予观乎巴陵胜状,在洞庭一湖。衔远山,吞长江,浩浩汤汤,横无际涯;朝晖夕阴,气象万千。· I have found that the finest sights of Baling are concentrated in the region of Lake Dongting. Dongting,nibbling at the distant hills and gulping down the Yangtze River,strikes all beholders as vast and infinite. With morning sunlight and evening clouds,it presents a scene of boundless variety.