This poem comes from "Song of the Eight Immortals in Drinking" by Du Fu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The poem mentions Li Bai, He Zhizhang, Li Shizhi, Li Jing, Cui Zongzhi, and Su Jin who were known as the "Eight Immortals in Drinking" at that time. , Zhang Xu, Jiao Sui eight people.
Du Fu
The original text is:
Zhizhang was riding a horse as if riding a boat, and fell into a well and fell asleep under the water.
The three buckets in Ruyang began to face the sky, and the mouth of the koji chariot was salivating at the road, and the seal was sealed to Jiuquan.
The Prime Minister of the Left spends tens of thousands of money every day, drinks like a long whale sucking in hundreds of rivers, holds a cup in his mouth, enjoys the sage and calls him a shunner.
Zong Zhi, a handsome and handsome young man, raised his glass and looked at the blue sky with his white eyes, which was as bright as a jade tree before the wind.
Su Jin often likes to escape to Zen when he is drunk in front of embroidering Buddha in Changzhai.
Li Bai wrote hundreds of poems about drinking wine. He went to a restaurant in Chang'an to sleep in a restaurant, but the emperor couldn't get on the boat when he called him. He claimed that he was a wine immortal.
Zhang Xu's three-cup grass sage takes off his hat and tops his head in front of the prince, swiping paper like clouds of smoke.
Jiao Sui fought five battles with Fang Zhuoran, and his eloquent talk shocked the four banquets.
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Translation:
He Zhizhang rode a horse while drunk, swaying as if riding a boat. He fell into the well with his eyes dimmed and fell asleep at the bottom of the well.
Li Jing, the king of Ruyang, drank three cups of wine before going to see the emperor. On the road, I encountered a car carrying distilled rice. The smell of alcohol made my mouth water. I regretted that I could not stay in Jiuquan County, where the water tastes like wine.
Left Prime Minister Li Shi spent tens of thousands of dollars on daily pursuits and drank like a whale swallowing water from hundreds of rivers. He claimed that he drank heavily in order to avoid political affairs and to make way for talents.
Cui Zongzhi is a handsome and beautiful young man. When he raises his glass to drink, he often looks up at the sky. His handsome appearance is like a jade tree facing the wind.
Although Su Jin fasted and ate vegetarian food in front of the Buddha, he often completely forgot the Buddhist precepts when he drank alcohol.
Li Bai can compose hundreds of poems after drinking a bucket of wine. He went to Chang'an Street wine shops to drink and often fell asleep drunk in the wine shops. The emperor was having a banquet in the lake and asked him to write a preface to the poem. He refused to get on the boat because he was drunk, claiming to be the immortal in wine.
After Zhang Xu drank three glasses of wine, he wrote a book with a brush, and he was called the Caosheng at that time. He often took off his hat and uncovered his head in front of the princes and nobles, and wrote quickly with his pen. If he got divine help, his writing would fall on the paper like clouds and smoke.
It took Jiao Sui five glasses of wine to feel refreshed. He talks loudly at the banquet and often shocks everyone with his words.