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Original translation of Zhuangzi's article "There are fishes in the North Ming Dynasty"

The original translation of Zhuangzi's article about a fish in the North Ming Dynasty is as follows:

Original text: There is a fish in the North Ming Dynasty, and its name is Kun. The Kun is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. It turned into a bird, and its name was Peng. I don't know how many thousands of miles the Peng has on its back; when it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging down from the sky. It is a bird, and the sea will migrate to Nanming. One by one, those in Nanming are also in Tianchi. Those who are "Qixie" are also those who are ambitious and strange.

"Xie" says: "The Peng migrates to Nanming. The water hits it for three thousand miles, and it surges upward for ninety thousand miles. It goes to rest in six months." Wild horse, Dust is what living things blow with their breath. The sky is blue, is it righteous or evil? Is it so far away that it is extremely evil? He looks down upon it, and if so, then he has done it himself.

Translation: There is a fish in the northern sea, and its name is Kun. The Kun was so big that it could reach thousands of miles away; when it transformed into a bird, its name was Peng. Peng's back is really thousands of miles long; when it rises and flies, its outstretched wings are like clouds hanging in the sky.

This kind of roc will migrate to the southern sea along with the rough waves when the sea is turbulent and windy. The sea in the south is a large natural pool.

"Qi Xie" is a book dedicated to recording strange things. This book records: "When the Peng bird migrates to the southern sea, a single flapping of its wings will stir up three thousand splashes of water." For miles, it soared in a whirlwind and flew to an altitude of ninety thousand miles. It left the North Sea on the strong wind in June."

The fog in the mountains and the turbulent dust in the air are all. It is the result of living things blowing with their breath. The sky is dark blue, is this its true color? Or is it because the sky is so high and vast that there is no end in sight? The Peng bird looks like this when looking down from high in the sky.