I. Original text
Picking mulberry seeds, canoeing and crossing the West Lake are all good.
Ouyang Xiu [Song Dynasty]
The canoe is shorter than the West Lake, and the green water is winding. Grass on the long beach is fun everywhere.
When there is no wind, the glass slides on the water and the boat will not move. Slightly rippled, sand birds began to skim the coast.
Second, translation.
The scenery of the West Lake is beautiful, and how leisurely it is to drive a boat and paddle. The green lake stretches on and on. The long embankment is covered with green grass, and there is a soft song in the spring breeze, like floating on the lake with the boat. The windless water is as smooth as glass, and even the ship can't feel it moving. I saw a slight water wave rippling beside the boat, and the waterfowl that was awakened by the boat was flying over the shore of the lake.
Third, the creative background
In 1049 (the first year of you), Ouyang Xiu moved to Yingzhou, met Mei, and bought land in Yingzhou to retire in the future. 1067 (four years in Song Yingzong), Ouyang Xiu went out to know Bozhou and deliberately bypassed Yingzhou. A few years later, he finally got a bachelor's degree in Guan Wendian and Prince Shao Shi, and returned to Yingzhou as he wished. After several travels, I wrote ten songs "Picking Mulberry Seeds".
Four. Brief introduction of the author
Ouyang Xiu (65438+August 6, 2007-1September 22, 072) was born in Yongfeng (now Yongfeng County, Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province), a politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. Ouyang Xiu was the earliest literary leader who created a generation of literary style in the literary history of Song Dynasty. He, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Su Shi, Su Xun, Su Zhe, Wang Anshi and Ceng Gong are also called "eight masters of Tang and Song Dynasties", and Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Su Shi are also called "four masters of literature through the ages".