次北固山下
Mooring Below Beigu Hill
Wang Wan 王灣 (c. 693–c. 751)
Sui–Tang · c. 712

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Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died around 751. 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/次北固山下 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/wang-wan-mooring-below-beigu-hill

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客路青山外，行舟綠水前。
潮平兩岸闊，風正一帆懸。
海日生殘夜，江春入舊年。
鄉書何處達，歸雁洛陽邊。

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客路青山外，行舟绿水前。
潮平两岸阔，风正一帆悬。
海日生残夜，江春入旧年。
乡书何处达，归雁洛阳边。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

The traveller's road runs on past the green hills;
my boat goes forward over green water.
The tide is level, the two banks wide;
the wind is fair, and a single sail hangs.
The sea sun is born from the last of the night;
the river spring comes into the old year.
Where will my letter home arrive?
The homing geese fly toward Luoyang.