The virtuous governor of Changzhou,
Appointed from the remonstrance official post.
Heaven and Earth cherish all living things,
The governor's nature aligns with them.
He meets the mountain recluse,
And befriends fish and birds.
Sits with the recluse,
By the North Pavilion Lake.
Commands boatmen,
To steer the vessel.
Rippling water shields and reeds,
Wine's delight guides their course.
They see fishermen catching fish,
The governor grasps the recluse's thought.
Mourns nets ensnaring the innocent,
Suddenly sheds his crimson robe.
Buys all nets, traps, and their catch,
Eels, catfish, carp, and loach.
Slimy, vile, most stubborn fools,
Trout boats recall the Bin Odes.
Their substance slightly nobler,
White spray like snow from bream and carp.
These plump, tender ones are supreme,
Old carp transform, quite mystical.
Thirty-six scales as if painted red,
Water hides deep caves with dragons.
Bait not for dragons, just lacking perch,
A mixed crowd of thousands.
Lives hang by a thread,
Heaven's will answers the governor.
The governor saves them all,
One by one into deep springs.
Leaping free, no more confined,
Gaining water, vie to dart.
Movements bizarre and strange,
Some pierce through algae out.
Some break waves to rush,
Some wag tails, solitary.
Some raise fins, joyful,
Some like orioles shuttle.
Some like snakes hold pearls,
Scatter slowly, seen no more.
Islands vainly winding,
Mandarins, gulls, ducks.
Joyful watch, competing calls,
Small shrimp also celebrate.
Shoreline shaking their whiskers,
Thus know greed for life not just fools.
Pitiful thousands of lives,
Nearly made minced gut filling.
If nurturing sage's truth,
Boiling dragon marrow dare I spare?
Pain like people now,
All are fish eating fish.
Clans indulge devouring,
Brute force, no kin nor stranger.
Clearly the governor's heart,
Wishes not to cheat creatures.
Shore insects both given life,
No intent kill this, spare that, use thieves.
Also recalls Clear River Envoy,
Wrongly met by Yu Ju.
Holy turtle seventy divinations,
Not match mud-dwelling loach.
Alas, entrusted to unworthy,
Five organs breed冤讐.
If when governor in charge,
Sacred thing kept not caged.
No doubt and no divination,
How could two flatter?
If two indeed flatter,
I know heart suffers punishment.
Ritual values a grass or tree,
Yi hexagram calls Zhong Fu.
Also says hook not net,
Also says keep far kitchen.
Thus benevolent man's intent,
Governor fully matches.
Once Duke of Lu viewed Tang, rejected admonition,
Thus Confucius贬而書.
Now governor loves life,
Virtue moistens people's hearts.
Who for governor one praise?
Governor comes from above.
Virtue wind like grass spreads,
Robes, rites rise and fall.
Common folk减暴租,
Bullies not bullies.
Widows, orphans not widows, orphans,
Opened ancient Meng Du thirty li.
Four thousand qing mud pits become fertile,
Governor sees it all as none.
Court sparrows chirp, cannot sit,
Lake上拔茭植芙蕖.
Shengye Manor, two monks,
Often sit facing, discuss真如.
Thus tell ten thousand天子事,
Blessing power应与刺史俱.
Heaven rains mandala flowers knee-deep,
Forty thousand pearl necklaces pile high tower.
Here strange, wondrous,不可会,
But admire governor's仁有余.
Governor orders attendants and house slaves,
Careful not背我沈毒钩.
Think fish承奉刺史仁,
Deep remote place, far roam.
Governor's post small,
Teaching not yet spread.
First, do not approach people,
Wicked men唯口腴.
First, do not leave borders,
Four realms many nets.
Deeply wound governor's heart,
Lose your卑微躯.