Translation of Xie Lingyun
Xie Lingyun was a native of Yangxia, Chen County. His grandfather Xie Xuan was a chariot and cavalry general in the Jin Dynasty. His father, Xie Wanghuan, was not smart since he was a child. He worked as a secretary and died very early. Xie Lingyun was extremely intelligent when he was very young. Xie Xuan valued him very much and told people close to him: "I gave birth to Xie Wanghuan. How can Xie Wanghuan give birth to Lingyun!"
Xie Lingyun has been urinating since he was a child. He loves reading and is well-read in classics and history. His articles are very beautiful. Almost no one in Jiangnan can catch up with him. His uncle Xie Hun especially likes him. Xie Lingyun inherited his grandfather's title and was named Kang Le Gong, enjoying the tax treatment of two thousand households. Citing precedent, Xie Lingyun was awarded the position of Yuanwai Sanqi Shilang by the imperial court. Xie Lingyun did not take up the post, but he accepted the official position of Sima Xing, the Grand Sima Xing of King Lang Ya, to join the army.
When Emperor Liu Yu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Yao family of the Later Qin due to affairs, General Liu Daolian of the Hussars stayed in the capital, and Xie Lingyun was used to consult and join the army. Then he was transferred to Zhongshu Shilang, and then became the Crown Prince's Zhongjun Consultant and Huangmen Shilang. Xie Lingyun was ordered to go to Pengcheng to express his condolences to the ancestor Liu Jun and wrote "Zheng Fu".
When he came back, he was still appointed as the Minister of Huangmen of the Song Dynasty, and then promoted to the position of Zhonglang of the Prime Minister. The prince Zuo Weishuai was dismissed from his official position because he executed his disciples without authorization. When Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, became emperor, the Duke of Xie Lingyun was demoted to a marquis, enjoying the tax treatment of 500 households, and was appointed as a regular servant of the Sanqi, and was transferred to the prince's left guard commander. Xie Lingyun has an extreme nature and often violates etiquette and laws. The court only regarded him as a person with some literary talent, rather than a knowledgeable and talented politician. However, he himself believes that he is capable of participating in national affairs. Now that he is not appreciated, he often feels aggrieved.
Both Xie Lingyun’s grandfather and father are buried in Boning County, where his family’s old house and villa are located. So he took the initiative to change his native place to Kuaiji County and built houses and manors there. His residence overlooked the surrounding beautiful water in the front and the towering mountains in the back, giving it an extremely deep and quiet atmosphere. He and the hermits Wang Hongzhi, Kong Chunzhi and others were free and indulgent, taking pleasure in this, and often planned to spend the rest of their lives here. Every one of his poems was spread to the capital, and no matter how high or low they were, they copied it. Overnight, the officials and the people became familiar with it. People from far and near admired him very much, and his reputation shocked the capital.
When Emperor Wen became emperor, Xu Xianzhi and others were killed. Xie Lingyun was transferred to secretary supervisor. He was summoned twice, but Xie Lingyun ignored him. Emperor Wen sent Fan Tai, the Guanglu doctor, to write a letter to Xie Lingyun to praise him, and he was summoned to take office. Emperor Wen asked him to sort out the books of the Secretary Province and fill in the missing parts. Since there was no complete history book in the Jin Dynasty, he asked Xie Lingyun to write a "Book of Jin". He wrote a rough outline, but in the end the book did not written.
For more than a hundred years since the fall of the Central Plains, the people have fallen into the hands of the enemy and have been ruled by foreigners. The late emperor was wise and holy, and sympathized with the suffering of the people of the Central Plains. He hoped to pacify Hebei and unify China, so that the chaos in the Central Plains could be brought back to order, and the remaining people would be reunited. Return to China. However, fortunes changed, his great cause was not accomplished, and his ideals were not realized, so the late emperor passed away with hatred.
People say that the enemy in the west is abandoning his roots and sending troops to Longwai. The enemy in the east is advancing north. Our army can take the opportunity to cover up the attack. After the enemy in the west returns, our army can occupy Guanzhong and surround Xianyang. When the enemy comes back, The road has been cut off. Even if we want to send troops to support, we can only attack our army near the big city from a distance in order to respond internally and externally. But at this time, our army has the protection of deep mountains and dangerous passes, and its foundation is already solid. Even if the enemy wants to reinforce, it will only abandon his lair, but it will not save themselves.
So the ancients said: "Only when you see natural disasters coming to your enemy and see his many contradictions can you take action against him." At that time, the power of Wei State to pacify Jingzhou and Jizhou was just a matter of taking advantage of it. The opportunity of the decline of Liu Biao and Yuan Shao; the prosperity of Jin, the destruction of Wu and Shu, and the opportunity of taking advantage of the absence of Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun. These are all examples that have been inherent in the past and are clearly written in history books. After the Yao family was pacified in the Later Qin Dynasty, everyone in the world believed that the Hu people would be wiped out. We should aim directly at the sliding platform, sweep through the enemy's cities, make the enemy frightened, and then pacify the north within a short time.
Because of the loss of Guanzhong, some people think that even if Hebei gets it, it cannot be defended. But the situations in the East and the West are different from the inside out. Kansai is a place where many ethnic groups live together, and there are many kinds of ethnic groups. During the Western Han Dynasty, the country stationed troops to dominate and built a peak fire tower in Ganquan Palace. Moreover, the troops guarding far away now will encounter the problem of the replacement of the old with the new? Hebei is full of Han people, and there is no mixing of foreign races. The mountains and mountains can serve as barriers, and the three checkpoints can serve as gates. If our cavalry advances north, the aliens in the desert will flee. If we guard it tightly, Jizhou will be like a mountain. Just as solid.
Xie Lingyun returned to the East due to illness, but he continued to play, drink, gather and compose poems as usual. Day and night, he was impeached again by Fu Long, the censor Zhongcheng, and was therefore removed from all official positions. This was the fifth year of Yuanjia (428) ).
Xie Lingyun returned to the East and became friends with his brothers Xie Huilian, He Changyu from Donghai, Xun Yong from Yingchuan, and Yang from Taishan... because they admired each other's articles. They traveled together in the mountains and rivers, and people at that time called them the "Four Friends". Xie Huilian was smart and talented when he was a child, but had a frivolous personality. His father Xie Fanming always despised him. Xie Lingyun left Yongjia and returned to Shining. At that time, Xie Fanming was the prefect of Kuaiji. They all admire each other very much.
At that time, He Changyu was teaching Xie Huilian to study, and he was also here. Xie Lingyun believed that He Changyu's literary talent was unparalleled in the world. He said to Xie Fangming: "Xie Huilian is so smart and talented, but my respected uncle treats him as a child.
Xie Lingyun With the capital of his grandfather and father, his family was rich and he had many servants, including hundreds of disciples and officials. There is no place that he cannot swim in. He wears wooden shoes every time he goes up the mountain, and removes the front teeth when going up the mountain, and removes the back teeth when going down the mountain.
There are After returning to Heihu Lake, Xie Lingyun requested that the lake water be drained and turned into rice fields. Emperor Wen asked the local governor to carry out this order. The lake was very close to the city and produced many aquatic products. Since Xie Lingyun could not return to Heihu Lake, Meng Kai did not agree. Meng Kai disagreed with the request to build Huanghu Lake in Shanpi Mountain, Shining County, into a paddy field. Xie Lingyun believed that Meng Kai did not want to do things that benefit the people, but only considered that digging the lake would harm animals. Xie Lingyun hurt Meng Kai in his remarks, so he and Meng Kai. Forged a deep hatred.
Emperor Wen knew that he had been wronged, so he did not find him guilty. He just didn't want him to return to the east, but let him be the internal historian of Linchuan, and increased his salary to two thousand dan. After taking office, Xie Lingyun remained the same as when he was the governor of Yongjia, so he was impeached again by the relevant officials. Zheng Wangsheng, the official of King Linchuan, arrested Xie Lingyun. Instead, Xie Lingyun captured Zheng Wangsheng and rebelled. He wrote a poem and said: "Han died, his son Fang Fen, Qin Emperor Lu Lian was humiliated. He was originally from Jianghai, a gentleman with a sense of loyalty and righteousness." ”
After that, Zong Qisheng, the general of Qin County, walked to Tukou and passed Taoxu Village. He saw six or seven people talking randomly on the road below. He suspected that they were not good people. When he came back, he told the county chief that he would send troops. Following Zong Qi, he was attacked and arrested, so he fought with those people, captured them all, and threw them into prison. One of them, named Zhao Mingqin, was from Shanyin County. He said: "Xue Daoshuang, a native of this village, and Xie Lingyun worked together in September last year." At the beginning of the month, Xue Daoshuang told me through Chengguo, a native of the same village: "Xie, who used to be an internal historian in Linchuan and now breaks the law and rushes to Guangzhou, gave us money and asked us to buy bows, arrows, guns, shields and other weapons, so that Xue Daoshuang could make friends with the athletes and warriors in the village. If Sanjiangkou succeeded in robbing Xie, everyone would have equal credit. ’ So they gathered everyone to seize Xie, but failed.
It was the tenth year of Yuanjia (433), and he was forty-nine. The articles he wrote were widely circulated in society. His son Xie Feng died early.