Seeking to translate the ancient text Qian Yong s Walking Garden .

On the Bang a dredging, for the benefit of infinite. In the early years, water was stored for irrigation, and water was stored in the water year to be prepared, and the deep ones were profitable to raise fish, and the shallow ones were profitable to plant lotus. Those whose land is barren will be polluted with mud every year, which is the benefit of fertilizing the land.

Those who are far away from the river draw water and yarn every day, which is also beneficial for diet. Today, in the states and counties of the town, and in most of the high-altitude areas, the peasants not only do not dredge, but instead fill them up, or build roads or outline their fields, who forbids it? When you abandon the sky, you lose the benefits of the land, and the sin is great.

It is no wonder that the low fields are often ripe, and the high fields are often barren.

Once the ditch is dug deep, the benefits are endless. In dry years, water can be stored to help with irrigation. In years when there is a lot of flooding, it can help divert the flow and prevent flooding.

Deep places can be raised for fish, and shallow places can be planted for profit. If the land is barren, the mud from the ditch can be fertilized every year. If you live far away from the main river and have a ditch, you can get water every day, wash your clothes, and eat and drink.

At present, most of the prefectures and counties in Chang and Zhen are on higher ground, and the peasants not only do not dig deep river ditches, but also have to fill in the soil, or make roads, or make fields, who will stop them? It is a great sin to lose the time of day and the land advantage. It is no wonder that the lower fields often have a good harvest, while the higher fields often fail.

I'll help you translate the text part, and the verses will have no charm after they are translated.

Wenyuan" original text (unabridged):

Rugao Wang Chuntian observed, Shao Gu, inherited the training of his mother's wife, and was 16 years old to be the head of the household, with Gaozong out of the siege, to shoot more flowers, tired officials in Guangxi, Shandong to observe the envoy. He has been registered for more than 20 years, and he lives in the Wenyuan with two schools in Xinan and Xibei, and a bridge can be passed. Drinking and writing poems, there is no empty day, but the heart of seeking a son is very anxious, and he is often unhappy in the city.

Daoguang Renwu in March, Yu crossed the sea to visit Wolf Mountain, will go to Yangzhou, detour to visit Wenyuan, when the observation is sixty years old, must be Haoran. Yu You's poem gift: "Inquire about Rugao County, come to visit Fengli Fair."

The two parks are divided into crane paths, and a water crosses the rainbow beam. The remote building is quiet, and the spring is deep and fragrant. Sit on the peach blossom pond and leave me drunk.

Quge flies red rain, and the idle door is rippling and green. So that the king is immeasurably blessed, what more can you ask for? Farewell to a clear dream, lovesickness is white-headed.

I want to hang the sail, and the moon on the sea is like a hook. ”

Interpretation: Rugao's Wang Chuntian observation (official name), lost his father at a young age, accepted the training of his mother, at the age of 16 he became a household lang by donating money and grain, went out to hunt with Qianlong, got Hualing because of archery competitions, and successively served as an observer in Guangxi and Shandong. He resigned and returned home for more than 20 years on the grounds of supporting his elderly mother, and the Wenyuan where his family lives has two schools, Xinan and Xibei, and there is a bridge in the middle.

There is not a day when I don't drink and write poems, but my heart is very anxious to ask for a child, and I am depressed every day. In March of the first year of Daoguangren, I crossed the sea to visit Wolf Mountain, and soon arrived in Yangzhou, and made a detour to visit Wenyuan. I wrote poems to give to him, poems:

Inquire about Rugao County, come to visit Fengli Fair.

The two parks are divided into crane paths, and a water crosses the rainbow beam.

The remote building is quiet, and the spring is deep and fragrant.

Sit on the peach blossom pond and leave me drunk.

Quge flies red rain, and the idle door is rippling and green.

So that the king is immeasurably blessed, what more can you ask for?

Farewell to a clear dream, lovesickness is white-headed.

I want to hang the sail, and the moon on the sea is like a hook.