No. 16 · Tang poem · seven-character regulated verse第 16 首 · 唐诗 · 七言律诗

dēng登gāo高

dù杜fǔ甫Du Fu · Tang唐

Climbing High

fēng风jí急tiān天gāo高yuán猿xiào啸āi哀

zhǔ渚qīng清shā沙bái白niǎo鸟fēi飞huí回

wú无biān边luò落mù木xiāo萧xiāo萧xià下

bú不jìn尽cháng长jiāng江gǔn滚gǔn滚lái来

wàn万lǐ里bēi悲qiū秋cháng常zuò作kè客

bǎi百nián年duō多bìng病dú独dēng登tái台

jiān艰nán难kǔ苦hèn恨fán繁shuāng霜bìn鬓

liáo潦dǎo倒xīn新tíng停zhuó浊jiǔ酒bēi杯

Underlined words have notes: tap one. The Pinyin button below shows or hides all pinyin. 一 and 不 are marked with the tone you actually say.字下有虚线的，点开有注释。下方的“拼音”按钮可以显示或隐藏全部拼音。“一”“不”标的是实际读出来的变调。

The commonly taught text uses the modern characters for yuán (ape), gǔn gǔn (rolling) and bēi (cup). The source text writes all three with older or variant forms; the sounds and meanings are the same.

通行本首句作“猿”，第四句作“滚滚”，末句作“杯”。这里的底本作“猨”“衮衮”“桮”，都是古写或通用写法，读音和意思相同。

Line by line逐句翻译

风急天高猿啸哀The wind is fierce, the sky is high, and the apes cry mournfully;风很急，天很高，猿猴的叫声很凄凉，
渚清沙白鸟飞回the islet is clear, the sand is white, and birds circle overhead.沙洲清清，沙子白白，鸟儿在空中盘旋。
无边落木萧萧下Endless leaves fall rustling down,无边无际的树林里，落叶萧萧地飘下，
不尽长江滚滚来and the endless Yangtze comes rolling on.望不到头的长江，滚滚地奔流而来。
万里悲秋常作客Ten thousand li from home, sad in autumn, I am forever a stranger;离家万里，在悲凉的秋天里，我长年漂泊在外，
百年多病独登台old and full of illness, I climb the height alone.一身是病，到了晚年，独自登上高台。
艰难苦恨繁霜鬓Hard times, and bitter regret, have frosted my temples white;艰难困苦，最恨的是两鬓白发越来越多，
潦倒新停浊酒杯worn down and out of luck, I have just had to give up my cup of cloudy wine.衰老失意，偏偏又刚戒了解愁的浊酒。

Words字词注释

猿啸哀yuán xiào āi: yuán xiào āi: the apes cry sadly. Many apes lived around the Three Gorges, and their cries sounded mournful.猿啸哀：猿猴的叫声很凄凉。三峡一带猿多，叫声悲哀。
渚zhǔ: zhǔ: a little island of sand in the river.渚：水中的小块陆地，小沙洲。
飞回fēi huí: fēi huí: circling in the air.飞回：在空中盘旋。
落木luò mù: luò mù: falling leaves.落木：落叶。
萧萧xiāo xiāo: xiāo xiāo: the rustling sound of falling leaves.萧萧：树叶落下的声音。
滚滚gǔn gǔn: gǔn gǔn: the river rolling and surging on.滚滚：江水翻腾奔流的样子。
万里wàn lǐ: wàn lǐ: ten thousand li, very far from home.万里：离家乡很远很远。
悲秋bēi qiū: bēi qiū: feeling sad in autumn.悲秋：面对秋天感到悲伤。
常作客cháng zuò kè: cháng zuò kè: always living away from home as a stranger.常作客：长年漂泊在外，住在别人的地方。
百年bǎi nián: bǎi nián: a whole life, here meaning old age.百年：一辈子，这里指晚年。
登台dēng tái: dēng tái: to climb a high place.登台：登上高处。
艰难jiān nán: jiān nán: hard times, for himself and for the country.艰难：生活困苦，也指国家多难。
苦恨kǔ hèn: kǔ hèn: to regret bitterly.苦恨：非常遗憾、痛恨。
繁霜鬓fán shuāng bìn: fán shuāng bìn: more and more white hair at the temples, as if covered in frost.繁霜鬓：鬓角的白发越来越多，像落满了霜。
潦倒liáo dǎo: liáo dǎo: worn down, old and out of luck.潦倒：衰老失意，不得志。
新停xīn tíng: xīn tíng: just stopped. Because of illness, Du Fu had just given up wine.新停：最近刚刚停止。杜甫因为生病，那时刚戒了酒。
浊酒zhuó jiǔ: zhuó jiǔ: cloudy, unfiltered wine.浊酒：没过滤的、比较浑的酒。

How to read it读音

潦liáo: In liáo dǎo (worn down), the first character is read liáo, not lǎo.“潦倒”的“潦”读 liáo，不读 lǎo。

Background创作背景

Du Fu wrote this poem in the autumn of 767 in Kuizhou. Kuizhou is today's Fengjie in Chongqing, by the Three Gorges of the Yangtze. On the Double Ninth Festival that year, when people climbed hills, he climbed up alone to look far out. He was fifty-six, had wandered for years, was often ill, and had just given up wine. Looking at the autumn scene around him, he wrote this poem.

这首诗是唐代宗大历二年（767年）秋天，杜甫在夔州写的。夔州就是今天重庆的奉节，在长江三峡边上。那年重阳节，杜甫独自登高望远。他已经五十六岁，漂泊多年，身体多病，又刚戒了酒。看着满眼秋景，他写下了这首诗。

The poet作者

Du Fu (712–770) was a great Tang poet, called the Sage of Poetry. He lived through the An Lushan Rebellion, fled from place to place, and saw the suffering of his country and its people. In his last years he drifted by boat along the Yangtze, and stayed nearly two years in Kuizhou, where he wrote many poems. Climbing High is the most famous of them.

杜甫（712—770），唐代大诗人，被称为“诗圣”。他一生经历了安史之乱，到处逃难，看尽了国家和百姓的苦难。晚年他坐船沿长江漂泊，在夔州住了将近两年，写了很多诗，这首《登高》是其中最有名的一首。

The mood意境

The first four lines show the autumn view from the height. Fierce wind, high sky, crying apes, white sand, circling birds: each line packs in several things, full of sound and colour. Lines three and four are the grandest. Endless leaves fall rustling down, and the endless Yangtze comes rolling on. The leaves make us think of life slowly growing old; the river makes us think of time flowing for ever. The last four lines turn to himself. Far from home, in sad autumn, always wandering. Old and ill, he climbs the height all alone. His white hair keeps spreading, and he cannot even drown his sorrow in wine any more. The scene is huge, the feeling is deep, and sadness piles on sadness. The Ming scholar Hu Yinglin called it the finest seven-character regulated poem of all time.

前四句写登高看到的秋景。急风、高天、猿叫、白沙、飞鸟，一句里塞进好几样东西，又有声音又有颜色。三四句气势最大：落叶无边无际地飘下，长江一眼望不到头地涌来。落叶让人想到生命一点点老去，江水让人想到时间永远在流。后四句写自己：离家万里，又是悲凉的秋天，常年漂泊；一身是病，还是孤零零一个人登高。白发越来越多，连借酒消愁都不行了。景大、情深，悲伤一层压一层。明代学者胡应麟称它是古今七言律诗第一。