The fastest boat (Li Bai's poem): The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Early Departure from Baidi City / Baidi’s Journey to Jiangling
Li Bai [Tang Dynasty]
The White Emperor’s farewell speech was among the colorful clouds, and Jiangling, a thousand miles away, returned in one day.
The apes on both sides of the strait can't stop crying, and the boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains.
Translation: Say goodbye to Baidi City under the colorful clouds in the early morning. Jiangling is thousands of miles away and can be reached in one day. The sound of apes on both sides of the bank is still echoing in my ears, and the brisk boat has sailed through thousands of green mountains.
Extended information:
Creative background:
In the spring of 759 AD (the second year of Emperor Suzong’s reign in the Tang Dynasty), Li Bai was exiled to Yelang due to the case of King Yong Li Lin. Sichuan. When I arrived at Baidi City, I suddenly received the news of the pardon. I was so surprised that I immediately took a boat east to Jiangling. This poem was written when the author returned to Jiangling, so the poem is titled "Going Down to Jiangling".
About the author:
Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi, also known as "Exiled Immortal", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty. Later generations hailed him as the "Immortal of Poetry", and together with Du Fu, he was called "Li Du". In order to distinguish him from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, known as "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai were also collectively called "Big Li Du".