The Original Text and Translation of Su Shi's Xi Yu Ting Ji

Pavilion in the name of rain, ambition (1) hi also. If the ancients were happy, they would use famous things to show that they would not forget. Duke of Zhou got the grain with the title of the book; Hanwu is famous for years; Granduncle, named after his son. The size of his joy is uneven, and he does not forget it.

I won't rule the official residence until next year. In order to stand in the north of the main hall, we dug a pond to drain water and plant trees in the south, thinking it was a resting place. It is the spring of another year, and the rain wheat has occupied the year in the sunshine of Qishan. When the moon doesn't rain, people are worried. In March, it rains on the first day of the month and on the second day of the month. People think this is not enough. Ding Mao's heavy rain stopped in three days. Officials celebrate in court, businessmen sing in the city, farmers celebrate in the wild, the worried are happy, the sick recover, and my pavilion is suitable.

So he lifted the wine from the pavilion and told it belonged to a guest, saying, "It won't rain for five days?" He said, "If it doesn't rain for five days, there will be no wheat." "It won't rain for ten days?" He said, "If it doesn't rain for ten days, the grain will not be harvested." "No wheat, no food, recommended at the age of [13] Hunger, prosperous prison litigation, thieves are crazy. So my second son and my third son, although we also want to enjoy this pavilion, can we get it? Today, we will not leave the people behind, but we will give them rain at the beginning of the drought. Those who make me live in harmony with my second and third sons and enjoy this pavilion are all given by the rain. Can you forget? "

The pavilion was not only named [16], but also sung: "It makes the rain drop, which the cold can't think of;" It makes it rain like jade, and hungry people will never think it is millet. It has been raining for three days. Who can help? People say satrap. If there is no satrap, it is the son of heaven. The son of heaven said otherwise, it was the return of creation. If you don't think you have succeeded, you will return to space. Space is invisible and cannot be named. I am famous for my pavilion. "

(Selected from Su Dongpo's Collected Works)

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[1] This pavilion is named after Rain to commemorate a festive event. In ancient times, when there were happy events, they were used to name things to show that they would never forget. When the Duke of Zhou got rice grains from the emperor, he used "Golden Harvest" as the title of his article. When Emperor Wudi got Baoding, he called it Ding Yuan. Uncle Sun Chende defeated the enemy, so he took Qiaoru as his son name. Their happy events are different in size, but they have the same meaning.

It was not until the second year of Fufeng that the official residence was built. I built a pavilion in the north of the main hall, dug a pond in the south, drew running water and planted trees as a resting place. This spring, wheat planted to the south of Qishan. I thought it would be a good year. However, it didn't rain for a whole month, so people were worried. It rained on the third day of March, and it rained again on Jiazi Day. People think this is not enough. It rained heavily again on Ding Mao Day, and it didn't stop for three days. Officials celebrated together in the yard, businessmen sang together in the market, and farmers laughed together in the field. So, the sad people were happy, the sick people were cured, and my pavilion was just created.

So I held a banquet in the pavilion and told the guests about it by persuading them to drink. I asked them, "Can it not rain for five days?" They replied,' If it doesn't rain for five days, the wheat won't grow. "Asked again," it doesn't rain for ten days? "They replied," If it doesn't rain for ten days, you can't grow live rice. " "No wheat, no rice, is a natural disaster. There are many lawsuits and thieves are rampant. So even if you and I want to have fun on this pavilion, is it possible? Now God does not abandon the people here. It rains whenever there is drought, so that I can play and enjoy music with you in this pavilion. Thank you for the gift of this rain! Can this be forgotten again? "

After naming the pavilion with it, I went on to sing. The lyrics say: "if there is a pearl in the world, people who suffer from cold can't use it as a short coat;" If there is white jade in the world, hungry people can't take it as food. It rained for three days. Whose strength is this? The people say it's the satrap, and the satrap says it doesn't have this power. Thanks to the son of heaven, the son of heaven denied it. It belongs to the creator, and the creator does not regard it as his own credit, but belongs to space. And the space is so ethereal that I can't name it, so I use it to name my pavilion.

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1, ambition, commemoration.

2. Zhou Chengwang's half-brother Tang Shu got different harvests. This kind of grain is two grains born in different fields, but they are combined into an ear. So he gave it to the king, and the king gave it to the duke of Zhou. After the Duke of Zhou collected the grain, he wrote a golden harvest. Jiahe has been lost, and there is only one title left in Shangshu. ("Shangshu? Zhou Shu? A child's life ")

3. According to Hanshu? According to Liang Wudi's records, Baoding was located in Fenshui in May of the first year of Ding Yuan (1 16 BC), so it was renamed the first year of Ding Yuan. According to the research of Tongjian, Debaoding should be in Ding Yuan for four years, and then it was renamed as Ding Yuan.

4. In the eleventh year of Duke Wen of Lu, Bei Di 'en rebelled and attacked Lu. Lu Wengong sent his uncle Sun to defend against the enemy, defeated N Biao and killed Qiao Ru, the monarch of his country, so he named his son Qiao Ru to show his merits.

5, Fufeng, namely Fengxiang House, now Fengxiang House in Shaanxi. Su Shi was the judge of Fengxiang House, and served in Jiayou for six years (A.D. 106 1). Next year, the year after.

6. Next year, the following year

7, rain wheat, the world wheat. Qishan, now Qishan County, Shaanxi Province. Zhan, Zhan Gua. Year after year. One year means a bumper harvest. People don't know whether Yumai is "auspicious", so it is divination.

8. Me, man. Next month, the whole month. Rain, rain (verb).

9. Yi Mao, the second day of April; Jia Zi, April 11th; Ding Mao, April 14th.

10, Bianca, happy, like it.

1 1, with preposition, because, omit the object.

12, belonging to (zh incarnation), pay attention, as appropriate. Being a guest is to pour wine for the guests.

13, recommended, heavy. Recommend hunger, frequent famine.

14, excellent tour, rhyme, leisurely appearance.

15, creation, creator.

16, nouns and nouns are named verbs.

17, governance, construction.

18, right, right.

Flexible use of parts of speech

Name: Naming. (representative work)

It is raining. (representative work)

Writing background

Western language pavilion, built by Su Shi, a great scholar in Song Dynasty, is located in East Lake, Fengxiang, Shaanxi. When Su Shi was 26 years old, he came to Fengxiang to be a "signing judge", that is, a clerical officer. He is energetic, talented and creative. There is a vacant lot abandoned for many years behind the government office building. He planned, dug ditches to divert water and built walls to repair the garden. Soon, a small garden was built. A pavilion with a view of the garden was built on the mound in the center of the garden. At this time, due to the severe local drought, Su Shi was assigned an urgent task: to ask for rain in Taibai Mountain. People at that time had to rely on God for disaster relief. Su Shi did this very seriously, prayed to God, and even wrote a letter to the emperor, demanding that the title of the dragon god of Taibai Peak be changed from "Hou" to "Gong", because it was called "Gong" in the Tang Dynasty, and now it is downgraded, fearing that the dragon god will be in a bad mood and it will not rain. The emperor really made an imperial edict and changed it to "tribute". After a few days, it was cloudy, thundering and raining. People cheered enthusiastically. Just at this time, the garden pavilion built by Su Shi was completed. He likes to make friends, and invites his boss and colleagues and friends to hold a banquet in the pavilion to congratulate him. Su Shi took advantage of the situation and gave his little pavilion a nice name "Western Pavilion". When double happiness came, Su Shi was full of thoughts and wrote an article called "The Story of Rain Pavilion".