on the island on the shore. Or meet Changhong, the bright moon is in the sky, and the waves are shining with gold and silver.
The moonlight screen is as green as jade on the lake, and the fishermen sing right. It's fun! At this time, when you board Yueyang Tower, you can't help but feel happy. You will give up all your luck, honor and disgrace, raise wine in the wind, and sing a song about wine. If this situation is combined with this heart, you will be full of ambition to compete for your future!
ouch! I also love to flatter myself. Let's think of those people with lofty ideals. Maybe there are two different ideas. Why? Don't be complacent and sad about the gains and losses of personal interests, always think about whether what you do for being an official is in line with public opinion, and don't forget the historical responsibility that ordinary people should do their best to serve the country and the nation.
(It's already very difficult to do this) But there are still problems of progress and retreat, happiness and sorrow that are always on our minds. How can we have fun? I think that only in this way can we truly reach the state of bliss: "When we worry and enjoy ourselves wholeheartedly for the benefit of all mankind and forget our own gains and losses-that is, the state of' no self'!" Alas! Even if there are few such people, with whom can I get relief and die?
Fan Zhongyan, whose name is Xiwen, is a famous politician, thinker, strategist and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, and is known as "the first man in the Song Dynasty" in history.
The Story of Yueyang Tower is a story written for rebuilding Yueyang Tower. It was written by Fan Zhongyan, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, on September 15th, 146, the sixth year of the Northern Song Dynasty, at the request of Teng Zijing, a good friend of Baling County. "It is not obvious for visitors to the landscape to have a view of the building, and it is not long for reporters to have a view of the building."
The Story of Yueyang Tower transcends the narrow realm of simply writing about landscapes and buildings. With its lofty mind of "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later", it has penetrated into the history books and become one of the ideas of governing the country that have lasted for thousands of years. The understanding of political affairs and the harmony of people's hearts have become the ideal realm pursued by countless future generations.