逍遥游原文和英译北冥有鱼，其名日鲲。鲲之大，不知其几千里也。化而为鸟，其名而鹏，鹏之背，不知其几千里也；怒而飞，其翼若垂天之云。Inthenorthernoceanthereisafish,calledthek'un,Idonotknowhowmanythousandliinsize.Thisk'unchangesintoabird,calledthep'eng.ItsbackisIdonotknowhowmanythousandliinbreadth.Whenitismoved,itflies,itswingsobscuringtheskylikeclouds.是鸟也，海运则将徙於南冥；南冥者，天池也。《齐谐》者，志怪者也。《谐》之言日：“鹏之徙於南冥也，水击三千里，抟扶摇而上者九万里，去以六月息者也。”Whenonavoyage,thisbirdpreparestostartfortheSouthernOcean,theCelestialLake.AndintheRecordsofMarvelswereadthatwhenthepengfliessouthwards,thewaterissmittenforaspaceofthreethousandliaround,whilethebirditselfmountsuponagreatwindtoaheightofninetythousandli,foraflightofsixmonths'duration.野马也，尘埃也，生物之以息相吹也。天之苍苍，其正色邪？其远而无所至极邪？其视下也，亦若是则已矣。Theremountingaloft,thebirdsawthemovingwhitemistsofspring,thedust-clouds,andthelivingthingsblowingtheirbreathsamongthem.Itwonderedwhethertheblueoftheskywasitsrealcolor,oronlytheresultofdistancewithoutend,andsawthatthethingsonearthappearedthesametoit.且夫水之积也不厚，则其负大舟也无力；覆杯水於坳堂之上，则芥为之舟，置杯焉则胶，水浅而舟大也。Ifthereisnotsufficientdepth,waterwillnotfloatlargeships.Upsetacupfulintoaholeintheyard,andamustard-seedwillbeyourboat.Trytofloatthecup,anditwillbegrounded,duetothedisproportionbetweenwaterandvessel.风之积也不厚，则其负大翼也无力；故九万里，则风斯在下矣，而后乃今培风；背负青天，而莫之夭阏者，而后乃今将图南。Sowithair.Ifthereisnotsufficientadepth,itcannotsupportlargewings.Andforthisbird,adepthofninetythousandliisnecessarytobearitup.Then,glidinguponthewind,withnothingsavetheclearskyabove,andnoobstaclesintheway,itstartsuponitsjourneytothesouth.蜩与学鸠笑之日：我决起而飞，枪榆枋而止，时则不至，而控於地而已矣。奚以之九万里而南为?”适莽苍者,三餐而反,腹犹果然；适百里者,宿舂粮；适千里者,三月聚粮；之二虫,又何知?Acicadaandayoungdovelaughed,saying,"Now,whenIflywithallmymight,'tisasmuchasIcandotogetfromtreetotree.AndsometimesIdonotreach,butfalltothegroundmidway.Whatthencanbetheuseofgoingupninetythousandlitostartforthesouth?"Hewhogoestothecountrysidetakingthreemealswithhimcomesbackwithhisstomachasfullaswhenhestarted.Buthewhotravelsahundredlimusttakegroundriceenoughforanovernightstay.Andhewhotravelsathousandlimustsupplyhimselfwithprovisionsforthreemonths.Thosetwolittlecreatures,whatshouldtheyknow?小知不及大知，小年不及大年。奚以知其然也？朝菌不知晦朔，蟪蛄不知春秋，此小年也。楚之南有冥灵者，以五百岁为春，五百岁为秋；上古有大椿者，以八千岁为春，八千岁为秋。此大年也。而彭祖乃今以久特闻，众人匹之，不亦悲？Smallknowledgehasnotthecompassofgreatknowledgeanymorethanashortyearhasthelengthofalongyear.Howcanwetellthatthisisso?Thefungusplantofamorningknowsnotthealternationofdayandnight.Thecicadaknowsnotthealternationofspringandautumn.Theirsareshortyears.ButinthesouthofChuthereisamingling(tree)whosespringandautumnareeachoffivehundredyears'duration.Andinformerdaystherewasalargetreewhichhadaspringandautumneachofeightthousandyears.Yet,PengTsuisknownforreachingagreatageandisstill,alas!Anobjectofenvytoall!汤之问棘也是已。“穷发之北,有冥海者,天池也。有鱼焉,其广数千里,未有知其修者,其名为鲲有鸟焉,其名为鹏,背若泰山,翼若垂天之云,抟扶摇羊角而上者九万里，绝云气，负青天，然后图南，且适南冥也。”Itwasonthisverysubjectth...
