Record of the Zuiweng Pavilion

"Record of the Zuiweng Pavilion"

Author: Ouyang Xiu

Around Chuzhou, there are all mountains. The peaks and valleys in the southwest are particularly beautiful. Looking at them, they are magnificent and deep, and Langya is also famous. Traveling six or seven miles through the mountain, I gradually hear the sound of the rippling water, and those pouring out between the two peaks make a spring. When the road turns and there are pavilion wings on the spring, the Drunken Weng Pavilion is also there. Who made the pavilion? The monk of the mountain is wise and immortal. Who is the person of fame? Tai Shou called himself. The governor and guests come here to drink, drinking less often and getting drunk, while the age is the highest. Therefore, they are called Zuiweng. The meaning of drunkenness is not in wine, but in the landscape. The joy of mountains and rivers is the heart of gain and the wine of possession.

"If the sun rises and the forests open, the clouds return and the rock caves darken, and the darkness changes, the day and night in the mountains are also changing.". Wild fragrant and fragrant, beautiful and overcast trees, high and clean wind and frost, falling water and rising stones, are the four seasons in the mountains. The scenery of the four seasons is different, and the joy is endless.

As for the losers who sing on the way, the travelers who rest on the trees, the former shouts, the latter responds, and those who slouch and carry around without stopping, the people of Chu also travel. Fishing near a stream is deep and the fish are fat. Brewing spring is wine, with spring fragrance and liquor clarity; Wild vegetables, mixed with the former Chen, are also the feast of the Supreme Chancellor. The joy of feasting is not silk but bamboo. Among those who shoot, those who play chess win, and those who drink and mingle. When they sit up and make noise, all the guests are happy. "Those with gray faces and hair, who are downcast in the meantime, are also intoxicated by the Supreme Guard.".

The sunset was already on the mountain, and the shadows were scattered. The guards returned while the guests followed. The trees are overcast, the song goes up and down, the tourists go and the birds are happy. However, birds know the joy of mountains and forests, but they do not know the joy of people; "People know that they enjoy traveling from the Imperial Guard, but they do not know that the Imperial Guard's pleasure is also enjoyable.". Those who are drunk can share their happiness, while those who are awake can speak in prose, are also the prefects. Who does Tai Shou call? Ouyang Xiuya of Luling.