This sentence comes from Liu Yuxi's Looking at Dongting from afar.
Looking at Dongting is a four-line poem written by Liu Yuxi, a writer in the Tang Dynasty. This poem describes the beautiful scenery of Dongting Lake in the moonlight on an autumn night. The first sentence describes the moonlight of the lake, the second sentence describes the calm of the lake when there is no wind, and the third and fourth sentences focus on Junshan in the lake. The whole poem is full of romantic whimsy. Through the description of Dongting Lake, the poet's fantastic ideas are fully displayed, and the poet's love and praise for Dongting Lake are expressed.
Wangdongting
The lake and the moon set each other off, and there is no wind mirror on the pool surface.
Looking at Dongting from a distance, there is a green snail in the silver plate.
Translation of works
On Dongting Lake, moonlight and water blend together, and the lake is as calm as an unpolished bronze mirror.
Looking at Dongting Lake from a distance, the landscape is as green as ink, like a green snail in a silver plate.