Liu Zongyuan's "Little Rock Pond" is a landscape travelogue with exquisite text and blend of scenes. Using techniques such as moving scenes, close-ups, and zooms, the dynamic beauty of Xiaoshitan is depicted tangibly, audibly, and colorfully, and the beauty and tranquility of Xiaoshitan's environmental scenery are described. It also expresses the author's loneliness after being demoted and frustrated.
Original text of "The Story of Xiaoshitan":
Walk a hundred and twenty steps west from Xiaoqiu, across a bamboo field, hear the sound of water, like a ring, and feel happy in it. After cutting bamboo, we took the road and saw a small pool at the bottom. The water was particularly clear. The whole stone is used as the bottom, and when it is near the shore, it is rolled up from the bottom to form a dike, an islet, a ridge, and a rock. Green trees and green vines are covered with swaying winds, scattered and scattered.
There are hundreds of fish in the pond, but they all seem to be swimming in the air and have nothing to rely on. The sun is shining brightly, and the shadows are spread on the rocks, but they don't move; they are far away, and they come and go. It seems to be enjoying itself with tourists.
Looking southwest of the pond, you can see the twists and turns of snakes, and you can see the light and death. Its shores are so different from each other that its origin cannot be known.
Sitting on the pool, surrounded by bamboo trees, it was so lonely and desolate, I felt desolate and desolate. Because the place was too clear, I couldn't stay there for a long time, so I remembered it and left.
Travelers: Wu Wuling, Gong Gu, Yu Di Zongxuan. Those who were subordinated and followed were Cui's Erxiaosheng: "Forgive yourself" and "Fengyi".
Original explanation of "The Story of Xiaoshitan":
Walk a hundred and twenty steps west from the hill, and behind a bamboo grove, you could hear the sound of running water, like people wearing The sound of jade pendants and jade rings hitting each other made me feel very happy. After cutting down the bamboo and opening a road, I saw a small pool with exceptionally clear water.
The bottom of the small pool is a whole stone. Near the shore, some parts of the stone bottom are rolled out and exposed out of the water, becoming highlands in the water, like small islands in the water. There are also uneven stones and Small rocks were exposed. Green trees and green vines are covered and twisted, swaying and connected, uneven, and fluttering in the wind.
There are about a hundred fish in the pond, and they all seem to be swimming in the air, with nothing to rely on. The sun shines directly to the bottom of the water, and the shadows of the fish are reflected on the rocks at the bottom of the water. The fish stayed motionless, then suddenly swam away into the distance, coming and going, briskly and agilely, as if it was teasing people.
Looking to the southwest of Xiaoshitan, the stream bank is as twists and turns as the Big Dipper, and curved like a snake crawling. One part is visible and the other cannot be seen. The shape of the stream bank is as jagged as a dog's teeth, and it is impossible to know where the source of the stream is.
I sat by ShiTan, surrounded by bamboo trees and trees, and it was silent and no one else around. It makes people feel desolate, cold to the bones, quiet and profound, and filled with an atmosphere of sadness. Because that environment was too desolate to stay for a long time, I recorded this place and left.
The people who traveled together were Wu Wuling, Gong Gu, and my brother Zongxuan. I took two young men named Cui with me. One is named Shuji, and the other is named Fengyi.
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The creative background of "The Story of Xiaoshitan":
In 815, Liu Zongyuan left Yongzhou. During the 10 years he lived in Yongzhou, Liu Zongyuan made great progress in philosophy. He conducted research on politics, history, literature and other aspects, and traveled around the landscape of Yongzhou, making friends with local scholars and idlers. He wrote "Eight Notes of Yongzhou". Among the more than 540 poems and essays in "The Complete Works of Liu Hedong", 317 were written in Yongzhou.