Matching the Rhymes of the Three-Hundred-Rhyme Poem Presented by O Semun, Academician of the Eastern Pavilion, to the Academicians of the Edict Academy次韻吳東閣世文呈誥院諸學士三百韻詩
濮陽吳公世文。自北使見劾。入洛閑居。一日。與金東閣瑞廷。置酒鄭員外文甲林園。予訪之預飮坐末。吳公誇予曰。古今詩集中。無有押三百韻詩者。予嘗著三百二韻詩。呈誥院諸學士。子豈和之耶。因出其詩示之。是日還家。次韻賡和。奉寄吳公。兼簡鄭員外，金東閣。
Master O Semun (吳世文) of Bogyang (濮陽) went north as an envoy, was impeached, and came into the capital to live at leisure. One day he set out a drinking party with Kim Seojeong (金瑞廷), Academician of the Eastern Pavilion (東閣), in the wooded garden of Jeong Mungap (鄭文甲), Supernumerary Gentleman (員外), and I went there and joined in the drinking at the lowest seat. Master O boasted to me, saying, "In the poetry collections of old and of now there is no poem carried through three hundred rhymes. I once made a poem of three hundred and two rhymes and presented it to the Academicians of the Edict Academy (誥院). How will you answer it?" And with that he brought out the poem and showed it to me. That day I went home and answered it following his rhymes, and sent it to Master O, and send it to Supernumerary Jeong and Academician Kim as well.
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The Eastern Capital (東都) was of old a land of delight, and there are foundations left of its palaces. In the blue annals I spy out the old traces, and simple customs set down the days of old. At the Jin River (晉江) a horse first crossed over, and at Luoyi of Zhou they first scorched the tortoise. The Bohai Sea ringed it round and became its moat, and the Fusang (扶桑) wound about it and became its hedge. A meeting of a thousand years was opened, and many holy rulers enjoyed concord. For the first time the music of the hung chimes (宮懸) was made, and for the first time thatch was set up and the rites compiled. In thrift and diligence they took Great Xia (大夏) for their master, and in idle strangeness they put away the ways of Yinchi (因墀國). As a scholar of the state they raised up Han Xin (韓信), and as a minister of the court they held Kong Kui (孔戣) in esteem. Favor and glory were like pouring rain, and commands went faster than running thunder. In caps and sashes wind and cloud abounded, and in the sound of songs the sun and moon were slow. Who could make the rhapsody of Pingzi (平子)? It might contend with the writing of Mengjian (孟堅). In ordering the fields they matched the stars, and in taming the people they followed what suited the land. Heaven and earth went back into millet and pipes, and the work of creation entered bellows and hammer. It was the gall of a loyal minister who chews iron, the poetry of a man of letters who threads pearls. Like fish scales stood the houses of the chief ministers, and the steles of kings were carved with the heads of serpents. At the Great School they received the Three Elders (三老), and at the Court of State Ceremonial (鴻臚) they received the barbarians of the four quarters. The loft was dim — a tower where the phoenix roosted; and their office they knew as a hall that took the dragon for its headrope. Loftily the two palace gates opened their mouths, and brimmingly a great pond was opened. Immortals left their strange traces, and the wise and holy hung up their great laws. Gyeonsu (犬首) is like Mount Tai in the east, and Gyocheon (蛟川) takes after the Yi (伊水) on the left. As though joined on, the excellent men were many, and firm plans were hidden in deep thought. Phoenixes vied to set their wings abreast, and swift horses vied to join their reins. Those who wore the cicada ornament were all sons of noble houses, and those who parted phoenixes had a clear bearing too. What they wore over them might have deceived a leopard, and their trailing skirts here and there drew Xin Pi (辛毗). Their sturdy writing boasted of sheer cliffs, and their marvelous schemes were matched with the numinous yarrow. Inbeom (仁範) is proper as a reed organ, and the great scholars spread out embroidered patterns. Their clear speech is the beauty of a long flute, and their fine intent the admiration of one in a kerchief cap. They vie to tread the vital places in the ranks, and who would decline the lowly tasks of government? Goun (孤雲) was a guest of the Golden Horse Gate (金馬門), a branch of the jade forest of the Eastern Sea. He shot his examination answers and made his name ring in China, and sped his fame to shake the borders of the four quarters. His high fragrance spread and filled everything, and his lingering echo winds far away. The age was such that Han was about to end, and many worthy men hid themselves at Motai (默台). All the world was made one in unity, and the old country brought forth outstanding men. The master gathered to himself still greater excellence, and in a clear age his bearing was uncommonly fine. Among the nine classics he takes a special pleasure in the Book of Changes, and among the three treasures he puts compassion first of all. In composition he swallows Xie Tiao (謝脁) whole, and licentious sounds he swept away and set right at a stroke. Long ago he flew on feet that go a thousand li, and long ago he furnished himself with hides for the four seasons. In firmness and rectitude he is the Yi who seasoned the cauldron, and in elegance he is Yuan Xiaoni (袁孝尼). His poetry is so high that he makes it in seven paces, and his filial piety is better than the man who asked about the three beatings. White jade is of itself hard to soil, and how should a balance hung up be easily cheated? His bones are clear as the marrow of two cranes, and the beauty of his writing is the thread of the water silkworm. Those who come to learn after him become like the sand wasp, and the many scholars follow him like sparrows. He washes his hat-strings and receives especial regard, and washes his face and sends up new writing. He set his purpose high and was steep in it from of old; should he lower his face and take pleasure in flattery? Prizing himself, he threads orchid and wears it at his belt, and the awl that pierces the bag is hard to hide. The pacing of the stars is set forth in the Jingui jing (金樻經), and the spirit is kept in check with a jade key. The far-off lineage of Gouwu (句吳) is distant, and the white wind of Taibo (大伯) hangs down. Within the country he is the one Dongfang Shuo, and east of the pass he alone is Lu Pi (魯丕). With a short piece of writing he laughs at limping, and with old seal script he covers the wriggling of worms. In the way of a teacher he stands shoulder to shoulder with Han Yu (韓愈), and in the fame of his time he bows to Yu Xi (庾羲). Twice I rode the post-horse that goes east, and three times I shouldered the ring of the cart going north. For grand sights I boast of Youzhou (幽州) and Jizhou (薊州), and lofty revels went on from Guo (虢) to Mei (郿). With leeks and a water jar he first became a magistrate, and over Job's tears who should raise a suspicion? His rule fitted, and men sang of his government; he looked for a summons, and the king received blessing. The ways of that land still carried a barbarian air, and the customs of the border were as a rule like bears'. Why take the trouble to cut down the Blue Calves (靑犢)? Even the rank-smelling barbarian may still be bound fast. A voice of majesty is added to the far frontier, and loyalty and good faith are asked of the spirits. How should a great soft-shelled turtle play in a well? The flying dragon leaps at once from the pool. For outstanding talent he raises up Lu Jue (陸厥), and writing he entrusts to Weizhi (微之). The sound of the silver water-clock drips and wets, and the shadows on the flowered brick are dappled. Edicts are written on paper of mugwort, and with the food bestowed he is sated with jade-like gruel. With a small poison he meets wasp and scorpion, and much talking he leaves to the swallows. In drawing in and stretching out he draws Qu Boyu (蘧伯玉), and in composing he longs after Cui Qi (崔琦). How should my Way be blocked in the end? This writing must be spread abroad again. In living at ease he took after Pan Yue (潘岳), but of old matters he always asked the branch and line. The more he was driven out the more his name appeared, and though careful and fearful his mind was not at ease. In the end he received the secret command handed down again, and once more was clothed in generous favor. Wings riding the wind how often wished to draw back, and the swift horse with sinews like orchid took the bridle again. In music and in poetry there is a meaning lodged in all of it, and the illness of the state may yet be healed. His marvelous skill is set forth as the Three Perfections (三絶), and polished clean, he has done away with the eight blemishes. To his writing he adds the clerk's work as well for ornament, and being upright and straight it is fitting that he receive blessing. A low office is bound to the ink line, but the gentleman's gifts befit the fine meats of the cauldron. Snow and frost encroach upon the hair at his temples, and rivers and seas howl within his breast. In his house there is a steamer with dust rising from it, and at his gate there are many baggage carts striking their axles. A scholar's achievement lies in the grave of his brushes, and a loyal gall the blade of a sword knows. He has already tied the seal-cord of Master Xiao (蕭公), and still he hangs the curtain of the Dong (董氏). In clear joy he attends the hall of cypress, and on a festive day he goes to the Tianqi Festival (天祺節). By the king's brush he rises and is transferred in office, and in the rites of court he looks into what has been left out. Heaven's majesty is barely a foot away, and favor like rain soaks him through. He bends his body and keeps his bearing seemly, and being solemn he refrains from spitting and blowing his nose. He says of himself that he lives the hidden life on a stipend (祿隱), and laughs instead at the folly of making books. Of a sudden he received the gracious word sent down, and brilliantly took the tally of an envoy. From a tiger-figured saddle he swings a whip like lightning, and on a crocodile-hide drum beats a mallet like thunder of old. At Daijun (代郡) he commands the swift cavalry, and in Bingzhou (幷州) he chooses out the stout fellows. Breaking through the woods he takes baboon and hedgehog, and parting the clear water he nets up the small fish. For savor there is the wine of Yichun (宜春), and for a cold relish the pears of Dagu (大谷). Of that land he has heard that mudfish are born there, and from time to time he sets down the oriole's song. For his official robe he has put on purple, but the scholar's cap has not changed its black. A slender hand holds up the phoenix cup, and red lips blow the dragon flute. Painted windows stand thick along the courtyard steps, and a fragrant wind reaches as far as the forking roads. The portents of the sun he divines by the Gezhe star (格澤星), and the business of war he tests by the Zixi star (觜觿星). The battlements run on to the borders of Qin, and a rainbow bridge stands high like the earthen bridge of Chu. Archery targets are sometimes set up tall, and singing girls and music follow day after day. On the spring water mandarin ducks float, and on the clear sand a white heron stands. In the sweet garden the dugu flower blooms, and on the dew trellis the domi flower bursts open. Strange stones are rough with lumps, and coiled pines are bent like crooked legs. He goes about the several towns, taking the reins, and his tiger-like guard crosses halberds, blue-edged. The bear on the banner moves in the sun's light, and the magpie beads on the caps swing with the wind. Immortal players ride white elephants, and armored soldiers drive blue dappled horses. At the Xian (鮮水) he looks at the flowing water, and at Mount Yuan (源山) he passes through the rough places. He springs up his body and feels after the flying crane, and turns his eyes and sends off the flying dove. The tightrope is so high it joins the Milky Way, and the startled ball bounces over the wall. The times are clear and there is nothing but the joy of banquets, and lawsuits have ceased and it is good for roaming. He gives himself wholly to verse and rhapsody as though seizing tigers, and contends at baduk as though making a line of ducks. Xue'er (雪兒) sings the lines of a regulated poem, and a woman like jade offers up treasures and a kerchief. He takes it already as his lot to be near to silks, and leaves powder and rouge to do as they ask. The envoy's star goes back into Han, and the beautiful bamboos gaze blankly on the Qi (淇水). A fan of white silk is cast aside midway; do not give him the golden knife. The court keeps Jingshu (敬叔) at a distance, and the men of power shrink from Huan Yi (桓彝). With an upright Way he counts three expulsions sweet, and in a long song he lets out five sighs. How should he dare to resent and blame in his heart? Men of worth and understanding have been so from of old. In a room of one span he takes pleasure in idleness, and laughs at the peering in at lofty gates. With white hair he hires himself out and becomes a commandant (尉), and behind a red curtain he is glad to be a teacher. The discourses of the Shiqu Pavilion (石渠閣) have long been wanting; how should that compare with the asking at the Qushi (衢室)? With the "Jiechao (解嘲)" he comforts himself a little, and with the "Danan (答難)" he says too that he gives it up. If one is glad one simply forgets one's cares; why should one sigh "Yi'er (已而)" in a song? All his life poverty has gone to the bone, and at everything he props his chin and laughs. On the moonlit tree a magpie starts up for nothing, and in the thundering sky the serpent still lies low. In departing he is not Tao Jingjie (陶靖節), and in giving up he is unlike Xiahou Zi (夏侯孜). Your younger brother went far off in an immortal's carriage, and the jade-like tree of your house is broken. I once shared with him the same purpose and spirit, so how should we contend in talent as male against female? The gate of Confucius grows deeper the more one peers in, and the wall of Cao (曺) grows deeper the more one enters. How should blue clouds belong to Zhao (趙) alone? The bright moon does not wait for the pearl of the Marquis of Sui (隋侯). I fear with others to face his blade, so how could I brandish a short spear? His writing is fit to drive Song Yu (宋玉), and his mind would cut down Wang Pi (王伾). He is gone — long since he rode upon the wind. Alas, who is there now to shave the clay from the tip of my nose? Seeing the poem, my feeling is stirred the more, and longing for old days I am sad of myself. Alone I shed the tears of Changkang (長康), and still I think of the brows of Dexiu (德秀). It was the gentleman alone who was recommended in the line of Zhang Zhuo (張鷟), and became the Yin (駰) and Xi (僖) of his age. Do not go off following the elk and the deer, but set your mind on wearing the pheasant-plume cap (鵔鸃冠). He grudges each inch of the flowing light, and looks on outward things as of little worth. Seeking each other out, we long ago put our arms together, and chanting clearly he twists his own beard. I am ashamed that with wings that roost in the thicket I look up and touch a fin that pierces the sky. The host is glad to receive Wang Can (王粲), and I long deeply after Jia Kui (賈逵). Living in seclusion he boasts of fishing in the Pu (濮水), and of strange traces he tells of roaming on the Lei (㶟水). Just then a clear wind came seeping in, and there was of old no flaw in his everyday discourse. An impeachment out of nowhere struck him instead, and poverty and sickness are harder still to cure. Do not sigh, "Where is the time for it?" One may see plainly that virtue does not decay. How should he follow the ducks and peck at the waterweed? He will surely bite at the stamens along with the phoenix. Jingzhao (京兆) is truly a vessel like the hu and lian (瑚璉), and Master Wang (王郞) is ashamed to serve as a rafter. His heart is broad and has no bounds, and with deep knowledge he splits the tip of a hair. In a thousand poems he is Zhang You (張祐), and in the rhapsody of the Three Capitals (三都) he is Zuo Si (左思). At one cry he rose to the rank of the white egret, and newly washing his hair he shakes the cicada hat-string. Why should he only collate books in the Tianlu Pavilion (天祿閣)? He is fit rather to bind the Guli (谷蠡) fast. In past days he attended the clear sleeping-hall of the ancestral shrine, and solemnly served at the sacrifices of the red altar. Grinding and polishing, he sets out the three chopping blocks, and soaking and roasting, he chooses among the six grains. Layer upon layer the fragrance is already heaped up, and with great care his mind grows more reverent still. The cassia wine is clear as though it had been strained, and the jar with the mountain pattern is full and does not tip. He gathers up his belly and spreads out the pens of sturdy beasts, and taking hold of the horns he looks over the fat victims. From early morning until night he does only the task entrusted to him, and at the jeungsang (蒸嘗) sacrifices he only keeps the grain clean. In fear and care he follows the old rites of sacrifice, and by stratagem he drives off the lewd goblins. Swiftly he sets out and lays forth sincerity and good faith, and at ease he receives the sending down of blessing. One must know that there will be a summons in the evening, so who would take pleasure in praying by night? For bowing to a chief minister one must look at the characters, and for a change of office he dreamed early of the boy attendant. In goodness he goes beyond Xiang Shu (向戍), so why should one ask about affairs of Chen Yin (陳寅)? He looks up to the great road as to a high mountain, and long timber is used for a great house. He deals with men in sincerity, and keeps friendship straight, and that very earnestly. In a troublesome district he seeks out hardship, and on the road home he asks after me from afar. The carriage goes rattling along, and the red horse and the black horse run panting. At the tips of the branches he vies with the monkey's swiftness, and on the peaks he follows the beating of birds' wings. Waves like herons run brimming along, and peaks like turtles are steep and far off. The misted village ringed with dogs is dark, and the stone plank-road winds along the stream. Loosing the saddle, he roams as he pleases, and taking up his brush he wields it freely. Thirsty, he drinks the cold spring water, and it is as if he held in his mouth the thin ice of frozen sweet wine. Birds in hiding peer at the battlements, and running beasts raise their manes. He takes hold of tangled vine and ivy, and passes through thick oak and mountain cherry. Getting down from the carriage he opens the district office, and holding his sword he looks over the border battlements. Even at a child's play the pheasants grow tame, and in the soldiers' hunting they vie to present the pixiu. The field plots are rough and uneven, as though divided into trigrams, and the houses scattered like stars wind this way and that. The government house is wide enough for two carriages abreast, and the guest seats enough to set one's shoes in a row. The coin-shaped lamps shine and glitter, and poles and lapels turn about unsteadily. The water shield plant clots like silver threads, and golden scales float on the millet wine. In the ample kitchen they roast quail, and for rare dishes they taste shark and mullet. Xuanyuan and Diku he regards in this way, and he laughs at Chen (陳) and Sui (隋) as at ants' eggs. What is most lovely is only the fairness of Song, and those who shoot by turns are all the beauties of Wu. In Shujun (蜀郡) the people sang of their trousers, and in Jinling (金陵) the singing girls held up the basin. On the fine mountains the red rocks are high, and for rare goods the silver of Zhuti (朱提) is plentiful. The account books are always heaped on his desk, and his court robe is seldom hung on the clothes rack. His kindness could take in the old man of Mi county (密縣), and his majesty has already made the aunt of the Wang afraid. He has already given up the hand that killed the fowl, and has gone back to roost in a chair with the air of the phoenix. Lightly dressed he comes home wetting his reins, and in new clothes he shakes out the cool hemp cloth. He has seen all round the fine scenes of stream and mountain, and has wholly forgotten the weariness of the road. His soul, worn out, hangs on the shell-palace, and his ears think of hearing the dragon flute. Still he would call up the portent of the three ears of grain, and now he plans to win the nine pearls. He comes home and draws in his wings, and looking down and looking up he changes what he says. In his old rank the brushwood is still heaped up, and his lonely loyalty does not shift, like a stone. Sitting upright he always leans on the armrest, and in a clear dream he still rides in a carriage. In the field of books, with whom is he matched? And with whom is a worthy neighbor to be compared? He does not store up so much as a penny, so what good were ten thousand volumes of books to him? One quilt is better than a coat of fox and marten, and the greens on the tray take the place of sliced raw fish. To open out his heart there is only deep drunkenness, and knowing his lot, how should he dare to sigh? When with cap and sword I went first to call on him, I was not driven away from his gate and wall. Dazed, I wander about the boundary, and dimly I cannot reckon the ford and the water's edge. The frost is far off like the blue sky, and the dew is cold and the red leaves wither. In the evening sun I sigh, "It has grown late," and in the cool night I ask, "What hour is it?" Taking each other by the arm we laugh together, and speaking of our feeling I am rather sad of myself. In the thatched hall I first drink water, and in the dusty pot I burn bean husks late in the day. To keep clear of slander I have shut my mouth, but when the time comes my cheekbones will surely be stout. His bearing is truly dignified, while worthless men grin for nothing. I love the excellence of Yeongyang (榮陽), and his gifts are like the riches of Bajun (巴郡). From the Cypress Terrace (栢臺) he impeaches the slack clerk, and with the Lung Stone (肺石) he saves the starving people. He has already passed the fastnesses of the three gates, and once galloped the slopes of the nine bends. Writing a memorial, his arm feels ready to fall off, and drafting a proclamation he can barely open his eyes. At Qian county (灊縣) he once saw Mount Huo (霍山), and at Langye (琅邪) he also crossed the Wei (濰水). The sun comes to the place of the Tail star (尾星), and on the king's business he goes to the northwest. Of a sudden he enters Yongman Garrison (龍灣鎭), and going on, he comes to the banks of the Amnok. The bearing of the soldiers is stately, and the barbarians glare and laugh. Those who fold their collars to the left are still bustling about, and within my heart I am still ashamed. House by house they hide sword and spear, and few among the people use a hoe. So it has come about that a land thick with hazel has become wholly a place where rain hats gather. The Maohu (蝥弧) banner deceived Ying Kaoshu (潁考叔), and the "Rhapsody on the Whales" made Cui Chui (崔倕) stout of heart. Why should one shrink from the labor of carrying the army's grain? The will to make things clean is not broken down. On a sweet morning he opens a glad banquet, and the sad melody moves the widow. He chants together with Mao, Director of the Secretariat (毛中令), and puts the brush of Xiapi (下邳) to trouble. Why should one go about in such haste? One may rest from one's panting a while. At the riverside he halts the homeward banners, and in the boat he calls for the parting cup. The brows of the peaks clear and are far off, and the brocade of the waves is quiet and still. Passing geese start up at the oars and fly, and a sunken turtle lies bearing the water's edge on its back. The mist is thick and the far islands are dim, and the water has fallen and the bare shore shows. The color of the grass runs on into the distance, and the light of the lake reaches on without end. The cries of the beasts in the woods come rasping, and the feathers of the birds on the sand flutter. As though silk were torn he spears the red carp, and as though duckweed floated he angles for the white fish. On the splendid seat he lays tortoiseshell (玳瑁), and with a jeweled ladle he sends round the cormorant cup. Sitting there, the sun rises three feet, and as though mad he tilts a jar that holds a seom. How full of glory it was in the old days, and now, instead, he has withdrawn and mutters to himself. Since the gentlemen are all such as this, even heaven seems to be partial. Alas, I was born to a meager lot, and how many years have my traces drifted? In vain I attach myself to the immortal Li, and at an inn I stay a while as a traveler. I am ashamed of myself for limping and being short, so who could bear to adorn my cheekbones and jaw? I am ashamed to be as low and narrow as Zeng (鄫) and Kuai (鄶), and I know my name is like the Southern Dipper and the Winnowing Basket. Lately I fled into a den of cloud and water, and kept clear of the peril of the net above. In a warm room I pass the cold season, and on a cool terrace I keep off the hot sun. Beside the wall I bank up jujube and chestnut, and about the ground I plant mulberry. I tame another man's crane with jade-like plumes, and with a sedge swing-rope I shoot and drive off the pheasant. Playing on the geomungo I pluck "Lushui (淥水)," and polishing my lines I search for clear jade. Green bamboo rings the stone steps, and green pines shade the eaves. Stripping off the moss I set the newly abandoned well to rights, and turning the soil I bring the fallow field into order. In its hole a fawn of the roe deer lies, and on the hill the trampled carcass of a tiger is stiff. Even living in seclusion is hard to bear for long, and going out to try my hand I meet with the laughter of others. Again I would lean upon Zhuge Liang, so what harm is there in his recommending Fei Yi (費褘)? I have only heard that the Son of Heaven is holy, and I esteem only the elders among the great scholars. Though they trim me and dust me off, it is labor in vain: my dullness and stubbornness are truly like this. I have no means of leaving off fishing and wall-building, so by what device shall I get out from under a roof of mugwort? Jade is always hidden away in a box, and the pearl, sunk, dares to wet the bend of the water. Why is my life so fallen away, and the business of my heart so much at odds? Jia Dao (賈島) always rode a donkey, and Master Huan (桓公) could not ride a horse. Birds stand in rows as though carving seal script on the sand, and at the netted gate I face a spider. Why should I envy Yan for honoring Guo Wei (郭隗), or look for Song to reward Er Ban (耏班)? The dust of the capital is good at staining what is white, and the roads of the world are very crooked and steep. I laugh at myself that with a thousand sheets of verse I can hardly pay for a single dose of medicine in the market. At the sound of the Shao music (韶樂) I forget the pleasure of taste, and over the "Hymns of Shang (商頌)" I do not fret about hunger. Loving wine, my strings of coins are spent, and having no firewood I burn the wood of the door bar. Blue spring ▣▣▣ and in the white sun I keep from the shading sunflower. My paper curtain I only fear will tear, and my lotus-leaf coat needs no hemming. Reading books, my two eyes are hurt, and being much sick, my one body grows thin. Thirsty, I take the cup and wet my mouth, and when I walk I prop my legs with a staff. For roaming free I exalt the clerk of Qiyuan, and lying low in hiding I mourn the exile of the Xiang (湘水). On the road there are the straw sandals of Taochui (桃椎), and in my yard there are no shoe-strings of Gong Yu (貢禹). Though others blame me for being dissolute, I have always been ashamed of hesitating and hanging back. Wherever I set foot spears sprout, and caltrops are wound about my whole body. In a couple of rooms I have at last laid out a house site, and in one hemp coat I am content of myself with being low. The little children call out for coarse food, and my mountain wife has no veil. I always keep the gate of Sun Jing (孫敬) shut fast, and am as though in the bonds of Gongye Chang (公冶長). Thinking of the days when I called on the three elders, for a while I sent all my cares away. The fair song of "Yangchun (陽春)" was sung in the land of Ying (郢), and fine colors I liken to roaming on the Sui (濉水). Clinging to their wings I am now glad to be received, and raising our brows we each take pleasure in it. Going round the garden we cut the rank grass, and sweeping the ground we cut down the standing dead trees. The fruits in the grove are high and hard to pick, and the fish in the pond may be caught by looking down at them. How should we refuse taffy and fried cakes? We do not shrink from taking soup and griddle cakes with our chopsticks. In loving guests they are all Ren Fang (任昉), and in recommending worthy men they are all Song Ji (宋畸). By the Zhang's stream we write of the tender willow, and in the Pan's field we boast of the fragrant coriander. Flying up green, I find the garlic lovely instead, and pulled up yellow, I see the rape plant for the first time. I have already transplanted plums of three colors, and now I mean to plant the mushroom of nine colors. At the stone well I let down the rope, and at the mountain house I set up the base of a pillar. Counting the cups, we reckon three hundred, and of wine by the mal we strain ten thousand taels' worth. By turns we offer white wine and clear wine, and to each other we pour strong wine and thin wine mixed. Wetting my brush I use the ink of Huaihua (懷化), and with porcelain of Dingzhou (定州) I taste the tea. Since you have already allowed me to come leaning on a staff, how should you have taken up the litter in anger? Their secluded feeling is higher than Gukou (谷口), and their far sight reaches to the end of Mount Emei. On the old trees the green moss is rough, and on the tall catalpa green arrowroot vines are tangled. Pushing back our headcloths we sit astride the stones together, and in waxed clogs we climb the slope again. By the spring we wash and rinse our mouths, and going to and fro we shake the drooping branches. The wood is deep and the old heat-haze is left in it, and the valley is close and layered winds gather there. Happily we tilt the Thousand-Day Wine (千日酒) together, so why should we face Mount Jiuyi (九疑山) and sigh? For a secluded fragrance we look for duruo (杜若), and in common taste we put away taffy and syrup. We only make our glad feeling complete, so why be bound by petty ceremony? For a moment it is as though a fish had come by water, and when I withdraw it is as though a bird had stuck to the lime. At night I lie only on rush and reed, and my morning meal is only bracken. It is hard to carry a thread of talk on to the ear, and the tears of longing turn to rheum for nothing. A hungry rat peers at my desk in vain, and the cold fowl has already gone up to its perch. A biting wind is bitter on the northern desert, and the slanting light points to Mount Yanzi (崦嵫). Long have I wished to make my style spare, but I only fear to be laughed at for a clumsy boast. The deeper I sink my mind the more secluded it is, and in searching for lines I am the more diligent. I have not yet shared my gladness with you, so how should I bear that it makes me sick? Bogyang (濮陽) is high above the world, and he looks to build a thatched house in Lidaoli (履道里). With whom should one go out and withdraw, do you know? He alone holds me up and pushes me on. When we drink it is together the wine with green ants floating on it, and when we eat it is together the taro. Sunk in learning I look to have my belly grow round, and our judging of poems goes so far as to cut the flesh. The great bellows takes in both the sharp and the dull, and the bright mirror lets in both the fair and the ugly. Of beasts he repeats the note on the bak (狛), and in the section on insects he asks closely about the su (雖). As a teacher he exalts Meng Xi (孟喜), and in serving an elder brother he is matched with Sengmi (僧彌). I force myself to offer what is coarse and clumsy, and am much ashamed of the brilliance and beauty beside me.
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新羅第五十六王金傅降我大祖。大祖妻以長女。改新羅爲慶州。爲公食邑。吳公自言新羅王外孫。曾寓居東京。故論東京事。
When Kim Bu (金傅), the fifty-sixth king of Silla, surrendered to Taejo of Goryeo, Taejo married his eldest daughter to him, changed Silla's name to Gyeongju (慶州), and made it his fief. Master O called himself a maternal descendant of the king of Silla and had once lived in the Eastern Capital (東京), and so he discusses the affairs of the Eastern Capital.
洛。周之東京。故比之。
Luoyi (洛邑) was the eastern capital of Zhou, and so the comparison is made.
新羅記云。膺一千年之業。新羅㮲記。九百九十九年。
The Silla gi (新羅記) says, "It received an enterprise of a thousand years," while the Silla sugi (新羅㮲記) gives nine hundred and ninety-nine years.
拾遺記曰。因墀國獻五足獸。如師子。蘓詩曰。荒怪還須問子年。
The Shiyi ji (拾遺記) says, "The land of Yinchi (因墀國) presented a beast with five feet, like a lion." In a poem of Su Shi (蘇軾) it says, "For matters idle and strange one should rather ask Zinian (子年)."
平子作東京賦故云。
Pingzi (平子), that is Zhang Heng (張衡), made the "Rhapsody on the Eastern Capital (東京賦)," and so this is said.
孟堅作東都賦。
Mengjian (孟堅), that is Ban Gu (班固), made the "Rhapsody on the Eastern Capital (東都賦)."
周禮。櫌甿以土宜。旣以東京比周洛。故云。
The Zhouli (周禮) says, "By what suits the land the people are tamed." Since the Eastern Capital has already been likened to Luoyi of Zhou, this is said.
新羅記。築碧骨池。又於宮開大池。
The Silla gi says that Byeokgolji (碧骨池) was built and that a great pond was also opened in the palace.
新羅有仙郞事蹟。
In Silla there are the records of the seollang (仙郞), the immortal youths.
新羅記。有犬首祠。東都賦云。勤岱祈嵩。
The Silla gi says there was a shrine at Gyeonsu (犬首祠). The "Rhapsody on the Eastern Capital" says, "They labor at Mount Dai (岱山) and pray at Mount Song (嵩山)."
三國史。東京有蛟川。東京賦云。左伊右瀍。
The Samguk sa (三國史) says there was a Gyocheon (蛟川) in the Eastern Capital. The "Rhapsody on the Eastern Capital (東京賦)" says, "On the left the Yi (伊水), on the right the Chan (瀍水)."
謂朴仁範，薛聦。
This refers to Bak Inbeom (朴仁範) and Seol Chong (薛聰).
崔致遠字孤雲。入唐。一擧及第。同年顧雲贈詩曰。一箭射破金門策。
The byname of Choe Chiwon (崔致遠) was Goun (孤雲). He went into Tang and passed the examination at the first attempt. Gu Yun (顧雲), who passed in the same year, gave him a poem saying, "With a single arrow he shot and broke the examination question of the Golden Gate (金門)."
西京賦云。聲淸暢而委蛇。注云。餘聲詰曲也。
The "Rhapsody on the Western Capital (西京賦)" says, "The sound winds on clear and free," and the note says, "It is the lingering sound going on in curves."
謂新羅季代。
This refers to the last years of Silla.
周書曰。治峯本姓默台。避時難改焉。廣韻。支字韻台字。注云。姓也。出姓苑。
The Zhoushu (周書) says, "Zhifeng (治峯) was of the surname Motai (默台) by origin, and changed it to avoid the troubles of that time." Under the character tai (台) in the zhi (支) rhyme of the Guangyun (廣韻) the note says, "It is a surname. It appears in the Xingyuan (姓苑)."
水蠶異氷蠶。
The water silkworm (水蠶) is not the same as the ice silkworm (氷蠶).
公嘗集諸生敎授。
The gentleman once gathered a number of students and taught them.
公曾爲翰林。
The gentleman was once a Hanlin Academician (翰林).
公兼通陰陽。唐藝文志。有金樻經三卷。
The gentleman was versed in the arts of yin and yang as well. In the bibliographical treatise of the Tangshu there is a Jingui jing (金樻經) in three volumes.
黃庭經云。結珠固精養神根。玉匙金鑰常堅完。公亦通道家故云。
The Huangting jing (黃庭經) says, "Binding the pearl and hardening the vital essence, he nourishes the root of the spirit, so that the jade key and the golden lock are always firm and whole." The gentleman was versed in the Daoist arts too, and so this is said.
言公之徵還。
This speaks of the gentleman's receiving a summons and returning.
公自守郡還。復爲翰林。
The gentleman came back from being a district magistrate and became a Hanlin Academician again.
公在翰林。以事克彈免官。
While the gentleman was a Hanlin Academician he was impeached over an affair and retired from office.
洞冥記曰。孟岐。淸河逸人也。年可七百歲。語及周初時事。
The Dongming ji (洞冥記) says, "Meng Qi (孟岐) was a recluse of Qinghe (淸河). He was about seven hundred years old and spoke of the early days of Zhou."
公復爲翰林。
The gentleman became a Hanlin Academician again.
樂天註云栢殿行陪賞。
In a note of Bai Letian it says, "At the Cypress Hall (栢殿) he now and then attended at the sights."
金坡遺事曰。翰林每遇天慶天祺節。預先一月。降入馬遞云云。
The Jinpo yishi (金坡遺事) says, "Whenever the Hanlin Academy meets the Tianqing Festival (天慶節) and the Tianqi Festival (天祺節), it sends down post-horses a month beforehand," and so on.
公始拜批於閣門。
The gentleman first received office at the Gate of the Pavilion (閣門).
禮記云。不敢唾洟。
The Liji says, "One does not dare to spit or blow the nose."
今春爲雲中道監倉使。
This spring he became Supervisor of Granaries (監倉使) for the Unjung Circuit (雲中道).
西京賦云。鼻赤象據狒猬。梗林爲之靡菈。
The "Rhapsody on the Western Capital" says, "Leading red elephants, they take baboon and hedgehog, and the stiff woods are therefore broken and laid low."
西京賦云。擿漻澥設䍡樔鯤鮞。注云。䍡。網也。鯤鮞。小魚也。
The "Rhapsody on the Western Capital" says, "Parting the clear bend of the water, they cast the net and scoop up the small fish," and the note says, "The na (䍡) is a net, and the goni (鯤鮞) are little fish."
山海經北山注云。茈湖多䱯鰼魚。
The note to the Classic of the Northern Mountains in the Shanhaijing says, "In Cihu (茈湖) there are many seup fish (鰼魚)."
天文志云。格澤見則不耕而穫也。
The "Treatise on the Heavens" says, "When the Gezhe star (格澤星) appears, there is a harvest without plowing."
天文志。觜觿三軍事。明則軍儲盈。
The "Treatise on the Heavens" says, "The three Zixi stars (觜觿星) govern the business of war; when they are bright, the army's grain is plentiful."
脚曲也。
It means that the legs are bent.
山海經云。背北鮮之山。又云。北至源山。
The Shanhaijing says, "One turns one's back on Mount Beixian (北鮮山)," and again, "Northward one comes to Mount Yuan (源山)."
四愁詩云。美人贈我金錯刀。注云。喩君榮我以爵祿。
The "Four Sorrows" poem (四愁詩) says, "A fair one gave me a sword inlaid with gold," and the note says, "It is a figure for the king's giving me glory with office and stipend."
公嘗敎授。
The gentleman once taught.
公弟世才字德全。爲名儒。今卽世。
The gentleman's younger brother O Sejae (吳世才), whose byname was Deokjeon (德全), was a famous scholar, and has now passed away.
予與德全。爲忘年交。
I became a friend of Deokjeon's, with no regard for the years between us.
公祖及考皆登第。爲名儒。公繼之。唐張鷟登進士第。孫薦有文辭。充史官。子又新第進士。孫讀又進士第。故云云。
The gentleman's grandfather and father both passed the examination and became famous scholars, and the gentleman carried it on. In Tang, Zhang Zhuo (張鷟) rose to be a presented scholar, his grandson Zhang Jian (張薦) had skill in writing and became a court historian, his son Zhang Youxin (張又新) also passed as a presented scholar, and his grandson Zhang Du (張讀) also passed as a presented scholar; and so this is said.
後漢孔僖與孫駰爲友。梁郁曰云云。駰，僖不對。
Kong Xi (孔僖) of the Later Han became a friend of Yin (駰), and when Liang Yu (梁郁) said such and such, Yin and Xi did not answer.
賈逵通五經。學者羨慕。
Jia Kui (賈逵) was versed in the five classics, and those who studied envied and longed after him.
公旣自北入洛。予訪之。類篇云。㶟。鴈門水名也。
When the gentleman came into the capital from the north, I went to call on him. The Leipian (類篇) says, "The Lei (㶟) is the name of a river at Yanmen (鴈門)."
唐書。崔弘禮爲兵部尙書。晚務多積。素議玼之。
The Tangshu says, "Cui Hongli (崔弘禮) became Minister of War, and as matters piled up late upon him the everyday discourse found fault with him."
此言金東閣。
This speaks of Academician Kim.
晉王鑒有榱桷之用。
Wang Jian (王鑒) of Jin had the makings of timber fit for a rafter.
公曾爲大廟令。
The gentleman was once Director of the Great Ancestral Shrine (大廟令).
漢書。美芳磑磑。注云。磑磑。崇積也。
The Hanshu says, "A fair fragrance is heaped up layer upon layer," and the note says, "Oeoe (磑磑) is being heaped up high."
音鬻送神敬懼也。
The sound is yuk; it means being reverent and fearful when the spirits are sent off.
漢書。卉汩臚。注云。卉汩。速也。臚。陳也。
The Hanshu says "hwiyul-ryeo (卉汩臚)," and the note says, "Hwiyul (卉汩) is swiftness, and ryeo (臚) is setting out in a row."
左傳。宋樂祈告其宰陳寅曰云云。寅知晉政多門。日佳必有難云云。寅音怡。柳韻支字韻。寅字共出陳寅。
The Zuozhuan says, "Yue Qi (樂祈) of Song said such and such to his retainer Chen Yin (陳寅)." Chen Yin knew that the government of Jin came out of many gates, and said, "Though the day be fair there will surely be trouble," and so on. The sound of yin (寅) is "i." Under the character yin (寅) in the zhi (支) rhyme of the Liu yun (柳韻) Chen Yin appears throughout.
公又爲安邊守。
The gentleman also became magistrate of Anbyeon (安邊).
類篇云。棫。柞也桵也。西京賦云。梓棫橚槮。注云。橚槮。繁蔚貌。
The Leipian says, "The yeok (棫) is the oak, and also the mountain cherry." The "Rhapsody on the Western Capital" says, "Catalpa and oak grow thick," and the note says, "Suksam (橚槮) is the look of luxuriant growth."
龜蒙詩云。仰瞻三皇道。蟻虱在宇宙。
In a poem of Lu Guimeng (陸龜蒙) it says, "Looking up to the way of the Three Sovereigns, ants and lice are in heaven and earth."
皮日休詩云。後至陳隋世云云。大細如蚳䖶。
In a poem of Pi Rixiu (皮日休) it says, "Afterward, coming down to the times of Chen and Sui," and so on, and "Great and small, they are like ants' eggs."
陶穀事。
It is the affair of Tao Gu (陶穀).
王夷甫。姨也。事見世說。
It is the aunt of Wang Yifu (王夷甫). The matter is found in the Shishuo xinyu.
蔡茂爲廣漢守。夢三穗。公亦自安邊守代還。故比之。
Cai Mao (蔡茂) became magistrate of Guanghan (廣漢) and dreamed of three ears of grain. The gentleman too came back on being relieved as magistrate of Anbyeon, and so the comparison is made.
漢書云一品九𤪌。
The Hanshu says, "The first rank is nine pearls."
公以闔門剩員。未出官故云。
Since the gentleman was a supernumerary (剩員) of the Gate of the Pavilion (閤門) and had not yet taken up office, this is said.
予晉訪公宅。
I went to call at the gentleman's house.
此鄭員外文甲。
This is Jeong Mungap (鄭文甲), Supernumerary Gentleman.
見松陵集。
It is found in the Songling ji (松陵集).
公曾爲御史。
The gentleman was once a Censor (御史).
今公爲刑部員外。周禮。大司寇以肺石達窮民之冤。
At present the gentleman is Supernumerary Gentleman of the Ministry of Punishments (刑部員外). The Zhouli says, "The Grand Minister of Justice (大司寇) uses the Lung Stone (肺石) to let the grievances of the destitute people through."
齊志義陽有三關塞。
The Qizhi (齊志) says that at Yiyang (義陽) there are the fastnesses of three gates.
公癸丑歲。爲杖冬義州分道。
In the gyechuk year the gentleman became Circuit Commissioner (分道) of Uiju (義州).
義州別名也。
It is another name for Uiju.
文選詩云。籉笠聚東甾。
A poem in the Wenxuan says, "Rain hats gather in the fallow field to the east."
劉禹錫崔倕碑文云。戎羯猾夏。王師出征。倕乃作伐鯨鯢賦上獻。
In the stele inscription for Cui Chui (崔倕) written by Liu Yuxi (劉禹錫) it says, "When the barbarians threw the Central Plain into confusion and the king's armies went out to strike them, Cui Chui thereupon made and presented the 'Rhapsody on Striking the Whales (伐鯨鯢賦).'"
思玄賦云伏靈龜以負坻。
The "Rhapsody on Pondering the Mysterious (思玄賦)" says, "The numinous turtle lies low and bears the water's edge on its back."
崔豹古今注。魾魚好群浮水上。若萍。名白魾。
The Gujin zhu (古今注) of Cui Bao (崔豹) says, "The bi fish (魾魚) likes to float on the water in shoals, like duckweed, and so it is called the baekbi (白魾)."
公今免官。
The gentleman has now retired from office.
與老子同姓。
He shares a surname with Laozi.
類篇。桋亦桑也。樹小而條長。
The Leipian says, "The i (桋) too is a mulberry. The tree is small and the branches long."
景福賦注云。㮰梠。謂連簷木也。
The note to the "Rhapsody on the Jingfu Hall (景福殿賦)" says, "Biryeo (㮰梠) refers to the timber that joins the eaves."
予頃寓居北山。自號白雲居士。
Some time ago, while living on the North Mountain, I styled myself the White Cloud Householder (白雲居士).
葛亮薦費褘。
Zhuge Liang recommended Fei Yi (費褘).
吳都賦云。赬丹明璣云云。碕岸爲不枯。林木爲之閏凟。
The "Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (吳都賦)" says, "Red cinnabar and bright pearls," and so on, and "The banks of the bend do not dry up for this, and the trees of the wood are made lush by it."
唐車服志曰。婦人施羃䍦以蔽身。
The treatise on carriages and dress in the Tangshu says, "A woman wears a veil to cover her person."
唐書云。椔翳榛莽。又云。椔剪宗支。
The Tangshu says, "Standing dead trees and thick brushwood," and again, "He cut away the branches of the royal house."
鄭公林園兼有池塘
In Master Jeong's wooded garden there is a pond as well.
以著取物曰欹。
To take up a thing with chopsticks is called gi (欹).
前漢元馮翊宋畸。薦黃霸賢良。
Song Ji (宋畸), Governor of the Right at Pingyi (右馮翊) in the Former Han, recommended Huang Ba (黃霸) as a man of worth and excellence (賢良).
蓶似鳥韭而黃。
The yu (蓶) is like the mountain leek, but yellow.
晉書。王衍因宴集。爲人所怒。擧欙擲面。
The Jinshu says, "Wang Yan (王衍) was at a gathering for a banquet and drew another man's anger, and the man took up a litter and threw it at his face."
木枝下交曰㯅。
Branches tangled downward are called sa (㯅).
鍾記室詩評曰。文體勦靜。
In the poetry criticism of Zhong, Recorder of the Secretariat (鍾記室), it says, "The body of the writing is spare and quiet."
靑箱雜記云。文拙而好刻石者。謂之詅嗤。
The Qingxiang zaji (靑箱雜記) says, "To be clumsy in writing and yet love to have it carved on stone is called yeongchi (詅嗤)."
吳公語予曰。欲於家園。結一茅堂。與予計論經書。自樂天居履道里。
Master O said to me, "I should like to build a thatched house in my garden and go over the classics with you in argument." The words come from Bai Letian's living in Lidaoli (履道里).
公作毛甲鱗三蟲詩。山海經云。南山獸多狛。注云云。
The gentleman made poems on the three kinds of creature: the furred, the shelled, and the scaled. The Shanhaijing says, "On the southern mountains there are many beasts called bak (狛)," and the note says such and such.
廣韻云。雖。蟲名。似蜥蜴而小。公旣作群蟲詩故云。
The Guangyun says, "The su (雖) is the name of an insect; it is like a lizard, but smaller." Since the gentleman had already made poems on the various insects, this is said.