First, the original:
A letter from Dongting Lake to Prime Minister Zhang/Pro Dongting Lake to Prime Minister Zhang Tangchao: Meng Haoran.
The autumn water rises and almost blends with the shore, mixing water and sky with the sky.
Ozawa's water vapor transpiration on the cloud soil is white, and the waves seem to shake the whole Yueyang.
I'm going to cross the water to find a boat and paddle. It's a shame to return home in the sacred age.
Sitting around watching other people's hard river fishing can only envy the fish caught in the fish.
Second, translation:
Autumn water rises, almost flat with the shore, water and sky are the same color, and they are integrated with the sky.
Yunmeng Ozawa's steam transpiration is in vain, and the stormy waves seem to shake Yueyang City.
I want to cross the river, but I can't find a boat or paddle. It's really shameful to idle around in an enlightened age.
Watching those fishermen catch fish, they can only envy the fish they catch in vain.
Extended data
First, the creative background
This poem was written in 733 AD (the 21st year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty). At that time, Meng Haoran went west to Chang 'an, and Zhang Jiuling was a secretary, junior supervisor and associate professor of bachelor's degree in Jixian College. The two of them and Wang Wei are friends who have forgotten each other for years. After Zhang Jiuling's obeisance to the Secretariat, Meng Haoran wrote this poem and presented it to Zhang Jiuling in order to get Zhang Jiuling's recommendation.
Second, appreciate the second.
Zhang Jiuling, the Prime Minister of Zhang, is also a famous poet with official position and integrity. Meng Haoran wants to go into politics and realize his ideal. I hope someone can introduce him. This is the meaning of writing this poem to Zhang Jiuling before he went to Beijing to take the exam. This is a dry poem.
In the 21st year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (733), Meng Haoran traveled to Chang 'an and wrote this poem as a gift to Zhang Jiuling at that time. Its purpose is to gain Zhang's appreciation and appointment, but only to maintain his own identity. He writes so tactfully and tries his best to eliminate the traces of dryness. The first four sentences of the poem describe the magnificent scene and momentum of Dongting Lake, and the last four sentences are used to express their political enthusiasm and hope.