Poem by Yan Fang in running-standard script

The poem on this album leaf, titled On Stopping for the Evening at Deer Gate Mountain, was composed by the Tang-dynasty poet Yan Fang (early-mid-8th century). In his postscript, Bada Shanren states explicitly that he wrote this leaf to "copy" the style of the Ming-dynasty calligrapher Wang Chong (1494-1533), also known as Yayi Shanren; however, the running-standard script Bada employed here has no stylistic precedent among Wang's known works. Bada's usage of the word "copying" is problematic and clearly means something other than the usual definition--perhaps something more along the lines of "inspired by." The opening and closing section of Yan Fang's eighteen-line poem may be translated as follows:

The place Pang Gong went to seek reclusion,
Is as hard to find as footprints on the waves.
My drifting boat arrives before nightfall,
I grip my walking stick and take a stroll,
Between double cliffs, the Deer Gate opens,
A hundred winding valleys heaped with gems.
Wandering abroad, I do not flee the world,
But seek the Dao to save my youthful face;
How can one follow cleverness and cunning,
Grab and contend for an awl's-tip of space?

(Translation by Stephen D. Allee)