It means that the pond half an acre square is opened like a mirror, and the skylight and the cloud shadow are reflected into the pond and kept shaking. Jane: One is a bronze basin, which was used to hold water or ice in ancient times. Mirror; Some scholars also think that mirrors. Look at people in the mirror. Wander: to move back and forth.

From Two Thoughts on Reading, it is a set of poems by Zhu, a scholar in the Song Dynasty. These two poems describe his feelings of "reading" and reveal profound philosophy with vivid images.

The original text is as follows:

one

Half an acre of square pond is like a mirror, crystal clear, and the sky and clouds are floating on the water.

Why is the water in the pond so clear? Because there is inexhaustible living water for it.

Secondly,

Last night on the Ross River, the huge warship was as light as a feather.

It used to take a lot of effort to push it, but today it can move in the middle of water.

The translation is as follows:

one

Half an acre of square pond is displayed like a mirror, in which the brilliance of the sky and the shadow of floating clouds move together.

Why is the water in that square pond so clear? It is because there is an inexhaustible source to continuously transport living water for it.

Secondly,

The spring tide rose by the river last night, and the ship was as light as a feather.

Pushing and pulling has always been in vain, but today I can drift freely in the middle of the river.

Sentence annotation

Tang Fang: Also known as Banmu Pond, it is located in Zhengfu (later called Nanxi Academy) in the south of Youxi, Fujian. ?

"skylight" sentence: it means that the light of the sky and the shadow of clouds are reflected in the pool water, constantly changing, just like people wandering.

Extended data:

In the second year of Qingyuan (1 196), Zhu and his disciples, Cai Shen and Huang Zhong came to Wuyitang on the side of Shuanglin Temple in Fushan (now Zhushan Village, Ping She Township, lichuan county) to give lectures. During this period, he traveled between Cheng Nan and Nanfeng. Now, at the invitation of Li Yuanji and Deng, he wrote an Inscription of Sergeant Jianchang, which greatly praised Jianchang talents.

At the invitation of Wu Lun and Wu Chang brothers in Hamawo Village, Shangtang, Nancheng County, he gave lectures in the village, wrote Rongmu Xuan for Wu's guild hall, Bookstore for reading pavilion, Shecang Collection for the social warehouse founded by Wu brothers, and also wrote Two Random Thoughts on Reading in the village.

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