It means: the ancients didn't lie to me.
Excerpt from the original:
The boatman was very afraid. If you can examine it, the mountain is full of caves, and I don't know its shallow depth. The microwave enters and the culvert surges. The ship returned to the two mountains and entered the port. There are big stones flowing in it, which can seat 100 people. The air is full of tricks, feng shui and muffled cymbals, corresponding to the people facing it.
Because he smiled, he said, "What do you know? If stunned, Zhou didn't shoot; Wei Zhuangzi's songs are also bells. Ancient people are not good at bullying! "
Vernacular translation:
The boatman was frightened. I slowly observed caves and crevices at the foot of the mountain, and I don't know how deep they are. Tiny water waves pour into it, and the water waves stir to make this sound. The ship returned between two mountains and was about to enter the port. There is a big stone facing the water, and hundreds of people can sit on it. The middle is empty and there are many holes.
Swallow the breeze and spit it out, making a sonorous sound, which is in harmony with the previous sound, like music playing. So I smiled and said to Mai Su, "Do you know those allusions? That creaking sound is the sound of Zhou not shooting the bell, the sound of muffled cymbals, and the sound of Wei Zhuangzi ringing the bell. The ancients didn't lie to me! "
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Creative background:
In June of the seventh year of Yuanfeng in Song Shenzong (1084), when Su Shi was transferred from the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Yong ying to the deputy envoy of Ruzhou Yong ying (now Linru, Henan), he sent his eldest son Mai Su to serve as county magistrate in Dexing County, Raozhou, and visited Shi Zhongshan via Huzhou. In order to find out the origin of Shi Zhongshan's name, he wrote this article.
This paper discusses the origin of Shi Zhongshan's name in a narrative way, and emphasizes that to judge a thing correctly, we must go deep into reality and make a careful investigation. In art, this paper has the characteristics of unique structure, tortuous writing, clever decoration and flexible language.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Shi Zhongshan