登幽州臺歌
Song on Climbing the Youzhou Terrace
Chen Zi’ang 陳子昂 (661–702)
Sui–Tang · 696

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001017 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001017
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 702. 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/登幽州臺歌 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/chen-ziang-song-on-the-youzhou-terrace

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前不見古人，
後不見來者。
念天地之悠悠，
獨愴然而涕下。

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前不见古人，
后不见来者。
念天地之悠悠，
独怆然而涕下。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

Before me, I cannot see the ancients;
after me, I cannot see those still to come.
Thinking how vast and long are heaven and earth,
alone, I am moved, and my tears fall.