Translation:
In the autumn of the tenth year of Xining, there was a flood in Pengcheng. The water in the thatched cottage of Zhang Jun, a native of Yunlong Mountain, had reached half of his house. In the spring of the next year, when the floods fell, Yunlongshan people moved to the east of their former residence. At the foot of Dongshan Mountain, I climbed to a high place and looked far away, and saw a strange situation.
So he built a pavilion on that mountain. The hills of Pengcheng Mountain are gathered together from all sides, vaguely like a large ring; there is only a gap in the west, and the pavilion of Yunlongshanren happens to face the gap. When spring and summer alternate, the vegetation is lush.
It seems to be close to the sky; the auspicious snow and bright moon in autumn and winter are all the same color. Rain, rain, clouds and sunshine, everything changes rapidly. The mountain man raised two cranes, which were very docile and good at flying. In the morning, they are released towards the gap in the west mountain, and they are allowed to fly wherever they want, sometimes standing in a low-lying pond.
Sometimes it flies thousands of miles away from the sea of ??clouds; at night, it flies back towards Dongshan, so the pavilion is named "Crane Fang Pavilion". The county governor Su Shi, with his entourage of guests, went to meet the mountain man, drank in this pavilion and had fun.
I bowed to the mountain man and told him: "Do you know the joy of living in seclusion? Even if you are a king who faces the south and pays homage, you cannot exchange it with him. "Yi" says: 'The crane crows in the north. , its little crane will respond to it. '
The Book of Songs says: 'The crane cries in the deep swamp, and the sound reaches the sky.' Probably the crane is pure, far-reaching, quiet and broad-minded, transcending the world. , so "Yi" and "Book of Songs" compare it to a sage and a gentleman. It should be beneficial and harmless to play with it closely.
But Wei Yigong likes cranes. His country was destroyed. Zhou Gong wrote "Jiu Gao" and Wei Wu Gong wrote "Restraint". They believed that nothing could cause absurd disasters like wine. People like Liu Ling and Ruan Ji relied on this to preserve their true nature.
And it will be famous for future generations. Alas, even if the monarch faces the south, he cannot enjoy it too much, and the wise man who lives in seclusion in the mountains and forests will be detached from the world. , even if it is absurd, confused, decadent and confused like a drinker, it cannot be a disaster, let alone the love for cranes. From this point of view, the happiness of the monarch and the happiness of the hermit are not the same. "The mountain man smiled happily and said: "That makes sense!" So he wrote a song about releasing cranes and recruiting cranes:
"The crane flew to the gap in the west mountain and flew high in the sky. Looking at the place it chose to go, it suddenly folded its wings, as if it was about to fall; suddenly it saw something, and flew vigorously in the air again. It spent the whole day alone in the mountain valley, pecking at moss and stepping on white stones. ”
< p> "Crane, fly back to the north of Dongshan. There are people down there, wearing yellow hats, straw sandals, and kudzu clothes, playing the strings of the piano, farming by themselves, and feeding themselves with whatever is left." Come back, you can't stay in Xishan for long."From: "The Crane Fang Pavilion" was written by the Northern Song Dynasty writer Su Shi when he was demoted to Xuzhou. The article records the author's questions and answers when he visited the people of Yunlong Mountain. and discussion, reflecting the author's negative emotions after losing the political struggle.
Original text:
The Crane-Felting Pavilion
Song Dynasty: Su Shi
In the autumn of the tenth year of Xining, there was a flood in Pengcheng. The thatched cottage of Zhang Jun, a native of Yunlong Mountain, is half full of water. Next spring, when the water falls, I will move to the east of my former residence, at the foot of Dongshan Mountain. When you look up, you will see a strange place, and build a pavilion on top of it. The mountain of Pengcheng is surrounded by hills and ridges, and is as faint as a large ring, except for its western side.
The mountain man’s pavilion is suitable for what is lacking. At the turn of spring and summer, the grass and trees are all over the sky; in autumn and winter, the snow and moon are all the same color; between the wind, rain and darkness, the pitch changes. There are two cranes in the mountain. They are very tame and good at flying. Once they look at the gap in the west mountain, they let them go and let them go. They may stand in the field.
Maybe soar above the clouds; at dusk, they will climb the eastern mountain and return. Hence the name "He Fang Pavilion". Su Shi, the governor of the county, went to meet the mountain people from the guest and assistant officials, and drank and enjoyed himself in Siting. A man from Yishan told him, "Does your son know the joy of living in seclusion? Even though the king is in the south, he cannot be reconciled to Yi.
"Yi" says: "The Ming Crane is in the shade, and his son is in harmony with it. "Poetry" says: "The crane cries in Jiugao, and the sound is heard in the sky." Because it is a thing, it is clear and leisurely, transcending the dust, so "Yi" and "Poetry" compare it to a wise man and a gentleman. It is advisable for scholars to play with each other if it is beneficial but not harmful; however, if Duke Yi of Wei likes cranes, his country will be destroyed. Confusion and chaos are nothing like wine; but Liu Ling and Ruan Ji's disciples will be known for their true nature in future generations!
Those who are as leisurely as a crane in the distance are not good. If you are good, your country will be destroyed; and the people who live in the mountains and forests, although they are desolate and chaotic like wine, they can't do harm, how can they be worse than cranes? From this point of view, they are not as happy as the others." Xin Ran smiled and said: "Yes!"
It was a song about releasing cranes and attracting cranes, saying: The crane flies to the gap in the west mountain, soaring high and looking down to see what is suitable. Suddenly they folded their wings, and all the generals were gathered together. Suddenly, they saw nothing, and they struck again in a calm manner. I spend the whole day alone among the valleys, pecking at the green moss and walking on the white stones.
The crane returns, the shadow of the Eastern Mountain. There are people under it, wearing yellow crowns and grass, wearing ge robes and playing music on the harp. You plow and eat, and you will be satisfied with the rest. Come back, come back, I can't stay in Xishan for long. Diary of the eighth day of the eleventh month of the first year of Yuanfeng, "The Crane Fang Pavilion".
Extended information:
Creative background:
This article was written on November 8, the first year of Yuanfeng (1078), when Su Shi learned about Xuzhou.
The hermit Zhang Shihou lived in seclusion in Yunlong Mountain, Xuzhou, and called himself Yunlong Mountain Man.
Later, he moved to the foot of Dongshan Mountain and built a pavilion on it. He tamed two cranes and released them in the morning and then returned at dusk. During the day, he let them fly freely between the sky and the earth, so the pavilion was named "Crane Flying". pavilion". Su Shi wrote an inscription for it.
Appreciation:
The cranes accompany the mountain people, and the mountain people live in a fairyland. It is a picture of quiet and elegant seclusion and happiness, so the pavilion is also named "Crane Fang Pavilion". It's so poetic. The entire narrative, from the pavilion to the environment, and from the environment to the crane.
It’s called Ji Pavilion, but its focus is on describing strange places and introducing Shanren Haohe. The cranes in a strange land, the people in the mountain pavilion, but they coincide with the secret of heaven. They are discussed in the following chapters. The whole narrative is complicated and well-proportioned.
The author sings a song at the end, which adds a strong lyrical meaning to this transcendent reclusive life. In the second paragraph of the text, the main idea is clear and the reasoning is complete. The whole text could have been concluded, but the author was not satisfied yet and arranged the ending ingeniously.
Added a section "Singing to Praise One's Aspirations". This section consists of two impromptu songs, one is a song about releasing cranes, and the other is a song about recruiting cranes. In the second paragraph, the author drinks wine with the mountain people, enjoys the scenery, talks about wine and cranes, realizes life, and thus desires seclusion.
The third paragraph is about a clear mind and singing with great enthusiasm. From the pavilion, there are cranes, from the wine, there are songs. "Song" is by no means superfluous, but the author's full expression of his mood and his ambition through singing. Songs for releasing cranes sing about cranes; songs about recruiting cranes sing about cranes.
In the previous poem, the speaker is letting the crane fly in the wind and singing while looking at the crane. The emphasis is on praising the crane's tranquility, leisure and freedom. In fact, it is also singing about a kind of solitary and carefree life like the crane. Hermit style; the last poem says that the owner calls the crane to the evening, calling for the crane's return.
The song focuses on praising the lifestyle of mountain people who work hard to support themselves, return to their original nature, and stay away from worldly fame and wealth. The song uses the mountain people to call for the cranes to return, expressing the author's deep feelings of yearning for seclusion and being fascinated by the mountains and forests. The two songs do not matter whether it is releasing the crane or recruiting the crane, whether it is the singing crane or the singer.
In fact, humans and cranes are one, the crane is the spiritual incarnation of humans, and humans are the companion voices of cranes. With the help of the reciprocating singing form, the author's reclusive feelings are expressed vividly, from which we can see the true mood of Su Shi.
The article "The Crane Release Pavilion" starts from the allusions of cranes to the interest of life, and from the story of Wei Yigong's love for cranes and his country's subjugation, to the admirable life of the hermit Quanzhen, who lived far away from disasters, and finally ends with a story of The song ends with high-pitched and broad-minded lyrics, giving people a sense of far-reaching ambition.
The full text only has a few hundred words, but the beauty is that it is powerful, natural and clear, completely expressing the author's mood. The Crane Fang Pavilion is not a famous place, but it has been passed down because of this article.