苇草集 2022 Reeds in the Wind 2022 第 01 篇 Section 01
序 一苇渡江 Preface: Crossing the River on a Single Reed
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宋 李清照
萧条庭院，又斜风细雨，重门须闭。宠柳娇花寒食近，种种恼人天气。险韵诗成，扶头酒醒，别是闲滋味。征鸿过尽，万千心事难寄。
楼上几日春寒，帘垂四面，玉阑干慵倚。被冷香消新梦觉，不许愁人不起。清露晨流，新桐初引，多少游春意。日高烟敛，更看今日晴未？
Nian Nu Jiao: Spring Sentiments
Song Dynasty · Li Qingzhao
A desolate courtyard; again the slanting wind and drizzling rain, the heavy gates must remain closed. Tender willows and delicate flowers herald the Cold Food festival near, all sorts of vexing weather. A verse with perilous rhymes composed, waking from strong wine—a singular, languid flavor. The migrant geese have all passed by, thousands of heart’s yearnings with nowhere to send.
Upstairs, days of spring chill linger, curtains hanging on all four sides, too listless to lean on the jade balustrade. The quilt cold, incense vanished as I wake from a fresh dream—it will not let the sorrowful lie abed. Fresh dew flows in the morning, new paulownia branches bud anew, stirring how much yearning to wander into spring! The sun mounts high as mists disperse; let us see whether today turns fair or no?
千年前黄州的夜很冷，苏轼在家门口听着江声千万，不由得写下：“小舟从此逝，江海寄余生。”此谓之心境得而佳句工。
A thousand years ago, the night in Huangzhou was bitterly cold. Listening to the myriad sounds of the river before his door, Su Shi could not help writing: “A small boat from here drifts away, entrusting the rest of my life to the rivers and seas.” This is what is meant by fine lines forged from an attained state of mind.
千年后的今天，我亦有昔日东坡悲凉之心境。“高中幻象”G同学如此评价我：“他总喜欢讲一些高大上的东西。”悲夫！世人之大惑可知矣！幸好，Z同学如此评价我：“他爱读书不是装的，至少能从他的谈吐中看出书没白读。”但斯人已去，空余念想。
A thousand years later today, I too share something of Dongpo’s desolate state of mind. My “high school phantom,” classmate G, once appraised me thus: “He always likes to talk about lofty, high-sounding things.” Alas! The grand delusions of the world are plain to see! Fortunately, classmate Z appraised me differently: “His love for reading isn’t an act; at least from the way he speaks, you can tell the books weren’t read in vain.” But the person has departed, leaving behind only lingering thoughts.
一苇渡江，岁月静好。不如一手刷题，一手写文！苏轼作词也极晚，大抵于黄州感怀人事而作。念昔日《立志应先励志》之文，当时作之时不觉，如今回首，大概尽为真心话，故能打动真心人Y老师。反观今日之世风日下，红文官腔大行其道，我蜷缩于模版与分数之下，失去了与内心交战的勇气，于是作文分愈高而格愈低。
Crossing the river on a single reed while the years remain tranquil. Far better to solve problem sets with one hand and craft prose with the other! Su Shi came to ci poetry late in life, largely composing in Huangzhou to reflect upon the vicissitudes of human affairs. Remembering my essay from the past, “To Establish Ambition One Must First Kindle Will,” I did not realize it at the time, but looking back now, perhaps it was all heartfelt, which was why it could move a teacher of genuine sincerity like Teacher Y. In contrast to today’s deteriorating cultural climate, where ideological rhetoric and official clichés run rampant, I curl up beneath rigid templates and scorecards, having lost the courage to battle with my own heart; consequently, the higher my essay scores climb, the lower their true literary caliber sinks.
“爱自己是终生浪漫的开始。”王尔德君曾如是说。于是我选择用《苇草集》之名记录一个鲜活的十八岁青春，一颗真实澄澈的心。
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance,” as Oscar Wilde once said. And so I chose the name The Reeds Collection to chronicle a vibrant life at eighteen, and a heart both authentic and clear.
现在终于明白，自我的确认与得渡并不在于他人的评价。人生海海，舵手只一。修炼自己不仅是最大的勇气，亦是最大的荣耀。
Now I finally understand that confirming and delivering oneself does not depend on the appraisals of others. In the vast sea of life, there is only one helmsman. To cultivate oneself is not only the greatest courage, but also the greatest glory.
倾听自我吧。
Listen to yourself.
苇草，绝不因风倒向。
A reed never bends merely because the wind blows.