"Cicadas have a thousand turns, and apes have a hundred cries." The vernacular translation is: Cicadas scream endlessly for a long time, and apes and monkeys scream endlessly for a long time.

Source: Southern Liang Dynasty writer Wu Jun's "A Book with Zhu Yuan Si"

Original text: Spring water stirs up the stone, sounding loudly; good birds chirp to each other, calling into a rhyme. Cicadas, on the other hand, have a thousand turns, and apes, on the other hand, have a hundred calls.

Translation: The spring water splashes on the rocks, making a refreshing sound; the beautiful birds chirp in harmony with each other, and their chirping sounds are harmonious and melodious. The cicadas chirp for a long time, and the apes and monkeys call for a long time.

The Book with Zhu Yuan Si is a famous landscape sketch written by Wu Jun, a literary scholar of the Liang Dynasty in the southern part of China. The text not only contrasts the beauty of the landscape with human feelings, but also expresses the disdain for merit and fame and the boredom with official government affairs, and implicitly reveals the high and pure ambition of loving the beautiful nature and avoiding the world to retreat.

Background of "The Book with Zhu Yuan Si":

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Wei, Jin, and Shang Dynasty, there was political darkness and social turmoil. As a result, many intellectuals sent their love to the mountains and rivers to relieve their bitterness. Wu Jun also developed his love for landscapes and sceneries because of the turmoil, and "The Book with Zhu Yuan Si" is a letter written to his friend Zhu Yuan Si after Wu Jun integrated his feelings.

This article not only writes about the strange scenery, but also expresses the feelings, overflowing with fresh and elegant poetry describing the scenery with distinctive features, and there is a bright and free painting, the scene is both beautiful, the rhetoric is very good, and it can give a person the enjoyment of beauty and the pleasure of the soul.