The first two sentences of the poem "Snow on the River" are neatly contrasted, such as "thousands of mountains" versus "ten thousand paths", and "birds flying away" versus "human traces are gone"
Jiang Snow
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
Author: Liu Zongyuan
Original text:
Thousands of mountains and birds have disappeared, and thousands of people have disappeared.
A man in a lone boat with a coir raincoat fishing fishing alone in the snow in the cold river.
Translation
On all the mountains, the birds are all cut off; on all the roads, there is no trace of human beings.
In a lone boat on the river, the fisherman wears a raincoat and a hat; fishing alone, he is not afraid of ice and snow.