自黄牛滩东入西陵界至峡口,一百许里。山水纡曲,而两岸高山重嶂,非日中夜半,不见日月。绝壁或千许丈,其石彩色形容,多所象类。林木高茂,略尽冬春。猿鸣至清,山谷传响,泠泠不绝。所谓三峡,此其一也。常闻峡中水疾,书记及口传悉以临惧相戒,曾无称有山水之美也。及余来践跻此境,既至欣然,始信耳闻之不如亲见矣。其叠崿秀峰,奇构异形,固难以辞叙。林木萧森,离离蔚蔚,乃在霞气之表,仰瞩俯映,弥习弥佳。流连信宿,不觉忘返,目所履历,未尝有也。既自欣得此奇观,山水有灵亦当惊知己于千古矣。 Since the Yellow Cattle East into the Xiling boundary Xiakou, a hundred or so. Landscape song, and the two sides of the mountains re-Chung, non-mid-night, not seen the sun and the moon. Cliff or thousands of feet, the color of stone to describe, more like a class. Tall forest, a little winter and spring. Ape Ming clear to the valley ring, Ling never Ling. The so-called Three Gorges, this one also. Often smell the water in the gorge, secretary and mouth to the fear of phase ring, there is no saying that the beauty of landscape also. And I came to practice in this territory, even happy, I heard the first letter heard less than pro. Its superimposed Xiu Feng, odd shape, solid difficult speech. Hsiao Sen trees, from the Wei Wei, is in the table of Xia gas, Yang Yin Peng Ying, Mi Mi Jia Mi. Lost and found, forget to return, Head experience, there is no taste too. Not only since the wonders of this spectacle, landscapes also should be surprised when in the ages.