瀟湘

瀟湘

1. (literary) (the deep and clear) Xiang River

   • 帝之二女居之，是常遊于江淵，澧沅之風，交瀟湘之淵。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     帝之二女居之，是常游于江渊，澧沅之风，交潇湘之渊。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas

     Dì zhī èr nǚ jū zhī, shì cháng yóu yú Jiāng yuān, Lǐ Yuán zhī fēng, jiāo Xiāoxiāng zhī yuān. [Pinyin]

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2. (literary) A collective name for the Xiang and Xiao Rivers in modern-day Hunan.

   • 然則北通巫峽，南極瀟湘，遷客騷人，多會於此，覽物之情，得無異乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     然则北通巫峡，南极潇湘，迁客骚人，多会于此，览物之情，得无异乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1046, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記

     Ránzé běi tōng Wūxiá, nán jí Xiāoxiāng, qiānkè sāorén, duō huì yú cǐ, lǎnwù zhī qíng, déwú yì hū? [Pinyin]

     Since it has access to Gorge Wu up north and River Xiao/Xiang down south, banished officials and sentimental poets regularly meet here. How could their reactions not be different to various sights here?

3. (literary, metonymic) Hunan

   • 五載客蜀郡，一年居梓州；如何關塞阻，轉作瀟湘遊。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     五载客蜀郡，一年居梓州；如何关塞阻，转作潇湘游。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century, Du Fu, 去蜀

     Wǔ zǎi kè Shǔ Jùn, yī nián jū Zǐzhōu; rúhé guānsài zǔ, zhuǎn zuò Xiāoxiāng yóu. [Pinyin]

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瀟湘

1. (Cantonese, of women) slender; slim