千山獨行BEYOND A THOUSAND MOUNTAINS —
The Poetic Journey of Wen Ren
鑑賞 · 第 8 首 / 共 17

登廬山

Ascending Mount Lu
方從義《雲山圖》卷(畫心一段) 元(約 1360–70) 紙本水墨設色 全卷畫心
方從義《雲山圖》卷(畫心一段) 元(約 1360–70) 紙本水墨設色 全卷畫心 26.4 × 144.8 cm 美國大都會藝術博物館藏(1973.121.4) Fang Congyi (c. 1301–after 1378), Cloudy Mountains, a section of the painting. Yuan, c. 1360–70. Handscroll, ink and colour on paper, 26.4 × 144.8 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1973.121.4). CC0 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Wikimedia Commons)
小序The Poet’s Preface

禹疏九江,周匡飛仙,司馬遷南登廬山,思之不免神往

Yu channeled the Nine Rivers; Zhou Kuang ascended to immortality; Sima Qian climbed Mount Lu from the south—thinking on these, my spirit cannot but rise in longing.

原詩The Poem
結廬高遠向層巔,雲繞東南自古傳。九水禹疏誰著史,一湖日照我登山。朝攀撥霧仰峰險,暮宿和衣滴露寒。修道方知非本願,人間浪跡勝飛仙。
作者英譯The Poet’s Own Translation
I climb toward a high retreat among layered peaks;clouds have wreathed the southeast since ancient days.Who set down the story of Yu channeling the Nine Rivers?Sun strikes the whole lake as I ascend.At dawn I part the mist and look up to sheer summits;at dusk I sleep in my clothes, chilled by falling dew.Only in seeking the Way do I learn it was never my wish:to roam the human world is better than flying among immortals.
註釋Annotation
  1. 結廬、周匡與廬山的結廬修道傳說相聯。
  2. 九水禹疏承接小序所述大禹治水與司馬遷登廬山的記載。
  3. 一湖此處指鄱陽湖。
  4. 和衣不脫外衣而睡;與露寒一起寫山宿的切身感受。
鑑賞Appreciation

傳說與史書引人登山,真正改變心意的卻是撥霧攀行與和衣受寒。「誰著史」的追問,落到「我登山」的親歷,遠古也因而與當下相接。結尾坦然辭謝飛仙的想像,選擇繼續在人間行走;這份轉念來自經驗,而非預設的答案。

Legend and history draw the speaker upward, but the climb through mist and the cold night bring the decisive change. A question about who recorded the past meets the immediate fact of a person climbing now. At the end, the imagined life of an immortal gives way to wandering among human beings. The choice feels discovered through experience rather than settled beforehand.