1. Original text

"The Road to Shu is Difficult"

Ah, how dangerous it is! The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky!

With silkworms and yufu, how confused was the founding of the country! You are forty-eight thousand years old, and you are not in the vicinity of Qin Sai. There is a bird path in Taibai, Xidang, which can cross the top of Emei. The earth collapses and the mountains destroy the strong men to death, and then the stone stacks of the ladder to heaven are connected to each other.

On the top there is the high mark of six dragons returning to the sun, and on the bottom there is the rushing wave and turning back to Sichuan. The yellow crane cannot fly past, and the ape clings to it to overcome its sorrow. There are piles of green mud, and there are nine twists and turns in a hundred steps, lingering on the rocks. Mon went to the Lijing Well and raised his head and sighed, resting his head on his head with his hands, he sat down and sighed.

When will you return from your journey to the west? Afraid of the unreachable rocks. But I saw mourning birds calling old trees, and male and female flying around the forest. I also heard Zigui crying about the moon at night and worrying about the empty mountains. The difficulty of the road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the blue sky, which makes people wither their beauty.

The sky is not full even when the peaks are gone, and withered pines hang upside down against the cliffs. The turbulent waterfalls are noisy, and the cliffs turn into rocks and thousands of valleys are thundered. The danger is also like this. People who have traveled far away have come here for nothing!

The sword pavilion is majestic and Cui Wei. One man can guard the gate, but ten thousand men cannot open it. Those who were guarding or robbing relatives turned into wolves and jackals. Avoid tigers in the morning and snakes at night; grind your teeth and suck blood, killing people like numbness. Although Jincheng is happy, it is better to return home early. The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the blue sky. I turn to the west and look to the west to sigh!

2. Translation

Oh my, it’s really too high. Climbing the Shu Road is really harder than climbing to the sky! There were two monarchs in the Shu Kingdom, Cancong and Yufu. The time when they founded the country was very far away. They were probably 48,000 years old since then. The Shu Kingdom had never had any contact with Qin. To the west there is Mount Taibai, which is so high that there is no road. Only birds can fly over the mountain to the top of Emei in the Kingdom of Shu.

At the time of King Hui of Qin, the king of Shu sent five men to open the mountain. It is said that these five warriors died because of the collapse of the mountain due to the collapse of the mountain, so that the stone stacks of the ladder to the sky of Shu were connected. In the middle of Sichuan, there are high mountains above that cannot be crossed by the chariot driven by the six dragons of the Sun God, and below there are winding and turbulent rivers that flow backwards.

The yellow swans who are good at flying want to fly over but dare not cross, and the apes who are good at climbing want to climb but are worried that they have nowhere to climb. You can imagine the danger of the mountain. The dirt roads in Qingni Ridge are winding and twisting, winding around the mountains with nine twists and turns. Pedestrians climbed to the top of the mountain and could reach out and touch the ginseng and well stars in the sky. They were so nervous that they couldn't breathe, so they had to sit down and caress their chests and sigh.

When do you plan to come back from your journey to the west? The steep rocks and dangerous roads of the Shu Road are really insurmountable. In the mountains and fields, you can only see mountain birds wailing in the ancient trees, with males flying and females flying around in the forest. On a moonlit night, one can still hear Zigui's sad cry, echoing in the empty mountain. Climbing the Shu Road is really more difficult than climbing to the sky. This situation makes everyone who hears it feel very worried.

The precipitous peaks less than a foot above the sky, the cliffs with dead pines hanging upside down, and the flying waterfalls hitting the boulders and rolling in the valley, making thunderous roars. In such a dangerous place, why do you, a person from afar, have to come here?

Not to mention the majestic and Cuiwei sword pavilion, where one man is in charge and no one can open it. If the people guarding the pass here are not loyal ministers of the imperial court, they will take advantage of the danger to cause chaos and turn into bandits like wolves. They grind their teeth, suck blood, and kill people like hemp. People have to avoid their infringements like tigers in the morning and snakes in the evening.

Although Jincheng is a happy city, in my opinion, you'd better go home as soon as possible. The difficulty of climbing the Shu Road is really more difficult than climbing to the sky. I turned sideways and looked to the west, and could only let out a long sigh.

3. Author

Extended information on Li Bai

1. Appreciation of works

The works "The Road to Shu is Difficult" before the Tang Dynasty are short and thin . Li Bai innovated and developed Dongfu's ancient inscriptions and used a large number of prose poems. The number of words ranged from three, four, five, seven, and even eleven characters, which were scattered and uneven in length, forming an extremely unrestrained language. style. The rhyme used in the poem also breaks through the rhyme pattern of old works from the Liang and Chen eras.

The following describes the dangerous environment in Sichuan, changing rhyme and rhyme three times in a row, trying to make changes. Therefore, the collection of Heyue Yingling compiled by Yin Fan said that this poem is "strange and strange, and this style and tone are rarely seen since poets have returned".

2. Introduction to the author

Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "the Immortal of Poetry" and is also called "Li Du" together with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing his arrogant spirit of contempt for the powerful, expressing sympathy for the suffering of the people, and being good at describing natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland.

The poetic style is majestic and unrestrained, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, and the rhythm is harmonious and changeable. He is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature, art and myths and legends, forming his unique magnificent colors, which reached the peak of the Tang Dynasty. The pinnacle of the art of poetry. There are more than a thousand poems and articles in existence, including 30 volumes of "Li Taibai Collection".