山居秋暝
Autumn Evening in the Mountains
Wang Wei 王維 (c. 699–761)
Sui–Tang · mid-8th century

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Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 761. 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/山居秋暝 (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-wei-autumn-evening-in-the-mountains

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空山新雨後，天氣晚來秋。
明月松間照，清泉石上流。
竹喧歸浣女，蓮動下漁舟。
隨意春芳歇，王孫自可留。

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空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。
明月松间照，清泉石上流。
竹喧归浣女，莲动下渔舟。
随意春芳歇，王孙自可留。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

In the empty mountains after new rain,
the evening air feels like autumn.
The bright moon shines between the pines,
the clear spring flows over the stones.
The bamboo rustles: the washerwomen are going home;
the lotus stirs: a fishing boat is coming down.
Let the flowers of spring fade as they will;
a gentleman may stay here still.