1, Fisherman by Li Yu in Southern Tang Dynasty
Original text:
The waves are full of snow and the peaches and plums are silent.
A pot of wine and a rod of nylon. How many people are there in the world?
Translation:
The waves seem to welcome me intentionally, rolling up thousands of heavy snow. Peach blossom and plum blossom stand in a line silently, which makes me feel the breath of spring.
With a pot of wine in my hand and a fishing rod beside me, how many people in the world are as happy as me!
2. My Seclusion in Zhongnanshan by Wang Wei in the Tang Dynasty.
Original text:
After middle age, I have a strong kind heart, and I didn't settle down at the edge of Mount Zhongnan until my later years. Interest concentration is often unique to play and have a happy thing to enjoy self-appreciation.
Sometimes go to the end of the water to seek the source, or sit and watch the ever-changing clouds rise. Occasionally I met a village elder in the Woods, and I chatted with him until I often forgot to go home.
Translation:
I was kind-hearted in middle age and moved to the foot of Nanshan in my later years. When I am in a good mood, I wander alone, only I know.
Take a leisurely stroll outside the water, sit down and look up at the fluttering of white clouds. Occasionally I meet an old man in the forest and forget to return with a smile.
3. Li Bai's "Nanling children don't go to Beijing" in the Tang Dynasty
Original text:
When I came back from the mountain, the liquor was maturing, and the yellow chicken grew fat in the autumn of grain. Calling the boys to stew yellow chicken for me, the children shouted my cotton cloth with a smile.
Qing Qing Shuang sang drunk to comfort, drunk dancing won the glory in autumn and dusk. The king of great powers struggled for a long time and rushed to the ground to catch up.
Quidditch's fool looked down on poor Zhu Maichen, and now I have left my hometown to go to Chang 'an and go to Qin in the west. I went out with a big smile. How can I be a person who has lived in the wild for a long time?
Translation:
I came back from the mountains as soon as the white wine was brewed. Yellow chickens pecked at the grain and gained weight in autumn. Calling the boy servant to stew yellow chicken and pour white wine for me, the children laughed and made noise and pulled my cloth.
Drunk cantata I want to comfort myself. I dance drunk and compete for glory with autumn dusk. Wan Chengwang, who lobbied, had been suffering from the lateness of the hour, so he hurried over and began to run a long way.
The silly woman in Huijili looks down on the poor. Now I quit my family and go to Chang 'an, and go to the western state of Qin. How can I be a person who has been in the wild for a long time and walk out the door laughing on my back?
4. Li Bai's Communication with Friends in the Mountains in the Tang Dynasty
Original text:
The two of us drank cup after cup in the blooming flowers on the mountain.
I want to sleep when I am drunk. You can leave yourself. If not, take the violin in the morning.
Translation:
The two of us were drinking in the blooming mountain flowers, and the smell of wine was very strong. One cup after another, we were really happy.
I am drunk and want to sleep. You can leave by yourself. If you haven't finished, come back with your piano in your arms tomorrow morning.
5. The Prison Wall by Tan Sitong in the late Qing Dynasty
Original text:
Desperate to stop thinking about James Zhang, he endured death and treated Dugan for a while.
My smile goes from the horizontal knife to the sky and stays in the liver and gallbladder.
Translation:
The rush of life is too stressful, so I come to live with everyone. I hope the dead Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao can be protected by people like James Zhang. I also hope that my comrades can stand by and accomplish the great cause of political reform and reform like Dugan.
I drew my sword and laughed at the sky, because the deceased and the survivors were sincere and aboveboard, as majestic as Kunlun Mountain.
6. Zhu Dunru's "Covering the Sky and Xi Du Left" in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Original text:
I am Shanshui Lang of Du Qing, and I am divided into Heaven and Education. I once gave rain a Zhang Yun voucher, but I was tired of leaving a cloud to borrow a monthly ticket.
There are thousands of poems and thousands of wines. How many times have you seen the Marquis? Jade Pagoda Golden Que has no intention of returning, and plum blossoms are drunk in Luoyang.
Translation:
I am the natural manager of the heavenly mountains and rivers, and my nature is laziness. The Emperor of Heaven once gave me letters, silks, and wind dew, and I also presented a letter to leave colorful clouds to borrow the moon many times.
Writing a poem is 10,000 cups, and Cecilia Yip drinks one cup is 1000 cups. I've never really met the prince. Even if I am an official in the gorgeous heavenly palace, I am too lazy to go. I just want to get drunk in Luoyang and Meihua.
7. In the Song Dynasty, Su Shi "gathered the storm and didn't listen to the sound of beating leaves through the forest"
Original text:
Don't pay attention to the beating rain in the forest. Mei sings a long whistle and walks leisurely. Bamboo poles and sandals are more dexterous than riding horses. What's to be afraid of? A raincoat and hemp fiber, despite the wind and rain, still live my life.
The coolness of spring breeze awakens my wine, and the cold begins to be cold, and the peak of the sun is the sun, but it is satisfied in time. Looking back at the place where I met the wind and rain, going back, for me, there is no wind and rain, but it is still sunny.
Translation:
Don't be afraid of the sound of wind and rain in the Woods, why not let go of your throat and sing leisurely. Dragging sandals with bamboo poles is lighter than riding a horse. This is a trivial matter. What's to be afraid of? Put on a hemp fiber and let the lake and the sea spend their lives.
The cold spring breeze woke me up and I felt a little cold. Looking back at the sunset on the mountain, I smiled. Looking back at the rainy scene, I went home whether it was raining or sunny.
8. Zhu Dunru's "Xijiang Moon, Things as Short as a Spring Dream" in the Southern Song Dynasty
Original text:
Things are as short as spring dreams and human feelings are as thin as autumn clouds. Don't worry about hard work, everything has life.
Fortunately, three glasses of wine are good, and a hundred flowers blossom. Laughter and blind date for a while, but it will rain or shine tomorrow.
Translation:
Things are different, like spring dreams. Weak human feelings are like thin clouds in the autumn sky. Don't care about your hard work, everything is predestined.
Fortunately, I met three glasses of good wine and saw a new flower today. The short gathering is so cordial that no one knows what will happen tomorrow.