the Peach Garden
Dynasty: Wei and Jin Dynasties? Author: Tao Yuanming
During the Jin-Tai-Yuan period, Wu Lingren took fishing as his occupation. Walk along the stream and forget the distance. Suddenly I met the peach blossom forest and grabbed the shore for hundreds of steps. There are no miscellaneous trees in it. Grass is delicious and English is colorful, which makes fishermen very different. If you go any further, you will want to be poor.
If there is no water in the forest, make a mountain. The mountain has a small mouth and seems to have light. Leave the ship and enter through the mouth. Only by being narrow at first can we understand people. Take a few steps and you will be suddenly enlightened.
The land is flat and spacious, so is the house. There are fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees and bamboo. The traffic in the building is so busy that chickens and dogs hear each other. Some men and women dressed like strangers. The yellow hair hangs low and enjoys itself.
Seeing the fisherman, he was shocked and asked him what he had not done. Answer it. You have to go home and set up wine to kill chickens for dinner. When the village heard about this man, Xian came to inquire. Since Master Yunzu escaped from the Qin Dynasty, he led his wife to this desperate situation and did not return, so he was separated from outsiders. You ask what this world is, and I don't know if there are any Han Chinese, regardless of Wei and Jin Dynasties.
This man speaks every word with a sigh. The others went home, eating and drinking. Stop for a few days and resign. There is a saying in China: "The humanity of outsiders is not satisfactory." (Every other job: isolation)
Help the road when you get off the boat, and you are determined everywhere. And the county, Yi Taishou, said so. The satrap means to send someone with him to find what he wants, get lost, get lost.
Liu Ziji, a noble family, heard about it and gladly did it. If you fail, you find the disease, and then you lose interest.
Translation comparison:
During the first year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a man in Wuling who made a living by fishing. One day, he rowed along the stream and forgot the distance. Suddenly, I found a peach forest. There are no other trees in the middle within a few hundred steps on both sides of the stream. Flowers and plants are fresh and beautiful, and there are many fallen flowers on the ground. The fisherman was very surprised by this. I walked on, trying to reach the end of the forest.
The end of Taolin is the source of the stream. The fisherman found a hill with a small hole, which seemed to be lit. The fisherman gave up the boat and got in through the hole. At first, the cave was very narrow, allowing only one person to pass through; After dozens of steps, it suddenly became open and bright.
There are flat and wide land, rows of neat houses, fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees, bamboo forests and other plants. The path in the field is intertwined, and the cock crows and dogs bark one after another. People who come and go in the fields to farm and work, men and women wear the same clothes as people outside. The old man and the children are very happy and have a good time.
When the villagers saw the fisherman, they were very surprised and asked him where he came from. The fisherman answered everything he knew in detail. The villagers invited the fisherman to their home, treated him to drink and killed the chicken to cook. When people in the village heard about such a person, they all came to inquire about the news.
They themselves said that their ancestors brought their wives, children and neighbors to this isolated place in order to avoid the war in the Qin Dynasty, and never went out from here again, so they cut off contact with people outside the Peach Blossom Garden. People here asked what dynasty it was, but they didn't know there was a Han dynasty, let alone Wei and Jin dynasties.
The fisherman told them everything he knew in detail. After listening, everyone sighed. The rest invited the fisherman to their own home and treated him with food and wine. After staying for a few days, the fisherman said goodbye to the villagers. People in the village told him: "(The situation here) is not worth telling people outside Taohuayuan."
After (the fisherman) came out, he found his boat and went back the same way, marking everywhere. He went to the county, visited the satrap and told the story. The satrap immediately sent someone to follow him, looking for the marks he had made before, and finally got lost and couldn't find the way to the Peach Blossom Garden.
There is a man named Liu Ziji in Nanyang, who is a noble scholar. Hearing the news, he happily planned to go to Taohuayuan. But it didn't happen, and he soon died of illness. Since then, no one has been to the Peach Blossom Garden.
Appreciate:
Through the description of the peaceful, happy, free and equal life in Peach Blossom Garden, it shows the author's ideal of pursuing a better life and his dissatisfaction with real life.
At the beginning of the article, the beautiful and quiet peach blossom forest, with "lush grass and blooming flowers", foreshadows a simple and natural world. There, everything is so simple and beautiful, there is no tax, no war, no fame and intrigue.
I can't even hear a little noise. The relationship between people is so peaceful and sincere. The author did not say the reason for all this, but vaguely revealed the news from the sentence "I don't know why there are Han people, no matter Wei and Jin dynasties": in the final analysis, it is because no ruling group stands above the people and attacks each other for personal gain.
This imaginary world of Taoyuan is undoubtedly fascinating to people who live in the real world of hypocrisy, darkness, frequent wars and constant bloodshed. The author's simple brushwork appropriately expresses the breath of the Peach Blossom Garden, which makes the article more appealing.
Of course, this ideal state did not exist in the reality at that time, but the author artistically showed the style of Datong society through his conception of Datong society, which was the spiritual sustenance of his dissatisfaction with the dark reality and showed his longing for the ideal society and his dissatisfaction with the real society.
Tao Yuanming's successful use of the technique of virtual scene writing makes people feel that Taoyuan Wonderland is real, which shows his superb artistic talent in narrative scenery writing. But the artistic achievements and charm of Peach Blossom Garden don't stop there, and Tao Yuanming doesn't just want people to confirm its real existence.
Therefore, while writing virtual scenes, there are also virtual things in reality, leaving several seemingly empty topics, which make people try their best to guess and find no answers. The persuasion of Taoyuan people and the plot of "no more roads" and "no more rules" arranged at the end of the story are illusory and confusing, which is the most intriguing of these topics.
What it implies to the world is that it seems to be in the world, not in the world, not in the world, and can only be obtained unintentionally, not intentionally. It seems to have some subtle internal connection with "there is a real meaning in it, and I forgot what I wanted to say". This mysterious area has always been covered with a mysterious veil, and it is difficult for the world to reveal that "it is difficult to ask the alchemist and it is difficult to predict the hubbub."
Its opening and closing, the gains and losses of fishermen, are the eternal mysteries deliberately left by Tao Yuanming, "provoked the poet to talk today." However, he also revealed a little news in the poem of Peach Blossom Garden, saying that "once the gods bloom" is "seclusion" because "plain and different sources"!
It turns out that Taoyuan is simple and secular, lest it "turn Wuling into a place of contention" (Su Shi's Preface to Peach Blossom Garden Poetry). This piece of pure land has been defiled, and even a noble like Liu Ziji will not have a chance to see the fairyland.
Extended data
The creative background of Peach Blossom Garden;
In June of the second year of Yuanxi (420), Emperor Wu of Song abolished Emperor Gong Jin as the king of Lingling. In the second year, Emperor Wu of Song conspired to kill Gong Jin with poisoned wine. These can't help but cause waves in Tao Yuanming's thoughts. He can't change and won't interfere in this situation, so he has to express his feelings with the help of creation to pin his political ideals and good interests. The Peach Blossom Garden was produced under such a background.
English comparison of Peach Blossom Garden:
Peach blossom shangri-la
During the Jin Dynasty in Taiyuan, there was a Wu Lingren who made a living by fishing. Once, he walked along a stream and forgot how far he had walked. He suddenly came to a small forest full of peach blossoms. It stretches for hundreds of steps along both banks, and there is no other kind of tree. Bright and fragrant petals are falling everywhere. The fisherman thought this place was unusual, so he went forward again to see how far it had gone.
The peach tree stopped at the source of the stream, and the fisherman came to a mountain with a small opening, through which he seemed to see the light. Leaving his boat, he entered the opening. At first, it was so narrow that he could hardly pass through it, but after a short distance, it suddenly opened, revealing a wide and flat area with spectacular houses, good fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees, bamboo, and so on. Fishermen can see paths extending in all directions in the fields, and they can also hear the barking of chickens and dogs. Both men and women who work in the fields wear clothes that look like foreigners. Both the old man and the children seem to be very happy and have a good time.
People looked at the fisherman in surprise and asked him where he came from. He told them in detail, and then people invited him to their house, set wine, killed a chicken and prepared a meal. Other villagers heard about the fisherman and they all came to ask him questions. Then the villagers told him, "In order to avoid the chaos of war in the Qin Dynasty, our ancestors brought their families and villagers to this isolated place and never left, so we had no contact with the outside world." They asked the fisherman what time it was. They don't even know the Han Dynasty, let alone the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The fisherman told them everything he knew in detail, and the villagers all sighed in surprise. Then other villagers invited fishermen to their homes, where they gave him food and drinks. After a few days there, the fisherman said goodbye, when some villagers told him, "It's not worth telling outsiders about us."
The fisherman went out from the opening, found his boat, returned along the original road, and left a mark to find this place again. As soon as he arrived in town, he went to see the local governor and told him what had happened. The prefect immediately sent someone to follow the fishermen and look for traces, but they got lost and never found their way.
Liu Ziji of Nanyang is a man of noble character. When he heard the story, he was very happy and planned to visit Shangri-La, but he could finish it before he died of illness. Since then, no one has looked for this place.