過故人莊
Visiting an Old Friend’s Farm
Meng Haoran 孟浩然 (689–740)
Sui–Tang · early 8th century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001022 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001022
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 740. 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/過故人莊 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/meng-haoran-visiting-an-old-friends-farm

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故人具雞黍，邀我至田家。
綠樹村邊合，青山郭外斜。
開筵面場圃，把酒話桑麻。
待到重陽日，還來就菊花。

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故人具鸡黍，邀我至田家。
绿树村边合，青山郭外斜。
开筵面场圃，把酒话桑麻。
待到重阳日，还来就菊花。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

My old friend made chicken and millet
and invited me to his farmhouse.
Green trees close around the village;
blue hills slant beyond the town wall.
We set out the meal facing the threshing ground
and over wine talk of mulberry and hemp.
When the Double Ninth comes round,
I will come back for the chrysanthemums.