Fishing Songzi (yú gē zǐ)

Tang Dynasty: Zhang Zhihe (táng dài: zhāng zhì hé)

The white herons fly in front of Xisai Mountain, the peach blossoms and the Mandarin fishes are fat.

(xī sāi shān qián bái lù fēi , táo huā liú shuǐ guì yú féi.)

Green Ruo hat, green straw raincoat, oblique wind and fine rain do not have to return.

(qīng ruò lì , lǜ suō yī , xié fēng xì yǔ bú xū guī.)

Translation: Egrets are soaring freely in front of Mount Xisai, peach blossoms are in full bloom on the river bank, the spring water is rising at the beginning, and the Mandarin fish in the water are fat. The fisherman, wearing a green-colored bucket hat and a green straw raincoat, braves the slanting wind and rain and fishes leisurely, not even going home when it rains.

Part of the notes: ① Xisai Mountain: the name of the attraction, is located in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province; ② egret: a white waterfowl; ③ peach blossom water: peach blossom season is the time when the spring water rose, commonly known as the peach blossom floods or peach blossom water; ④ Mandarin fish: a kind of freshwater fish, also known as the Gui fish in the south of the Yangtze River, the meat is fresh and delicious; ⑤ Ruo hats: bamboo leaves or bamboo bamboo bamboo bamboo hats; ⑥ Demoiselle: rain coat made of grass or brown.

Author: Zhang Zhihe word Zi Tong, the first name of the turtle age, Han nationality, Wuzhou (now Zhejiang Jinhua) people, since the name of the "smoky fishing disciple", but also the "Xuanzhenzi". He was a famous Taoist priest, lyricist and poet in Tang Dynasty. At the age of sixteen, he participated in the imperial examinations, and was awarded the title of "Mingjing Mewdie", and was authorized to be the Recorder of the Left Jingwuwei, and was given the name "Zhihe" by Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty.