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Re: 唐朝選詩 Selected poems from the Tang Dynasty

Author: CHUNG Yoon Ngan
Date: 06-25-11 02:12

杜甫詩 A poem by Du Fu (712AD to 770AD)

052. 望岳(*1A) Visiting a high mountain

岱宗夫如何?---Daizong(*2B) fu2 ru2 he2?
齊魯青未了.---Qi Lu(*3C) qing wei4 le.
造化鐘神秀,---Zao4 hua4(*4D) zhong4 shen2 xiu4,
陰陽割昏曉.---Yin yang2(*5E) ge hun xiao3(*6F).

盪胸生層雲,---Dang4(*7G) xiong sheng ceng2 yun2,
決眥入歸鳥.---Jue2 zi4(*8H) ru4 gui niao3.
會當凌絕頂,---Hui4 dang ling2 jue2 ding3(*9I),
一覽眾山小.---Yi lan3 zhong4 shan xiao3.
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The explanations in plain Chinese and English

(1) 這座高峻的泰山, 是怎樣的呢?
How do you explain the high and steep of this mountain called Taishan?
(2) 原來他接連在齊魯兩國的地方, 青青的山色, 綿延著不斷的啊!
Originally, the two States of Qi and Lu were being endlessly joined together
by Taishan.
(3) 由於天地的造化萬物,
It was because heaven and earth created everything.
(4) 把靈秀之氣集合在這座高山上.
The air of everything created in the world was condensed in this high mountain.

(5) 山後因為日光所不及, 山前卻是日光所常照, 所以山後和山前, 便有一暗一明
的分別.
The front of the mountain received sunlight most of the time but the back
of it received no sunlight. Due to this reason the mountain was divided
into two environments of one side being bright and the other dark.
(6) 能夠動盪我胸襟的, 便是那山上生出來的一層層的雲,
The thing that really able to stir my heart was the layer of clouds on top
of the mountain.
(7) 張開眼眶來觀望, 就看見空中的歸鳥.
By looking carefully one could see the birds returning to their nests.
(8) 我將來有機會, 總要走到最高的峰頂上去, 向下看看其他各山的渺小哩.
If I ever had the opportunity I would climb to the top of the mountain to
see how small were other mountains in comparison to Taishan.

Notes:
(*1A) 岳 = 中國向稱有五岳。此指東岳泰山。

(*2B) 岱宗 (Daizong) = is another name for Taishan Mountain (泰山) in Shandong
province (山東省)

(*3C) 齊魯 =本二國名。其地在今山東省
The two States of Qi (齊國) and Lu (魯國) were in existence during the Zhou
Dynasty (周朝 1134BC to 156BC). They were in Shandong province.

(*4D) 造化 = 就是天地。

(*5E) 陰陽 = 山後為陰﹐山前為陽。

(*6F) 昏曉 = 天暗稱昏﹐天明稱曉。山陰為日光所不及﹐
山陽為日光所易及﹐因此山陰山陽顯然有昏曉之分。

(*7G) 盪 = 洗滌的意思。

(*8H) 決眥 = 張開眼眶。

(*9I) 絕頂 = 山的最高處。

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By CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)

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