江雪
River Snow
Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元 (773–819)
Sui–Tang · c. 806

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001001 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001001
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 819. 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/江雪 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/liu-zongyuan-river-snow

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千山鳥飛絕，萬徑人蹤滅。
孤舟簑笠翁，獨釣寒江雪。

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千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。
孤舟蓑笠翁，独钓寒江雪。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

A thousand hills, and not a bird in flight;
ten thousand paths, and not a footprint left.
One boat, one old man in a straw cape and hat,
fishing alone in the cold river snow.