The original text and translation of "Gift to Wang Lun" are as follows:
1. Original text
Gift to Wang Lun
[Tang Dynasty] Li Bai
< p>Li Bai was about to set off in a boat when he suddenly heard singing on the shore.The water in Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, not as deep as Wang Lun’s gift to me.
2. Translation
Li Bai was about to go on a long journey in a boat. Suddenly he heard the footsteps of people walking on the shore. Some people came to see him off while walking and singing. Even if the Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, it cannot be as profound as the friendship Wang Lun gave me.
3. Introduction to ancient poems
"To Wang Lun" is a farewell poem written by the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty to his local friend Wang Lun when he was traveling in Jing County (now Wannan, Anhui). . The poem depicts the scene when Wang Lun came to see Li Bai off by singing songs when Li Bai was about to leave in a boat. It expressed Wang Lun's simple and sincere feelings for Li Bai very simply and naturally.
"The water in Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, not as deep as Wang Lun's love for me." Li Bai picked up these two sentences at ease. He first used "a thousand feet deep" to praise the depth of the water in Peach Blossom Pond, followed by the word "less than". , using the method of comparison to turn the invisible friendship into a tangible thousand-foot pool of water, vividly expressing Wang Lun's sincere and deep friendship for Li Bai.
4. Appreciation of Ancient Poems
The first two sentences of the narrative: "Li Bai was about to go on a boat, and suddenly heard the sound of people singing on the shore." The anaphora expresses the poet's surprise. "The water of Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, not as deep as Wang Lun's love for me." The beauty of the two words "less than" is that the word "less than" connects two unrelated things. With the water of Peach Blossom Pond "a thousand feet deep" as a reference, it becomes Turning invisible friendship into something tangible is both vivid and thought-provoking.
The pool is "thousand feet deep", so how deep is Wang Lun's friendship?