The original text and translation of Ai Ying (Part One) Lu You are as follows:
1. Original text
Ai Ying (Part One) Lu You
Far connection Zuo of Shang and Zhou Dynasty was the longest, and Qi and Jin of the Northern Alliance were competing for strength. Zhang Hua's singing and dancing are finally desolate, and the clouds and dreams are old and vast.
There are only wild geese rising in the grass and the Forbidden City, and foxes are hidden in the deserted tombs. Everyone hates Li Sao before she is exhausted, and the people with lofty ideals will be filled with tears for thousands of years.
2. Translation
(1) Chu State is far away from the turn of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and its national destiny is the longest. The Chu State was founded for nearly 800 years and spanned the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Whether it was the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period or the Seven Hegemons of the Warring States Period, they were all indisputably prominent. The Chu State once formed an alliance with the other two powerful Qi States and the Jin State to deal with the Qin State to the west and compete for the world.
(2) Zhang Huatai, the world-famous first official of Chu State, has finally ceased to exist and has become a desolate wilderness that is hard to find. Only the wind and smoke in Yunmeng Daze are still as vast and vast.
(3) The Forbidden City in Yingdu has become a weed, with only wild geese occasionally flying up. The abandoned tombs have long been robbed, and now only the fox can be seen hiding in them.
(4) Qu Yuan wrote the swan song "Li Sao" at the end of the Chu Kingdom. Faced with the decline of the Chu Kingdom and repeated defeats and ceding territories, the King of Chu was still unable to revive it. Qu Yuan saw the demise of the Chu Kingdom. destiny. He was ostracized and exiled. Although he wrote his resentment into "Li Sao", how could it calm his loneliness, anger and despair? As he moved further and further away from Yingdu, he was completely haggard and disheartened. The surging Miluo River became his final destination. Throughout the ages, many people with lofty ideals who have cared about the country and the people, including Lu You, were moved to tears.