land of idyllic beauty

Story of the Peach Blossom Valley

synonym

Taohuayuan (Tao Yuanming) generally refers to Taohuayuan (Tao Yuanming's works)

Taohuayuan Ji is one of the representative works of Tao Yuanming, a litterateur in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is the preface of Taohuayuan poems, which is selected from the collection of Tao Yuanming. With the clue of the whereabouts of Wuling fishermen, this paper links the reality with the ideal realm. Through the description of the peaceful and happy, free and equal life in Taohuayuan, it shows the author's ideal of pursuing a better life and his dissatisfaction with the real life at that time.

Original works

Story of the Peach Blossom Valley

In jintaiyuan 1, Wuling people 2 were engaged in fishing and 3 were engaged in fishing. Edge 4, stream 5, forget the distance of the road 6. Suddenly 7 peach blossom forest, Jiaan 8 hundreds of steps, no miscellaneous 9 trees, fresh grass 10, falling 11 colorful 12. Fishermen are very different. In the first 15 lines of 14, you want to be 16 and poor 17.

When the forest is finished, the water source is 18, and then the mountain is 19, and the mountain has a small mouth, as if 21 is 22, and there is light. He gave up 23 boats and entered from the mouth. In the first 24 days of the new year, he was very narrow, and then he got to know 25 people. After 26 dozens of steps, suddenly 27. The land is flat 28, the open 29, the house 30, just like 31, and there are 32 genera and 33 of fine farmland and Meichi mulberry and bamboo. 34 roads, 35 dogs. Among them, there are 36 species, 37 clothes for men and women, and 38 for strangers. Huang FA Chuihu 40, and 41 happy 42.

When I saw the fisherman, I was very surprised. I asked 44 questions and answered 46 of 45. He would return home and set up wine to kill chickens for food. When the village heard of this man, he came to inquire 49. Since the cloud 50 ancestors 51 to avoid the chaos of the Qin Dynasty, 52 wife 53, 54 city people came to this desperate situation 55, no longer 56 Yan 57, so 58 and outsiders 59. If you ask me what is the present age, 60 is 61. I don't know if there is a Han Dynasty, no matter 62 Wei and Jin Dynasties. One by one, this man is 63, 64, 65, and 66. The remaining 67 people each extended to 68 of their homes, where they all had food and drink. Stop for a few days, quit 69. Among them, 70 people said: "less than 71 is 72, so is human nature."

Since 73, get the boat, then help to road 74, everywhere Zhi 75. And 76 prefects, 77 prefects, 78. The prefect immediately sent people to follow him and found his way to Suozhi 79, so he lost his way to Suozhi 80 and lost his way to Suozhi 81.

Nanyang Liu Ziji, 82 high, 83 also 84 Shangshi, heard, happily 85 gauge 86 to. In 87 cases, 88 cases were found, 89 cases died, and 90 cases didn't ask for help.

Note translation

Notes on words and sentences

Taiyuan: the year of emperor Xiaowu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (376-397).

Wuling: county name, Wuling mountain area or Hunan Changde area.

For Industry: put As a profession, with For a living. For, as.

Edge: along, along.

OK: walking here means rowing.

Far and near: a compound word with partial meaning, only referring to far.

Meet suddenly: meet suddenly. Meet, meet.

Jiaan: both sides.

Miscellaneous: others, others.

Delicious: bright and beautiful.

Luo Ying: Luo Hua. First of all, the blooming flowers.

Profusion: various and chaotic appearance.

Strange: take it as a surprise, that is, feel surprised about it. I'm surprised at... And think... Is strange. It's a pronoun that refers to what you see.

Again, again.

Front: the noun is used flexibly as adverbial, forward.

Want: want.

Poor: to the end, the adjective is used as a verb.

Forest as the source of water: forest as the source of water, peach blossom forest in the source of the stream where there is No. It's over. It's over.

Then: so, then.

D: see.

As if: indistinct, describes looks not really.

If: it seems.

Abandon: abandon, abandon. It means "leave"

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Chu: at first, just at the beginning.

Cai Tong Ren: only one person is allowed to pass. Cai, adverb, only.

OK: walk.

Suddenly bright: describes the narrow dark suddenly become broad bright appearance. However It's the way you look. Suddenly, describes the open bright appearance; cheerful, open bright.

Flat: flat.

Open: wide; spacious.

House: house.

Just like (Y ǎ n): neat appearance.

Zhi: This is not the case.

Genus: genus.

Road traffic: the field road crisscross interlinked. Qian Mo, field path, north-south trend is called Qian, east-west trend is called mo. Traffic, crisscross interlinked. Fields and paths.

The sound of crowing of chickens and barking of dogs can be heard from each other. We can hear each other.

Farming: farming labor.

Dress: dress up, dress up.

All, all.

Outsider: the world outside Taohuayuan, the same below.

Ti á o: the old and the young. Yellow hair, used to be a symbol of longevity, refers to the elderly. Drooping hair, used of children. 髫, the short hair of a child.

And: all.

Yiran: happy and happy appearance.

I'm surprised: I'm surprised. It's amazing. Big, very, very.

Never: from Where do you come from.

With: through "all", complete, detailed.

Pronouns refer to the questions asked by Taoyuan people.

To: invite, invite.

Xian: adverb, Du, Quan.

Inquiry: asking for information.

Cloud: Yes.

Ancestors: ancestors.

Lead: lead.

Wife: refers to the wife and children, "wife" and "son" are two words. Wife: the spouse of a man. Children: children.

Yi people: people from the same township (county). Yi, ancient regional unit. "Zhou Li · Di Guan · Xiao situ" says: "Jiu Fu is a well and Si Jing is a city."

A place isolated from the world. Absolutely, absolutely.

Again, again.

Yan: concurrent words, equivalent to "Yu Zhi", "Yu here", from here.

Sui: Yes.

Separation: separation.

World: Dynasty.

Is: unexpectedly, unexpectedly.

No matter: don't say, not to mention. "Wu" and "Lun" are two words, which are different from "no matter what" in modern Chinese.

To: Yes, to.

With words: say it in detail.

What one hears: refers to what the fisherman knows about the world. Smell, know, hear.

Sigh: sigh, regret. Sorry, surprise, surprise.

Yu: the rest, the rest.

Extend to: invite to. Yes, please. To, to.

Go: leave.

English: tell me.

Deficiency: No, it's not worth it.

For: preposition, Xiang, DUI.

Both: already.

Then help to the road: along the old road (back). Help: along, along. To the old, the old.