Tessen with poem by Wang Yang Ming

[Graybadger]

The attached photo shows my Japanese tessen (iron-bound folding fan) with dark brown paper and gold calligraphy of a poem by Chinese neo-Confucian scholar/poet Wang Yang Ming.  My first question: Can anyone tell me if this poem is well-known, and a title?  I have made an attempt at translation, shown in the images,  but I would appreciate any input or corrections you may offer.  Thank you.

-Greg

 

[Graybadger]

Proposed translation

[SteveM]

Heavily, heavily reliant on Japanese translations of the original Chinese text. 

 

泛海

 

險夷原不滞胸中
何異浮雲過太空
夜静海濤三萬里
月明飛錫下天風

 

Floating/Drifting on the Sea

 

Be still of heart, whether the circumstances are troubling or favorable

for these things are like the passing of a cloud. 

Just as the priest with his staff controlled the winds and sailed on the moonlight to arrive at his destination*,

so too will I, even though the distance may be 30,000 miles across the sea. 

 

*This is an allusion to a Chinese monk/hero Bao Zhi of the Liang dynasty. 

[Kiipu]

Dialing 1-800-@BANGBANGSAN.

[Graybadger]

Thank you Steve M !

Are you indicating that this poem is known by the title:  泛海  ?

-Greg

[Graybadger]

For those who may be interested, here is a photo of the front of this tessen.  The characters indicate (roughly), "Heaven and Earth possess Spirit" and "High integrity is a virtuous achievement."

[SteveM]

1 hour ago, Graybadger said:

Are you indicating that this poem is known by the title:  泛海  ?

Yes

[BANGBANGSAN]

17 hours ago, Kiipu said:

Dialing 1-800-@BANGBANGSAN.

王守仁 also referred to as 王陽明

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Yangming