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Poetry

Climbing the Leyou Plateau

李商隐 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

Toward evening my mood is out of sorts; I drive the carriage up to the ancient plain. The setting sun is boundlessly fine— it is only that dusk is near.

登乐游原

Idiom

To Know Autumn from a Single Leaf

传统表达 · classical sources · four-character fixed expression

to infer a broader change from one early sign

一叶知秋

Poetry

On the Ninth Day of the Ninth Month, Remembering My Brothers

王维 · Tang dynasty · seven-character quatrain

Alone in another region, a stranger there, at every festival I think of my kin twice as much. From far off I know my brothers are on the heights, and where all wear dogwood, one man is missing.

九月九日忆山东兄弟

Poetry

Gazing at the Remaining Snow on Zhongnan

祖咏 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

The northern ridge of Zhongnan stands out fine; its banked snow floats at the edge of the clouds. Above the treetops the clearing sky brightens, and in the city the evening cold increases.

终南望余雪

Poetry

Quiet Night Thoughts

李白 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

Moonlight before my bed— I take it for frost upon the ground. I lift my head and gaze at the bright moon; I lower it, thinking of home.

静夜思

Poetry

Deer Enclosure

王维 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

On the empty mountain no one is seen, yet the sound of human voices carries. Returning light enters the deep wood and shines once more on the green moss.

鹿柴