終南望餘雪
Looking at the Lingering Snow on Zhongnan
Zu Yong 祖詠 (c. 699–c. 746)
Sui–Tang · c. 724

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001028 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001028
Rights: Tang dynasty poem; the author died around 746. 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/終南望餘雪 (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/zu-yong-lingering-snow-on-zhongnan

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終南陰嶺秀，積雪浮雲端。
林表明霽色，城中增暮寒。

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终南阴岭秀，积雪浮云端。
林表明霁色，城中增暮寒。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

The north ridges of Zhongnan are lovely;
the drifted snow floats above the clouds.
At the edge of the woods the clearing sky is bright;
in the city the evening cold grows deeper.