1. Translation:

Yandang Mountain is a strange and beautiful mountain in the world, but it has never been mentioned in the geographical maps since ancient times. During the period of Xiangfu in Song Dynasty, Yuqing Palace was built, and it was only seen when the mountain was cut down. At this time, it didn't even have a mountain name. According to books in the Western Regions, there was a Lohan named Nuoju Luo who once lived in Longqiao of Furong Peak in Yandang Mountain on the southeast coast of China. A monk named Guan Xiu in the Tang Dynasty wrote "Nuoju Luozan", and there is also a poem "The wild geese are wandering in the clouds, and the dragon banquet is rainy".

There is Furong Peak in the south of this mountain, and there is Furong Post under the peak. Looking ahead, you can overlook the sea. However, people at that time still didn't know where Yandang and Longqiu were. Later, people began to see this mountain because of logging. There is a big pool on the top of the mountain, which is regarded as the legendary wild goose swing; There are two pools at the foot of the mountain, thinking that they are big and small dragons. As for the gorge and the peak, they were all named after Guan Xiu's poems. When Xie Lingyun, a Song Dynasty poet in the Southern Dynasties, was appointed as the prefect of Yongjia, he traveled almost all the landscapes in Yongjia area, but he didn't talk about this Yandang Mountain, because there was no such name at that time.

I observe these peaks of Yandang Mountain, which are steep, straight, steep and weird. They stand upward and are about thousands of feet, with high cliffs and huge valleys, unlike other mountains. Many of its peaks are contained in the surrounding valleys. Looking at these peaks from outside to inside, you can't see anything; Only when you come into the valley can you see them towering and soaring into the sky. The reason for the formation should be the result of being washed away by the flood in the valley, and all the sand was washed away, leaving only these huge rocks standing upright. As for the large and small dragons, water curtains, the first moon valley and so on, they are all caves washed by water.

Seen from below, these peaks are towering rock cliffs; Seen from above, the peak in the valley is just as high as the surrounding mountains, even lower than the ground level of the surrounding mountains. Where streams and valleys in the world are scoured by water, there are towering and upright soil layers and rocks like shrines, all of which belong to this kind of situation and have the same causes. Today, in the mountains and streams to the west of Chenggao and Shaanxi, the vertical soil layer often reaches hundreds of feet and stands tall, which can be regarded as the similar shape of the smaller Yandang Mountain, except that it is loess here and stone there.

Since many peaks in Yandang Mountain don't stand on the flat ground, they are covered by deep valleys and old forests, so the ancients didn't see them, so it's not surprising that Xie Lingyun hasn't been there.

second, the original text: from? Northern Song Dynasty? Shen Kuo's Meng Xi Bi Tan

Yandang Mountain in Wenzhou is a wonder in the world. However, since ancient times, there have been no words. Among the auspicious symbols, Yuqing Palace was built, and the mountains were cut down to make materials, which was only seen by some people, but it is not yet famous at this time. According to the book of the western regions, Araunao lives in the book of the wild geese in the southeast of Sinian, Furong Peak and Dragon Ball. Guan Xiu, the Tang Priest, wrote a poem titled "The Wild Goose Sways through the Clouds, and the Dragon Baw Banquet is rainy". There is Furong Peak in the south of this mountain, and there is Furong Post under the peak, overlooking the sea, but I don't know where Yandang and Longqiao are. After logging, I saw this mountain.

There is a big pool at the top of the mountain, which is said to be a wild goose swing, and there are two pools of water under it, which are thought to be dragons. There are also those who pass through the gorge and return to the peak, all of which are named after Guan Xiu's poems. Xie Lingyun is always guarding Yongjia, who has traveled all over Yongjia's landscape, but he doesn't talk about this mountain alone, and Gai didn't have the name of Wild Goose Swing at that time.

The peaks in the Wild Goose Swing are all steep and grotesque, towering over thousands of feet, and the huge valleys on the cliffs, unlike other mountains, are all enclosed in the valleys. From the outside of the ridge, there is nothing to see, but in the valley, it is new and dry. The reason is that it is because of the flood in the valley, the sand is gone, and only the boulder stands upright. Such as large and small dragons, water curtains, early moon valleys, etc., are all water-chiseled holes. Looking from the bottom, there are high cliffs; From the top, it is suitable for the ground. Even the top of the peaks is lower than the ground at the top of the mountain. Where the water is chiseled in the gullies in the world, there are soil-planting niches and such ears. In today's Chengdu-Gaoshan and Shaanxi-Dajian rivers, the earth stands and moves a hundred feet, and it stands tall, but it is also concrete and small, but this soil is a stone ear.

If it doesn't stand out from the ground, it will be covered by Lin Mang in the deep valley, so it's strange that the ancients didn't see it, and it's beyond the reach of spiritual luck.

Extended information

1. Introduction to the work:

A Brief Talk on Mengxi, written by Shen Kuo (1131-1195), a scientist and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty, is a comprehensive notebook work involving natural science, technology and social and historical phenomena in ancient China. This book is also valued internationally, and it was appraised as "a milestone in the history of science in China" by British historian Joseph Needham.

According to the most ancient original Dade block print, Mengxi Bi Tan is divided into 31 volumes, including 26 volumes of Bi Tan, 3 volumes of Bu Bi Tan and 1 volumes of Continued Bi Tan. There are 17 items in the book, with 619 articles. The content involves astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and other disciplines, and its value is extraordinary. The natural science part of the book summarizes the scientific achievements in ancient China, especially in the Northern Song Dynasty. In social history, it exposed the decay of the ruling clique in the Northern Song Dynasty, and recorded the military interests of the northwest and the north, the evolution of the ritual system, and the disadvantages of the old tax system in detail.

Meng Xi Bi Tan was written at the end of the 21th century, which is generally believed to be between 1186 and 1193. The author says that his creation is "not a person's interest", and the starting point is "the shade of trees in the mountains, and the intention is to talk about it." The title of Meng Xi Bi Tan is the garden name of "Mengxi Park" where Shen Kuo retired in his later years and lived in Runzhou (now Zhenjiang). The book, including Zuben, has long been lost in the Song Dynasty. The oldest version that can be seen now is the engraving of Dongshan Academy in 1315 (the ninth year of Yuan Dade), which is now collected in the National Library of China. Yuan Dade's block-printed edition is a rare one, with clear circulation and orderly edition. After several dynasties, it was easily collected by the owner, and it was bought back in Hong Kong in 1965 under the auspices of Zhou Enlai.

Second, the author's brief introduction:

Shen Kuo (1131-1195)? , the word Cunzhong,No. Mengxi Zhangren, Han nationality, from Qiantang County, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, was a politician and scientist in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Shen Kuo was born in an official family, and traveled around with his father in his childhood. In the eighth year of Jiayou (1163), he was a scholar and awarded the Yangzhou manager to join the army. In Song Shenzong, he participated in the Xining political reform, and was highly valued by Wang Anshi. He successively served as Prince Zhongyun, torture room, the supervisor of the department of heaven, the review of the history museum, and the ambassador of three departments. In the third year of Yuanfeng (1181), he went out to know Yanzhou, and served as an envoy of Yanlu, stationed at the border to resist Xixia, and was later demoted for his involvement in the battle of Yongle City. In his later years, he moved to Runzhou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) and lived in seclusion in Mengxi Park. Shao Sheng died of illness in the second year (1195) at the age of 65.

Shen Kuo devoted himself to scientific research all his life, and made profound attainments and outstanding achievements in many disciplines. He is known as "the most outstanding figure in the whole history of science in China". Meng Xi Bi Tan, his masterpiece, is rich in content, and it is a great achievement of the previous generation. It has an important position in the history of world culture and is called "a milestone in the history of science in China".