Author: Li Bai
Have you ever noticed how the water of the Yellow River flows out of heaven and into the ocean, never to return?
Have you noticed that the lovely hair in the bright mirror in the high room, although it is silky black in the morning, has turned into snow at night.
Oh, let a man with spirit take risks where he wants to go, and never point his golden cup at the moon empty! .
Since God has given talents, let them be used! As for the money, although it is scattered, it will get together again.
Cook a sheep, kill a cow, sharpen your appetite, and let me, 300 bowls, take a big drink! .
Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng can drink and drink endlessly.
Let me sing you a song! Please listen to me. (ears open)
What are bells and drums, delicacies and treasures? I hope I will never wake up. (Less expensive: He Zugui; Never wake up again: I don't want to wake up/don't need to wake up)
Ancient sober people and sages were forgotten, and only great drinkers can be immortalized. (an ancient work: since ancient times; Pass only: only)
Chen bought a barrel of wine with 10 thousand gold coins at a banquet in the temple, and everyone laughed and said one-liners
Why do you say, my master, your money is gone? , to buy wine, we drink together! .
Five flower horses, Hsi Chin, give them to the boy in exchange for good wine. Whatever you want, sell eternal sorrow.
Translation and annotation
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Didn't you see that the water of the Yellow River fell from the sky, and the waves rolled straight into the East China Sea and never returned?
Can't you see your elderly parents sighing in front of the mirror about their white hair? They still have black hair in the morning, but how can they turn white at night?
Everyone's birth must have its own value and significance. With a stroke of the pen, gold can still be recovered.
Let's have fun cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle. It's not too much to drink three hundred cups at a time!
Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng! Drink it quickly! Do not stop.
Let me sing a song for you, please listen to me carefully:
What is precious about the luxurious life of eating delicacies all day? I just want to stay drunk.
Since ancient times, sages have been lonely and lonely, and only those who can drink can leave a good reputation.
Do you know the optimistic story of Cao Zhi's banquet in Wang Chen? You also drank heavily when you were fighting for wine, which made the host and guest have a good time.
Master, why do you say there is not much money? Just buy wine and we'll drink it together.
Call your children out and let them change wine. Let's get rid of this endless sadness!
To annotate ...
⑴ Drinking: an old topic in Han Yuefu. Will (qiāng): Yes, please.
Into the Wine is selected from the complete works of Li Taibai.
This song
Written in the 11th year of Tianbao (752). It has been eight years since the poet was paid back by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, he and CenXun were invited to visit Yuan Danqiu's home in Songshan (now Dengfeng City, Henan Province) many times.
Don't you see: Don't you see? It is a common phrase in Yuefu poems. Jun: You, this is a general term.
Falling from the sky: The Yellow River originated in Qinghai, hence its name because of its extremely high terrain.
(3) Gaotang: In Gaotang. Another translator is parents.
Chao: Good morning. Qingsi: Black hair. The meaning of this sentence is to look at the mirror of Gaotang and deeply lament the white hair.
(4) complacency: when you are happy.
5] Must: Should. Have fun: Have fun. Forward: a lot of money. Come back: I will come again. Have fun: Let's have fun. Will be asked: it should be.
[6] Master Cen: refers to Cen (cén). Shan Qiusheng: Yuan Danqiu. They are both friends of Li Bai.
(7) Don't stop drinking: Write "Don't stop drinking".
Jun: For you, for you. Jun refers to Cen and Yuan.
Raise your ears: one is to "give ear". Ear pricked up: to show your attention.
Bell and drum: an instrument used to play music at banquets of wealthy families.
Jade seal: delicious food. Describe food as beautiful as jade. Roast, eat jade like jade.
⑾ Unwilling to wake up: There are also versions of "never wake up" or "never wake up". (People's Education Publishing House, a high school textbook-the standard experimental textbook of ordinary high school curriculum-makes me intoxicated forever and irrational forever! Is enjoying China's ancient poems and prose).
⑿: refers to Chen, and Cao Zhi.
Pingle: Pingoptimism, the name of the palace. Outside the west gate of Luoyang, it is an entertainment place for the rich and powerful in the Han Dynasty.
Ziì: Indulge, unrestrained.
X: A joke.
[13] Talking less about money: one is "talking less about money".
14. Shu Jing: It's simple, but be careful.
Sell (gū): preach "Yi", buy or sell, here refers to buy.
⒂ Galla chinensis: refers to precious horses. When it comes to the color of the coat, there are five patterns. When it comes to the long hair on the neck, it is trimmed into five petals. Qianjinqiu: Leather clothes worth thousands of dollars. Will come out: take it.
[13] er: You mean Master Cen and Dan Qiu Fu.
Pin: same as "cancel". Eternal sorrow: endless melancholy.
⒄ Sages: generally refers to saints and sages, and also refers to ancient wine names.
References:
1, Shandong Provincial Teaching and Research Office. High school new curriculum experimental textbook "Chinese" (optional). Selected readings of Tang poetry and Song poetry: Shandong People's Publishing House, 2008: 3-4.
2. Li Jing. Appreciation of Tang poetry and Song poetry. Beijing: China Press, 2009: 60-6 1.