飲酒·其五
Drinking Wine (V)
Tao Yuanming 陶淵明 (c. 365–427)
Six Dynasties · early 5th century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001013 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001013
Rights: Jin dynasty poem; the author died in 427. 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/飲酒二十首 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/tao-yuanming-drinking-wine-5

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結廬在人境，
而無車馬喧。
問君何能爾？
心遠地自偏。
採菊東籬下，
悠然見南山。
山氣日夕佳，
飛鳥相與還。
此中有真意，
欲辯已忘言。

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结庐在人境，
而无车马喧。
问君何能尔？
心远地自偏。
采菊东篱下，
悠然见南山。
山气日夕佳，
飞鸟相与还。
此中有真意，
欲辩已忘言。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

I built my hut among the homes of men
and hear no noise of carriages and horses.
You ask how this can be?
When the heart is far, the place grows remote of itself.
I pick chrysanthemums by the eastern hedge
and, at ease, see the southern hill.
The mountain air is fine at dusk,
the birds fly home together.
In this there is a true meaning;
I want to explain it, and have already forgotten the words.