1. The wind is desolate at the end of the year, and the snow is shining all the time. There is no sound in my ears, and my eyes are clear. ——Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty, "Written in the middle of the twelfth month of Guimao year and respect my younger brother"
Translation: The cold wind at the end of the year is cold, and the sky is dark and snowy all day long. Listening carefully, there is no sound, looking outside is already bright and clear.
2. Birds in thousands of mountains have disappeared, and all traces of people have disappeared. A man with a coir raincoat in a lone boat, fishing alone in the snow in the cold river. ——"Jiang Xue" by Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: There are no traces of birds in the thousands of mountains and ridges; there are no traces of pedestrians in the thousands of roads. On a lonely boat, a fisherman wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat was fishing alone in the wind and snow.
3. All the frozen springs have been swallowed, and I feel the cold even more. ——Liu Jia of the Tang Dynasty, "Bitter Cold Song"
Translation: All the spring water seems to be choked by the cold weather. If I come to write poems to express my mood, it will only make the cold worse.
4. The clouds are low in the evening, and the snow is dancing in the wind. ——Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, "Confronting the Snow"
Translation: The clouds are low in the dusk, and the falling snowflakes are dancing and swirling in the wind.
5. The cold wind destroys the trees, and the frost freezes the orchids in the garden. ——Han Dynasty Yuefu Ancient Poetry "Ancient Poetry Written by Jiao Zhongqing's Wife"
Translation: The cold wind broke the trees, and the white orchids in the yard were covered with thick frost.