1, original text
Irrigate the sun, there are streams, and the east flows into drizzle. Or: "Ran's family tasted the house, so his surname means." Or: "You can dye it, and it is named after its ability, so it is called the flow of dyeing." I foolishly touched the crime and fell on the water. Love is a stream. When you enter the second or third mile, you will get the best. In ancient times, there was the Gong Yu Valley. Now the rest of the family is a stream, but the name is uncertain. People who live in the land are still alive, so they can't live without many, so they are called Yuxi.
Buying a hill above Yuxi is a silly hill. Walking sixty steps from the northeast of Yu Qiu, you got a spring and bought it. It's a stupid spring. Yuquan six points are all built from the mountain. The confluence bends to the south, which is a stupid ditch. So, it is a burden of mud and stones, and it is a stupid pool. To the east of Yugong Pool is Yugong Hall. To the south of it is a stupid pavilion. There is a desert island in the pool. The dislocation of beautiful trees and different stones is a wonder of mountains and rivers, and it is a shame to be with the rest of the "stupid".
A wise man is happy when there is plenty of water. Today, it's shameful for a person to look at a fool. Why? Cover it with water, so it can't be irrigated; It's steep and rocky, so big ships can't get in. Quiet and shallow, the dragon disdains, can't have sex, can't benefit the world, and is suitable for the rest. Although it insults fools, it can also be.
Ning Wuzi said that "the country is stupid without Tao" and wisdom is stupid. Yan Zi "does not violate like a fool all day long", no matter how sharp he is, he is also a fool. No one will be really stupid. Today, suffering from Tao, opposing reason and opposing things, is stupid. If you are a husband, you can't fight for the world, and you will be famous for it.
Although the stream is not beneficial to the world, it is good at learning all kinds of things, clear and beautiful, and can make fools laugh and admire, but not go. Although I don't agree with the secular, I also masturbate with pen and ink, washing everything and keeping everything in a cage. Singing silly songs, I am at a loss, but I don't violate them. Unconsciously, all roads lead to the same goal, surpassing the HarmonyOS system, hanging out with foreigners, enjoying myself and not knowing what to say. So he wrote "Poems of Eight Fools" and recorded it on a flowing stone.
2. Translation
There is a stream in the north of irrigation, which flows eastward into Xiaoshui. Someone said, "There lives a family named Ran, so this stream is called." Some people also said: "The water in that stream can be used to dye cloth, which is named after this property of water, so it is called dyeing stream." I committed a crime because of ignorance, and was reduced to a small waterside.
I like this stream. I walked two or three miles inside and found a place with excellent scenery, where I settled down. In ancient times, there was a valley in Gong Yu. Now I live by this stream, and no one can be sure of its name. Local residents are still arguing about changing their names, so they changed their names to Yuxi.
In the upper reaches of Yuxi, I bought a hill called Yu Qiu. After sixty steps from Yu Qiu to the northeast, I found a spring and bought it. It's called Yuqiu Spring. Yuquan * * * has six springs, all of which come from the ground below. After the six springs meet, they meander south, which I call the foolish ditch. So he piled up earth and stones to block the narrow part of Yugong ditch and formed Yugong pool.
To the east of the fish pond is fish soup. South of it is the stupid pavilion. In the center of Yugong Pool is a Yugong Island, where beautiful trees and strange stones are mixed together. These are wonders of mountains and rivers, all because of me, being humiliated by stupid words.
Water is what smart people like. Now this stream is defiled by stupid words. What is the reason? Because its water level is very low, it cannot be used for irrigation; In addition, the current is steep and steep, and there are many small continents and small stones in the middle, so big ships can't get in; It is deep and narrow, and the dragon doesn't want to live in it, because it can't turn clouds into rain in the pool and bring any benefits to the world. These are just like me. In this case, even if it is insulted, it is ok to call it stupid.
Ning Wuzi's "national chaos is stupid" is that smart people deliberately pretend to be ignorant; Yan Hui "listens to Confucius' lectures all day, never mentions the opposite opinion, and looks like a fool", which is a high IQ and shows ignorance on the surface. None of them are really stupid. Now I am in an era of political clarity, but I have violated common sense and done stupid things, so stupid people are not as stupid as me. In this way, no one in the world can compete with me for this stream, so I can have it alone and give it this name.
Although this stream has not brought any benefits to the world, it is good at reflecting all kinds of objects; It is clean, bright, beautiful and clear, and the sound of water is sonorous, just like a bell ringing, which can make fools smile and cherish love. Although I am not worldly, I can comfort myself by writing poems and compositions. Everything I describe is as vivid as being washed, and it can summarize various forms. Nothing can escape my pen.
When I sang Yuxi with stupid poems, I felt that I was indifferent to Yuxi. I feel that I have found the same destination as Yuxi, transcending the world and entering the realm of nothingness and emptiness. In the silence and chaos around me, I forgot myself. So I wrote "Poems of Eight Fools" and carved it on a stone by the stream.
Appreciation of Preface to Yuxi Poetry;
This is the preface written by Liu Zongyuan for his poem Eight Fools (lost). He led the whole article with a perverse word "stupid", explaining why eight things, such as streams, hills, springs, ditches, ponds, halls, pavilions and islands, were all named after "stupid". Although the author is a genius, he is relegated because he doesn't want to speculate and please, which can be described as "stupid"; Although the stream is beautiful, it is remote and useless, and it is also considered "stupid".
The author skillfully used Qubi to ridicule the stream and laugh at himself. Writing about the stream is also writing about yourself, and the stream is integrated with itself. It is logical to ridicule those in power for rejecting dissidents and reversing the virtuous and foolish, which strongly expresses his dissatisfaction and struggle against the dark society that buried "beautiful scenery" and suppressed talents.