1. The floating light leaps over the gold, while the still shadow casts deep into the water. From "Yueyang Tower" by Fan Zhongyan.
2. Original text:
In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Tengzi was banished to Baling County. In the next year, the Yueyang Tower will be rebuilt and its old system will be added. The poems written by Tang Xianxian and modern people will be inscribed on it.
You can see the beauty of Baling in Dongting Lake. It is a grand view of Yueyang Tower. However, the Wuxia Gorge in the north, Xiaoxiang in the south pole, and tourists who move here often have the same feeling of seeing things?
If it rains heavily and the moon does not open, the wind howls, the muddy waves are empty, the sun and the stars are shining, the mountains are hidden, the business travel is not good, the masts are wrecked, the tigers are howling and the apes are crying in the twilight. There are those who go to their country and cherish their hometown, who are afraid of slander and ridicule, who look bleak and feel extremely sad.
When the spring comes, the scene is bright, the waves are calm, the sky is bright, the sand gulls are in full bloom, the brocade scale swims, the shore Zhi Tinglan is lush and green. What a joy! In Dengs Tower, there are people who are relaxed and happy, forget about their love and disgrace, and drink in the wind.
Shifu! What is the difference between the two? Don't be happy with things or sad with yourself. If you live high in the temple, you will worry about the people. If you are far from the Jianghu, you will worry about the king. It is also a worry to advance and a worry to retreat. But when will you be happy? It must say, "Worry about the world first, and be happy after the world"! Eh! Wes people, who can win?
September 15, 2006.