{"id":1668,"date":"2010-03-06T07:39:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T12:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.froginawell.net\/china\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2014-08-30T13:37:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T13:37:16","slug":"guest-blogger-ou-yang-hsiu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/froginawell.net\/frog\/2010\/03\/guest-blogger-ou-yang-hsiu\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Blogger- Ou-yang Hsiu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of bits of Chinese prose would make great blog entries. (A blog is basically a biji<\/em><\/a>, more or less) Plus, they make great things to teach from. So, if any of you are teaching about the Song dynasty elite and their attitudes towards the mundane world you might find this from our guest-blogger Ouyang Xiu \u6b50\u967d\u4fee to be helpful or informative.\u00a0 (tips on working with it here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A Record of the Pavilion of an Intoxicated Old Man<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ou-yang Hsiu<\/p>\n

All around Ch’u there are mountains, but the forests and valleys of that assemblage of peaks to the southwest are the finest. There is one that appears from afar most luxuriant and deepest in verdure\u2014that is Lang-ya. After you have walked six or seven tricents into the mountains, there you will gradually notice the sound of water gurgling. Where it drains out between the two peaks, this is Brewer’s Spring. Rounding the peak the road winds; there a pavilion hangs, like a wing, out over the spring. This is the Intoxicated Old Man’s pavilion. Who was it that built this pavilion? A monk of these moun\u00adtains, Chih-hsien. And who named it? The prefect, who called it after himself. When prefect and guests come to drink here, because he becomes intoxicated after only drinking a little and because he is the oldest in years, that is why he nicknamed himself the Intoxicated Old Man. But what he means by Intoxi\u00adcated Old Man has nothing to do with the wine; it has to do instead with being in the mountains by the water. This joy from the mountains and the water he feels within his mind; he merely ascribes it to the wine.<\/p>\n

Now the sun rises and the forest mists dissipate, the clouds return and the caves in ravines grow gloomy\u2014these alternations of dusk and light mark mornings and evenings amid the mountains. Wild flowers bloom with their hidden scents, beautiful trees leaf out with deepening shade, then winds rise and pure frost appears, the water level drops and the rocks protrude\u2014such are the four seasons amid the mountains. In the morning he goes there, in the evening he returns; the scenery of the four seasons is never the same, hence his joy knows no bounds.<\/p>\n

Those who carry loads on their backs sing along the path; sojourners rest beneath the trees. The ones in front call out and those behind respond. Some are bent over with age and others so young that they must be led by the hand. They come and go without cease\u2014such are the travelers around Ch’u. One may lean over this stream and fish; the stream being deep, the fish are fat. Or one may brew wine with the spring water; the spring being fragrant, the wine is crystal clear. Sliced meats from the mountains and wild vegetables arrayed in profusion before the guests\u2014such are the prefect’s banquets. The joys of the feast are not from strings or winds; they are from winning at pitch-pot, from victory in chess. Passing goblets and mugs back and forth, shouting with abandon, now sitting,, now on their feet\u2014such is the happy abandon of the guests. And the one who, ruddy-faced and white of hair, lies sprawled in their midst\u2014that is the prefect intoxicated.<\/p>\n

When the merriment is over and the evening sun sets among the mountains, the prefect goes home with his guests in tow, their shadows jumbled together. The forest gloom deepens; birds call high and low. The revelers all gone, the birds are joyful. Yet, though birds may know the joy of mountain forests, they know not the joy of mankind; men may know the joy of revels with the prefect and yet never know the prefect’s enjoyment of their joy.<\/p>\n

Intoxicated yet able to share their joy, able when sober to describe it in writing\u2014such is the prefect. And what is this prefect’s name? Ou-yang Hsiu of Lu-ling.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Translated by Robert E. Hegel<\/em><\/p>\n

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