問劉十九
A Question for Liu the Nineteenth
Bai Juyi 白居易 (772–846)
Sui–Tang · c. 817

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Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 846. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/問劉十九 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/bai-juyi-a-question-for-liu-the-nineteenth

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綠螘新醅酒，紅泥小火爐。
晚來天欲雪，能飲一杯無？

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绿蚁新醅酒，红泥小火炉。
晚来天欲雪，能饮一杯无？

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

Green-flecked new wine, fresh from the vat;
a little red clay stove.
Evening is coming and it looks like snow:
could you manage a cup, or not?