Gold money buy obtain spare knife scar, Hear path birds fish also feel kindness. Good depart long river thousand ten-thousand inside, Not have bitter go-up dragon gate.
Literal Word
Release Fish (Wuchang Written)
Money ransom get exempt knife scar, Hear path birds fish and feel thankful. Bon Voyage! Yangtze River countless miles, Not must with-much-toil go-up-to Longmen.
* Wuchang is a district in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, at the intersection of the Yangtze & Han Rivers. * Longmen is a county in Huizhou, Guandong, southern China.
Poetic Translation
Literal Character
Release Fish (Military Good Work)
Gold money buy obtain spare knife scar,
Hear path birds fish also feel kindness.
Good depart long river thousand ten-thousand inside,
Not have bitter go-up dragon gate.
Literal Word
Release Fish (Wuchang Written)
Money ransom get exempt knife scar,
Hear path birds fish and feel thankful.
Bon Voyage! Yangtze River countless miles,
Not must with-much-toil go-up-to Longmen.
* Wuchang is a district in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, at the intersection of the Yangtze & Han Rivers.
* Longmen is a county in Huizhou, Guandong, southern China.