A brief analysis of Liu Zongyuan s state of mind is based on The Story of the West Hill of Cobalt P

"The Story of the West Hill of Cobalt Pond" is a landscape travel essay created by Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty, selected from the representative work "Yongzhou Eight Notes", which is the third of them, among which the more classic ones are, lying on the pillow seat, then the state of Qingling and the eyes, the sound of the sound and the ear, the leisurely and the void and the gods, the deep and quiet and the heart;

It means that we lie on the hillock with a stone on the ground, our eyes touch the clear and clear scenery, our ears touch the murmuring sound of water, our spirit feels the vast air of the distant and empty, and our hearts feel the quiet and quiet realm of the deep field bridge.

There are three paragraphs in the whole text, the first paragraph writes about the basic situation of the hillock, vividly depicts a pile of still inanimate stones, depicting a group of living cows, horses and beasts, vivid and detailed, ingenious associations, and expressive, the second paragraph writes about the encounter of the hillock and the enjoyment that the hillock brings to himself, the hillock is beautiful and curious, but it was abandoned by the owner, and the author naturally has the idea of buying, and the author expresses his chest directly, lamenting that the same hillock is being purchased in a prosperous place and despised in the poor countryside;

The author Liu Zongyuan, the word is thick, Song Zhi of Hedong in the Tang Dynasty (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), an outstanding poet, philosopher, Confucian scholar, politician, one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, known as Liuhedong, also known as Liuliuzhou, Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu are called [Han Liu], and the representative works include more than 600 articles such as "Yongzhou Eight Records";

Original text] One hundred and twenty steps west from the hillock, separated by bamboo 1, smelling the sound of water, such as Ming Peihuan 2, the heart is envious. Cut down the bamboo to take the road, see the small pool below, the water is particularly clear. The whole stone is the bottom, the shore is 3, the bottom of the stone is out, the island is the island, and the ridge is 4.

Green trees and verdant vines, 5 swaying, jagged 6. The fish in the pool can have a hundred heads, all of which are like empty swimming and have nothing to rely on. The sun shines down, and the shadows are on the stones, and they are unmoving.7 He passed away8, and he went back and forth9, as if he was happy with the tourists.

Looking at the southwest of the pond, the snake is ten times, and the light is visible. Its shore is different from each other, and its source can be known if it is not high. Sitting on the pond, surrounded by bamboo trees on all sides, lonely and uninhabited, sad and cold, quietly gloomy.

It is not allowed to live for a long time, but to remember it. fellow travelers Wu Wuling, Gong Gu, and Yu brother Zong Xuan; Those who are subordinate to the subordinate, Cui's two small students, say forgiveness, and say Fengyi.

Notes】 1篁 (huanɡ) bamboo: bamboo forest. 2 such as the ring:

It is like the sound of jade pendants and jade rings colliding with each other. 3 Near: Near, near.

4. Di: The water highlands. Yu:

An island in the water. Ridge: Uneven rocks.

5. Covering, tangling, swinging, and connecting. 6 Phi Whi:

Swing with the wind. 7. Motionless: Motionless.

8 Gil: Suddenly, suddenly. 9 Suddenly:

Light and agile. Ten Buckets Twist and Turn: Twist and turn like the Big Dipper and the snake crawling.

Translation] Walking 120 steps west from the hillock, across the bamboo forest, I could hear the sound of water, as crisp as the sound of the collision of jade pendants and jade rings, and I was in a very happy mood. The bamboo forest was cut down and a path was carved out of it, and a small pool was found below, and the water was very cool. A complete stone is used as the bottom of the pool, close to the shore, and some stones protrude from the bottom of the pool, becoming different shapes of the di, the island, the ridge, and the sink.

Verdant trees and stems are tangled with each other, jagged and swaying in the wind. There are about 100 or so fish in the pool, all of which seem to be swimming in the air, and there is nothing to rely on. The sun shines directly on the clear water, and the shadows of the fish are reflected on the stones, motionless; Suddenly, I swam far away, swimming back and forth very fast, as if I was having fun with the tourists.

Looking southwest from the small stone pool, the stream is twisting and turning, flickering and dark, looming. The topography of the creek bank is as jagged as a dog's teeth, and it is impossible to know where its source is. Sitting on the small stone pool, surrounded by bamboo forests and trees on all sides, empty and lonely, no one is seen, suddenly it is very desolate, the cold is bone-chilling, and the silence makes people sad.

Because the environment here is too bleak to stay for a long time, I wrote this article and left. The people who traveled with him were Wu Wuling, Gong Gu, and my younger brother Zong Xuan. followed by two young men surnamed Cui, one called Forgiveness, and the other was called Feng Yi.

Comment] This is the fourth article in the "Eight Records of Yongzhou", also known as "The Story of Little Stone Pond". This article delicately outlines the beautiful scenery of Xiaoshitan and its surroundings, as well as the lonely atmosphere, which is full of poetry and picturesqueness, revealing the author's lofty and arrogant state of mind in life, and the scenes are blended. Among them, the depiction of the swimming fish in the pool is particularly good, although there are only a few sentences, it is very accurate and expressively outlines the emptiness and clarity of the pool water and the shape and posture of the swimming fish.