– by Su Shi (Song Dynasty)
On the night of the twelfth day of the tenth month in the sixth year of Yuanfeng, I had just taken off my clothes and was about to sleep when the moonlight shone through my door. Delighted, I got up and went for a walk. Thinking there was no one to share this joy with, I went to Chengtian Temple to look for Zhang Huaimin. Huaimin had not yet gone to bed either, so we strolled together in the courtyard.
Beneath us, the courtyard seemed filled with clear, still water – so luminous and transparent that it looked like a pool reflecting the sky. In it, crisscrossing strands of algae and waterweeds appeared to drift – but these were, in fact, only the shadows of bamboo and pine trees.
Which night lacks moonlight? Where can’t you find bamboo and pines? It’s just that few people have the leisure – and the spirit – of the two of us.
《记承天寺夜游》宋·苏轼
元丰六年十月十二日夜，解衣欲睡，月色入户，欣然起行。念无与为乐者，遂至承天寺寻张怀民。怀民亦未寝，相与步于中庭。
庭下如积水空明，水中藻荇交横，盖竹柏影也。何夜无月？何处无竹柏？但少闲人如吾两人者耳。
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