Bai Juyi? Tang dynasty
There is a glimmer of green in the old bottle and a hint of red in the quiet stove.
With dusk and snow coming, how about a glass of wine?
Rhyme translation
The newly brewed rice wine is green and fragrant; A small red mud stove is burning crimson.
It's getting dark and snow is coming. Can I have a cup of hot wine in my humble place?
Free translation
My newly brewed rice wine has not been filtered, and there is a layer of green bubbles on the surface of the wine, which smells good. A small red mud stove for scalding wine is also ready.
It's cloudy. It seems to snow at night. Can you stay and have a drink with me?
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Liu Shijiu: In the poems left by Bai Juyi, there are not many references to Liu Shijiu, only two sentences. But there are many references to Liu's twenty-eight or twenty-eight ambassadors. Liu 28th is Liu Yuxi. Liu Shijiu is his cousin Liu Yutong, a wealthy businessman in Luoyang, who often associates with Bai Juyi.
Green ant refers to the green foam floating on the newly brewed unfiltered rice wine. Fermented grains (pēi): brewing.
There is a ray of green in the old bottle: the wine is newly brewed. When the new wine is not filtered, there is wine residue floating on the wine surface, which is slightly green and as fine as ants, and is called "green ants".
Xue: It's snowing. It is used as a verb here.
Nothing: a modal particle expressing doubt, which is equivalent to "Yao" or "Mo".