On the eighth day after finding the West Mountain, I walked 200 steps to the northwest through the mountain pass and found a cobalt mu pool. Twenty-five steps to the west of Cobham Pool is the dam deep in the current. There is a hill on the top of the dam with bamboo and trees growing on it. The stones on the mountain stand out, and then the earth breaks through the ground, competing for competition, and their number is almost unknown. Those who are embedded in each other are tired, if cattle and horses drink in the stream; The man who rushes to the corner is like a bear climbing on the mountain.

The hill is very small, less than an acre, and can be put into a cage for your own. Asked who the owner was, he said, "This is what the Tang family doesn't want. I want to sell it, but I can't sell it." . Asked the price, he said, "Only 400 Wen." "."I like it. I'll take it. I have been there with Li Shenyuan and Yuan Keji, and they are all very happy and have an unexpected harvest.

Then take turns to pick up tools, shovel weeds, cut down trees and light a fire to burn them. The tree is beautiful, the bamboo is beautiful, and the stone is wonderful. Looking around, the mountains are high and the clouds are light, the streams are gurgling, and the birds and animals are wandering, so you can return your skills to the hills. Lying on the pillow, the shape of clear spirit is related to the plan of the day, the sound of solicitation is related to the plan of the ear, the leisurely and empty person is related to the plan of the god, and the quiet person is related to the plan of the heart. The second person who won a different place without walking for ten days, although the land of ancient good things, still failed to arrive.

Hey! With the victory, Feng, pickaxe, Hubei and Du will be brought to you, and the people who buy your land will become more and more expensive. Nowadays, this country is abandoned, and farmers and fishermen live a humble life. The price is 400, 18 years old can't be sold. But Li Shenyuan and Yuan Keji and I are happy because we got what we wanted. Do we really have to rely on luck to meet this kind of post? Write this article on a stone and congratulate the hill.

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[1] Xishan: fifty miles west of Yongzhou (now Lingling County, Hunan Province).

[2] Cobalt: Iron. Because this pool looks like a hot iron, it is named cobalt pool.

[3] Jun: Deep. Fish beam: a dam that holds water, with a gap in the middle, and can put bamboo baskets for fishing.

[4] Yan Ji ǐ n (Ji m 4 n Jane): the appearance of twists and turns.

[5] Yan (qρn Qin) ran: the way of rocks.

[6] skin: a kind of bear, bigger than a bear, commonly known as human bear.

[7] Li Shenyuan and Yuan Keji: Both of them are friends of Liu Zongyuan. Li Shenyuan, whose real name is Youqing, is a former Taifuqing. Yuan Keji was appointed as a consultant. At this time, both of them were exiled to Yongzhou.

[8] cut (y): cut.

[9] líng zero: Qingming.

[ 10]? (Ying Ying camp)? The sound of spring water.

[1 1] Turn to ten days: ten days a week.

Feng: It's in the east of Huxian County, Shaanxi Province. It's the capital. Hao Hao: It is located in the southwest of Xi City, Shaanxi Province, the capital of Zhou Wuwang. Kun: Huxian County, Shaanxi Province today. Du: Also known as, it is located in the southeast of the city. The above four places are the places where the rich and nobles live near Chang 'an, Tang Dou.

[13] Jia: Same as "price".

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Eight days after I found the West Mountain, I explored 200 steps to the northwest along the mountain pass, and I found the cobalt and erbium pool again. Twenty-five steps west of Tanxi, just as the rushing water was deep, there was a barrier to stop the water, and a net of fish beams disappeared. There is a small mound on the beam with bamboo growing on it. Mound stones suddenly rise or stand tall, break through the ground and compete to form strange shapes, almost countless; Some lean on and pile up, just like cattle and horses drinking water by the stream; Some suddenly move forward, as if struggling upward, just like a bear climbing a mountain.

The mountain is less than an acre and seems to fit into a sleeve. I asked the owner of the hill about the situation, and he replied, "This is an abandoned land named Tang, but it can't be sold at a price." I asked how much the land price was, and I replied, "It's only four hundred and twenty pieces of silver." I felt sorry for Xiaoqiu's misfortune and bought it. At that time, both Li Shenyuan and Yuan Keji were very happy to travel with me and thought it was an unexpected gain.

So he took all his tools, uprooted weeds, cut down miscellaneous trees, lit a raging fire and burned all the waste. Suddenly, the beautiful trees seem to stand upright, the beautiful bamboo forests are exposed, and the strange stones are more prominent. Looking out from bamboo, wood and stone, I saw distant mountains towering, clouds floating, streams gurgling and birds and animals playing freely; Everything is presented happily and easily under this mountain. Lying on the pillow on the hill, the scenery is cool and bright, the sound of running water enters my ears, and the distant and open sky is connected with the spirit. The deep and quiet road is integrated with the soul. Two scenic spots were settled in less than ten days. Even people who like scenery in ancient times may not be so lucky!

Alas, with the beautiful scenery of this mountain, if you put it in Feng, Gao, E and Du near Chang 'an, then leisure-loving nobles will compete for it, and the price will be increased by 1,200 yuan every day, which is becoming more and more impossible to buy. Now abandoned in Yongzhou, farmers and fishermen pass by and look down on them. They only ask for 420 yuan, but they can't sell it for many years. But Shen Yuan and self-denial and I just love it and get it. Is there really a so-called encounter? I wrote the story of the mountain on a stone to celebrate my encounter with the mountain.

Notes on the title or background of a book.

When Liu Zongyuan was relegated to Yongzhou, he wrote a set of eight essays on landscape travel notes, namely the famous Eight Records of Yongzhou. This article is the third in the Eight Chapters. The author describes the beautiful scenery of the mountains on the cobalt pool with skillful and vivid brushwork, and through the description of the scenery, he expresses his depressed mood that he is pregnant with genius but can't display it because of exile. In this paper, the author focuses on the towering peaks and rocks, which is a self-portrayal of the author's personality and talent. Beautiful scenery, but it has become a "Tang abandoned land." Although it was sold at a low price and nobody cared for it for many years, it finally appreciated. It is a metaphor for the pain that the author himself was abandoned by the Tang Dynasty and could not get the sympathy of powerful people for a long time.