1, Yexue
Bai Juyi [Tang Dynasty]
This night, the pillow was ice, which surprised me. I saw the light snow outside the window.
It's late at night until it snows heavily, because you can hear the sound of bamboo branches breaking from time to time.
Translation:
At night, my pillow froze. I was surprised. I saw the window lit up by the snow.
I know it snows heavily at night, because I can hear the sound of snow pressing bamboo branches from time to time.
2. Listen to the night flute from the wall of Shouxiang.
Li Yi [Tang Dynasty]
Before returning to Lefeng, the sand was like snow, and the moon outside the city was like frost.
I don't know where the bleak reed flute blows and I look at my hometown all night.
Translation:
The sand is as white as snow before returning to Lefeng, and the moonlight outside the city is like late autumn frost.
I don't know where the bleak reed flute blows, which makes the soldiers who go to war miss their hometown all night.
3. Insert a song
Lu Lun [Tang Dynasty]
That night, the black geese flew very high, and Khan quietly escaped during the night.
I was about to lead the light cavalry to catch up when the snow fell full of bows and knives.
Translation:
In the dead of night, dark clouds covered the moon, and the geese on the horizon flew in surprise. Khan's army tried to sneak away at night.
Just as I wanted to lead the light cavalry to chase all the way, the heavy snow fell on the bow and knife.
4. The owner of Furong Mountain stays in the snow.
Liu Changqing [Tang Dynasty]
The setting sun is far away, the weather is cold and the house is poor.
Chai Men heard dogs barking and went home on a snowy night.
Translation:
When dusk falls on the mountain, it feels more and more distant. When the weather is colder, the thatched cottage looks more lonely.
There was a sudden barking outside Chai Men. It turns out that someone braved the heavy snow to go home.
5. Jiang Xue
Liu Zongyuan [Tang Dynasty]
There are no birds flying over those mountains, and there are no traces of people in those paths.
A boat on the river, a fisherman wearing his webworm moth; Fishing alone is not afraid of snow and ice.
Translation:
On all the mountains, birds are gone, and on all the roads, there are no traces of people.
On a lonely boat on the river, an old man in a bamboo hat was fishing alone on the cold river covered with heavy snow.