Translation of Lu You's "Enter Shu" (On the 26th, sent to Daxikou...)

On the 26th, Wugu set off. On this day, the boat people began to beat the drums. Then we visited Jinshan Mountain and climbed the Jade Mirror Hall and the Miao Gao Platform. They were both extremely beautiful and unmatched in the past. The jade mirror cover quotes Su Yifu's poem: "The monk sits in the light of the jade mirror, and the guest walks up on the back of a golden turtle." Yifu finally arrived at Hanyuan, and at that time he thought the poem was a prophecy. The newly built temple gate is also very majestic, with a seal on the forehead of Zhai Xian, Bo Shou, but the gate cannot accommodate boats. Anyone who comes to the temple will go to the Xiongqiao Pavilion. Elder Baoyin said: "In the old days, Emperor Renzong of Emperor Renzong used Feibai to open the temple, and then the storm surged and the dragons came and went, so the temple and pavilion he hid there no longer exists." I have lived in Yinshan for nearly ten years and have done all the construction and construction. There are two pagodas in the temple, which were originally built by Zengzi, Prime Minister Xuan, using the salary from the Western Government to recommend his predecessors. During the Zhenghe period, the temple was transformed into the Shenxiao Palace, and the Taoist priests went to the tower to build a tower, which was called Yuluo Xiao Terrace. After more than fifty years, the temple was restored into a tower and decorated, but the work was not yet completed. At the top of the mountain is the Sea Swallowing Pavilion, which means swallowing the huge sea. The view from the top is particularly impressive. Every time when envoys from the north came to hire him, they would come to this pavilion to cook tea. Jinshan Mountain and Jiaoshan Mountain face each other, both are named Blue, and they compete for dominance. Jiaoshan used to have the Suijiang Pavilion, which was the most beautiful place, so it was named "Swallowing the Sea" to win over it, which was ridiculous. At night, the feng shui is thin and the boat is thin, and the mantis has the sound.

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Enter Sichuan Notes Author: Lu You

On the evening of July 14th, the weather was fine. (I) Open the south-facing window in the cabin to enjoy the landscape. There are many fish in the stream, and sometimes they rush out of the water and jump up. The setting sun shines on them, like silver knives. People fishing with poles and nets are full of vision. Because of this, the price of fish is very cheap, and the servants and servants eat enough of the fish every day. Local people say that the water quality of this creek is fertile and suitable for the growth of fish. After drinking the water, the water tastes as sweet as fruit. Is it really because there are so many fish in the water? There are many peaks on the southeast side of the stream that look like black peaks, probably green mountains.

In the early morning of August 14th, it rained. Passing by a small rocky mountain, it seems that half of it has been cut off from the top of the mountain, which is very similar to Shushan Mountain on the bank of Yuyao River. (We) struggled to pull the boat in the river and came across a raft, more than ten feet wide and more than fifty feet long. There are thirty or forty families on it, including wives, children, dogs, and mortars. There are vertical and horizontal passages in the middle for pedestrians to come and go, and there are also shrines. I have never seen (such a sight). The boatman said, "This is still the small one. The big ones spread soil on the rafts to make vegetable gardens or hotels. They can no longer go near the small inlet and can only be used on the large river." On this day, the boat was pulled against the wind and only traveled fifteen or six miles from dawn to sunset. Stop at Liuguanji, close to the border of Qizhou. The nephew waited for the younger generation to go ashore and came back and said: "Find a small road to the back of the mountain. There is a pond-like lake with a large area and many lotus flowers and water chestnuts. There are many euphorbias around the lake, and many houses are illuminated by the sunset. The fences made of reeds and the houses built with thatched grass are very elegant and quiet, and there is no sound of people. If you want to buy them, there are brisk boats in the lake to pick water chestnuts. , called them (they) ignored it, and then wanted to see what was going on, and happened to see tools for catching wild animals beside the road, and suspected that there were tigers and wolves, so they did not dare to go forward. "Liu Guanji is what the legend says. Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, lived at the place where the Wu Kingdom once docked its ships. In the evening, we watched giant turtles sinking and floating in the water.

(August) 21st. After crossing Shuangliu Bay, looking back at the river, the overlapping mountains in the distance are even more beautiful. Since leaving Huangzhou, even in the river bays, it has been vast and vast. The terrain has gradually increased, and more beans, millet, buckwheat and the like have been planted. In the evening, we stayed in Yangluosu, where there were wide embankments, tall willow trees, and many people living there. The price of fish is as cheap as a scholar. One hundred copper coins (for fish) can feed twenty people. They were all big fish. I wanted to look for small fish to feed the cat, but couldn't find them.

On the morning of the 9th (September), I went to worship at the temple of the Earth God. The thatch covering the roofs of the houses on the roadside is more than a foot thick, and they are neat and clean without a stray piece of grass. (We) set up the sail and sailed along the river for thirty miles and anchored at Taziji, which is a big mountain on the riverside. Since leaving Ezhou, I have only seen mountains here. (We) buy mutton and have a banquet. Probably because of the Double Ninth Festival, the village slaughtered a sheep, bought it for every boat, and then it was gone in a while. I asked for chrysanthemums from people on the river, and I got a lot of them. They were fragrant and lovely, because I was so drunk that I staggered around. It rained and was very cold at night, so I started to cover myself with quilts.

October 21st.

(I) looked at Shimen Pass from the boat and (discovered that it) can only be walked by one person and is the most dangerous place in the world. In the evening, the ship anchored in Badong County. The mountains and rivers (here) are majestic and magnificent, far exceeding those in Zigui. It's just that the market is very deserted. There are more than a hundred households in the middle of the town. From the county government office down, there are thatched houses without a single tile. The acting magistrate and county captain, Youdigong Lang Wang Kangnian, and the county captain and chief registrar, Youdigong Lang Dude came first, both from Shu. I visited the Kolaigong Feeding Hall, climbed to the Autumn Wind Pavilion, and looked down at the mountains and rivers. It was a very gloomy day, with light snow falling, and the weather was bleak. Looking at the name of Qiu Feng Pavilion made me feel melancholy, and I began to feel like I was wandering to the end of the world. So he went to Shuangbai Hall and Baiyunting. There used to be a cypress tree planted by Kou Laigong under the Double Cypress Hall, but it is now dead. But there are many mountains in the south, which are beautiful and lovely. Baiyun Pavilion is a quiet, strange and wonderful realm that surpasses all in the world. It is surrounded by mountains and reappears, with dense ancient trees, most of which are two or three hundred years old. The two waterfalls outside the railing poured into the stone stream, like pearls jumping, jade chips splashing, and the chill chilling to the bones. 4. Below it is Cixi, rushing to meet the Yangtze River. I entered Chu from Wu and traveled more than three thousand miles and passed through fifteen states. The beauty of the pavilions was not as good as that of Baiyunting, and it was only behind the county government hall. The Badong magistrate has nothing to do. The magistrate can eat and sleep in the pavilion and have endless fun. But whenever there is a vacancy for a county magistrate, no one is willing to fill the vacancy for two or three years. Why is this?