1. quatrains
Tang Dynasty: Du Fu
Two orioles sang green willows, and a row of egrets rose to the sky.
The window contains autumn snow in Xiling, and the Dongwu Wan Li boat is moored at the gate.
translation
Two orioles are chirping among the green willows, and a row of egrets are flying straight into the blue sky. Sitting by the window, you can see the snow in Xiling for thousands of years, and the Wan Li ship from Soochow is moored at the door.
2. Looking at the snow in the lake pavilion
Ming Dynasty: Zhang Dai
In December of the fifth year of Chongzhen, I lived in the West Lake. The snow fell for many days, and the noise of the pedestrians and birds in the lake disappeared. This evening around eight o'clock, I held a small boat, dressed in a fur coat, with a stove, and went to the lake pavilion to see the snow. The ice flowers are filled with the sky, the sky and the water, and the sky is pure white. The shadow of the lake, only a trace of long beach, a little of the outline of the lake, and my boat, two or three of the boat people in the boat.
On the pavilion, two people sat opposite each other with blankets, and a boy's shochu stove was boiling. Seeing Yu overjoyed, he said, "How can there be such a person in the lake?" Pull me together and drink with me. I tried to drink three large cups of wine, and then said goodbye to them. Ask their last name, is the Nanjing people, in this place guest. When waiting for the boat, the boatman murmured, " don't say your Excellency, you idiot, and a man like you crazy!" ！ ”
Translation:
In December of the fifth year of Chongzhen, I lived by the West Lake. It snowed heavily for days, and there were no tourists in the lake, even the sound of birds disappeared. At the first watch of the day, I walked alone to the lake pavilion to see the snow with a small boat, wearing a fine fur coat and a stove.
the lake is filled with ice flowers, and the sky and clouds and mountains and water are integrated into one mass, making it a vast expanse of whiteness. The shadow on the lake is only the trace of a long dike, the outline of a pavilion in the middle of the lake, and two or three figures in my boat.
When I arrived at the pavilion in the middle of the lake, I saw two people laying blankets and sitting opposite each other. A boy was boiling the wine in the wine stove. When they saw me, they were very happy and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a leisurely person in the lake!" " So he took me to drink with him.
I drank three glasses of wine to my heart's content and then said goodbye to them. Ask their surnames and learn that they are from Jinling and live here. When we got off the boat, the boatman murmured, "Don't say that" xianggong "is stupid, and there are people as stupid as" xianggong "!"
3. Night snow
Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
was stunned that his pillow was cold, and the window was bright again.
I know the snow is heavy at night, and I can hear the sound of bamboo breaking.
Translation
I was surprised that the sleeping pillow was covered with ice, and I saw the window illuminated by the light from the snow.
I knew it was snowing heavily late at night because I could hear the sound of snow crushing bamboo branches from time to time.
4. Xuemei I
Song Dynasty: Lu Meipo
Mei Xue refused to surrender for the sake of spring, and the poet stopped writing and commented on the chapter.
Mei Xuxun's snow is three points white, but the snow loses a piece of plum fragrance.
Translation
Both plum blossom and snowflake think that they have occupied all the spring scenery, and no one will admit defeat. It is difficult for literati to comment on it, so they have to stop writing and think about it.
Plum blossoms make snowflakes crystal white, but snowflakes lose to plum blossoms.
5, except for the night snow
Song Dynasty: Lu You
The north wind blows snow at the beginning of the fourth watch, Jiarui Tianjiao and Nianchu.
Half a lamp of Tu Su has not been lifted yet, and the grass in front of the lamp writes peach symbols.
Translation
At the beginning of the fourth watch, the north wind brought a heavy snow; The snow that God gave us just arrived on New Year's Eve, which indicates a bumper harvest in the coming year. Before the glass half full of Tu Su wine could be raised to celebrate the New Year, I was writing the peach symbol of welcoming the Spring with grass in the light.