It was on the eighth day after my discovery of Xishan that I walked twohundred bu northwest of the mountain pass and found Gumu Pond. Uponhiking another twenty five bu to the west of the pond, I came upon a fishingdike where the water was deep and the current swift. Overhanging the dikewas a hillock grown wild with trees and bamboos. Upon it, countless bouldersprotruded out of the earth, some standing erect, and some lying prone onthe ground. They vied with one another in displaying their strange shapes. It was on the eighth day after my discovery of Xishan that I walked twohundred bu northwest of the mountain pass and found Gumu Pond. Uponhiking another twenty five bu to the west of the pond, I came upon a fishingdike where the water was deep and the After it, countless bouldersprotruded out of the earth, some standing erect, and some lying prone onthe ground. They vied with one another in displaying their strange shapes.