View if 赤城山 Chichengshan, Crimson City Mountain

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Night View Aboard Ship

Meng Haoran 689-740 Taking a perch I gaze southeastward, Clear mountains distant water world. Train of ships crowd at the wharf, Come and go at whim of wind and current. You ask me why I am here? To visit Stone Bridge Falls on Tiantai! Resting I gaze at rosy dawn clouds, Perhaps they flutter over Crimson City.�

Zhōuzhong Wǎnwàng

Mèng Hàorán 689-740 Guà xí dōngnán wàng, Qīng shān shuǐguó yáo. Zhúlú zhēnglì shè, Láiwǎng rèn fēngcháo. Wèn wǒ jīn hé shì? Tiāntái fǎng Shíqiáo. Zuò kān xiásè xiǎo, Yí shì Chìchéng biāo.

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: this poem was written as Meng Haoran was aboard ship enroute to Tiantaishan. He was probably in the the neighborhood of Shaoxing heading south east to Tiantaishan.

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