Nature and Landscape — Page 2
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Nature and Landscape — page 2 of 5.
Poems in this hub
Wang Zhihuan On the Stork Tower 登鸛雀樓 Wang Zhihuan’s tower poem turns a sunset and the Yellow River into a desire to see farther, with a note on the transmitted attribution. Liu Yuxi Looking at Lake Dongting 望洞庭 Moonlight smooths Lake Dongting into a vast mirror. Read the changing scale as distant landscape becomes a green shell resting on a silver plate. Li Bai Viewing Heaven’s Gate Mountain 望天門山 A river opens a mountain gateway, and a solitary sail approaches from the sun. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Zhihuan Willows at a Farewell 送別 Willow branches along an imperial waterway reveal repeated departures in Wang Zhihuan’s twenty-character farewell. Liu Yuxi Autumn Poem, I 秋詞二首·其一 Liu Yuxi’s first Autumn Poem, with pinyin and English notes on its argument against autumn sadness and the crane that carries poetic feeling upward. Li Bai Laolao Pavilion 勞勞亭 Spring itself seems reluctant to supply willow branches for another farewell. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Liu Yuxi Bamboo-Branch Song, I 竹枝詞二首·其一 A song drifts across a river under uncertain skies. Discover how a pun on fair weather lets a young speaker wonder whether affection is returned. Li Bai Song of the Moon over Mount Emei 峨眉山月歌 Moonlight and place-names accompany a journey downstream from the Emei region. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Zhihuan A Song at the Farewell Feast 宴詞 A river boat’s departing rhythm meets an impossible plea about shallow water in Wang Zhihuan’s banquet quatrain. Su Shi West Lake in Sunshine and Rain 飲湖上初晴後雨·其二 Su Shi’s West Lake quatrain in Chinese and English, with pinyin and notes on sunshine, misty rain, Xi Shi, and the comparison with light and rich adornment. Su Shi Huichong’s Spring River Scene 惠崇春江晚景·其一 A painted river scene leads beyond visible flowers and ducks to warmth felt in the water. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Liu Zongyuan River Snow 江雪 Birds and travelers disappear from a snowy landscape, leaving one fisherman. Read how repeated absences make that solitary figure newly visible. Su Shi To Liu Jingwen 贈劉景文 Withered lotus and chrysanthemums lead to an unexpectedly affirmative view of the year’s late colors. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Liu Zongyuan An Old Fisherman 漁翁 An unseen fisherman becomes audible among hills and water. Follow all six lines as smoke, song, sunlight, and a drifting boat reshape the scene. Liu Zongyuan After Rain, Walking to the River Ferry 雨晴至江渡 After rain, a walker follows a path uncovered by receding water. Read how driftwood caught high in the trees reveals the force of the vanished flood. Li Qingzhao Ru Meng Ling: The Streamside Pavilion 如夢令·常記溪亭日暮 A remembered evening outing ends with a wrong turn into lotus flowers and a burst of startled wings. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Han Spring Thoughts of Home 春日歸思 Spring blossoms make Wang Han’s traveler imagine singing women and boats on Ruoye Stream, with glosses and notes on the final question. Zhang Xu Peach Blossom Stream 桃花谿 A bridge, a fishing boat, and drifting petals lead Zhang Xu’s speaker to ask where the hidden entrance lies. Liu Zongyuan Banyan Leaves Fall in Liuzhou 柳州二月榕葉落盡偶題 Spring in Liuzhou brings falling leaves instead of familiar renewal. Explore how an unexpected local season deepens the speaker's unsettled feeling. Zhang Xu Keeping a Guest in the Mountains 山行留客 Zhang Xu answers a guest’s fear of rain with a playful reason to remain in the spring mountains. Zhang Xu A Spring Outing Meets Rain 春遊值雨 An evening rain postpones Zhang Xu’s garden outing, and the east wind receives a request to make tomorrow possible. Meng Haoran Viewing Dongting Lake, for Chancellor Zhang 望洞庭湖贈張丞相 The vast lake becomes an indirect request for a way into public service. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Zhang Xu Boating on Clear Stream 清谿泛舟 A weary traveler reaches toward moonlight on a stream in Zhang Xu’s brief poem of an unexpectedly abundant evening. Meng Haoran Climbing Mount Xian with Friends 與諸子登峴山 Visitors to Mount Xian read an old memorial and feel themselves entering the landscape’s succession of generations. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation.