Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (selected from "Tao Yuanming Collection")

In the Jin Dynasty, the Wuling people fished for their business. Walk around the river, forget the distance of the road. Suddenly in the peach blossom forest,

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Hundreds of steps on the shore of the clip (jia), there are no miscellaneous trees in it, the fragrant grass is delicious, and the fallen flowers are colorful. The fisherman is very different, and he goes forward again, wanting to exhaust his forest.

When the forest runs out of water, there will be a mountain, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if there is light. The boat of the toilet (shě) enters from the mouth. At the beginning, it is extremely narrow, and only then can it be passed. Repeat dozens of steps, open (huò) and cheerful. The land is flat, and the houses (shè) 俨 (yǎn) are ran, and there are good fields and beautiful ponds and mulberry bamboos. 阡 (qiān) Mo (mò) traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other. Among them, the clothes of men and women (zhuó) are like outsiders. Yellow hair hangs down (tiáo) and is pleasantly happy.

When he saw the fisherman, he was shocked and asked where he had come from. Answered. Then he had to return home, and set up wine to kill chickens for food. When the village heard about this person, Xian came to inquire. Since Yun's ancestors avoided the chaos of the Qin Dynasty, he led his wife Yi (yì) people to this desperate situation, and did not come back, so he was separated from outsiders. Ask what the world is today, but I don't know if there is a Han, regardless of Wei and Jin. This person is all sighing (wǎn) for (wèi) and what he has heard. The rest of the people returned to their homes, and they all drank and ate. Stop for a few days and resign. This Chinese language (yù) cloud: "Not enough for (wèi) outsiders also." ”

Once he went out and got his boat, he helped him to the road, and he was determined everywhere. And 郡 (jùn) 下, 诣 (yì) too guard, said so. Taishou is sent (qiǎn) people to follow their way, looking for their aspirations, and then they get lost, and they don't get the way back.

Nanyang Liu Ziji (jì), a noble scholar, heard it, and happily went to it. Unsuccessfully, the search for the disease ended. Later, there was no interest.

Translations

During the Taiyuan period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a person in Wuling County who made a living by fishing. One day, he rowed along the stream and forgot how far the road was. Suddenly, I came across a peach blossom forest, growing hundreds of steps close to both banks. There are no other trees, and the flowers and plants are fresh and beautiful, and the flowers are falling one after another. The fisherman was amazed. Keep going and want to get to the end of the forest.

At the end of the forest was the source of the stream, and a hill appeared, with a small hole in it, which seemed to be faintly bright. The fisherman then left the boat and entered through the hole. At first it was narrow enough for one person to pass through. After walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly became open and bright. The land is flat and wide, the houses are neat, there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds and mulberry trees and bamboo. The fields and paths are intertwined, and the sounds of chickens and dogs can be heard from each other. There people come and go to farm and work, men and women dress up, completely like the world outside the peach blossom garden, the old people and children, all idle and happy.

When the people in the Peach Blossom Garden saw the fisherman, they were surprised and asked where the fisherman came from. The fisherman answered his question in detail, and he was invited to his house to entertain him by serving wine and chickens and cooking. When the people in the village heard that there was such a person, they all came to inquire about it. They themselves said that their ancestors, in order to escape the war of the Qin period, led their wives, children, and neighbors to this isolated place, and did not go out anymore, so they cut off contact with outsiders.

The people in the Peach Blossom Garden asked what dynasty it was, but they didn't know that there was a Han Dynasty, let alone the Wei Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. The fisherman told them in detail what he had heard, and the people of the village lamented with regret. The rest of the men invited the fisherman to his house, and they all brought out food and wine to entertain him. After lingering for a few days, the fisherman took his leave and left. The people here said to the fishermen, "The situation here is not worth telling outsiders!" ”