Tang Yun唐韵

No. 49 · Five-character quatrain

江雪

River Snow

Jiāng Xuě

by Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元 · 773 – 819

  • Winter
  • Solitude
  • Fishing
千山鸟飞绝A thousand mountains: birds have flown away.
万径人踪灭Ten thousand paths: no trace of a person.
孤舟蓑笠翁One boat, an old man in a straw cape and hat,
独钓寒江雪fishing alone in the snow of the cold river.