登鸛雀樓
On Stork Tower
Wang Zhihuan 王之渙 (688–742)
Sui–Tang · early 8th century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001019 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001019
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died in 742. 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/登鸛雀樓_(王之渙) (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-zhihuan-on-stork-tower

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白日依山盡，黃河入海流。
欲窮千里目，更上一層樓。

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白日依山尽，黄河入海流。
欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

The white sun sinks behind the mountains;
the Yellow River flows into the sea.
To see a thousand li further,
climb one more storey of the tower.