Tang poem · five-character quatrain唐诗 · 五言绝句
liú刘cháng长qīng卿Liu Changqing · Tang唐
Staying with the Master of Furong Mountain in the Snow
rì日mù暮cāng苍shān山yuǎn远
tiān天hán寒bái白wū屋pín贫
chái柴mén门wén闻quǎn犬fèi吠
fēng风xuě雪yè夜guī归rén人
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The title means: caught in the snow, staying at the home of a master on Furong Mountain. Night fell while the poet was on the road, and heavy snow began. He had to ask for shelter at a house in the mountains. Where Furong Mountain was is not agreed. Some say Hunan, others Fujian or somewhere else. We do not know exactly when the poem was written either. One view says Liu Changqing wrote it while passing through the mountains after being sent away to a lower post.
题目的意思是：遇上下雪，借住在芙蓉山一位主人家里。诗人赶路时天黑了，又下起大雪，只好在山里一户人家借宿。芙蓉山在哪里，说法不一，有人说在湖南，有人说在福建或别的地方。这首诗写作的具体时间也不清楚，一说是刘长卿被贬官、路过山区时写的。
Liu Changqing, also called Wenfang, was a Tang poet. Sources disagree about when he was born and died. As an official he was twice sent away to lower posts, and his life was not easy. He was especially good at five-character poems and was called "the Great Wall of five-character verse", meaning his poems in that form were as strong and grand as the Great Wall. His poems often show cold, quiet scenes, and this one is a famous example.
刘长卿，字文房，唐代诗人，生卒年说法不一。他做官时两次被贬，一生不太得意。他特别擅长写五言诗，被人称为“五言长城”，意思是他的五言诗像长城一样坚固、了不起。他的诗常写冷清、寂静的景色，这首诗就是代表。
This poem has only twenty characters, but it plays like a short film. The first line is a wide shot: night falls and the far mountains grow dark. The second line moves closer: a small thatched hut in the cold wind, chilly and poor. These two lines are what we see, and they are quiet. The third line suddenly brings a sound: a dog barks by the gate. The fourth line tells us why: someone has come home late at night through the wind and snow. Who is this person coming home? Most readers think it is the master of the house. Some say it is the poet himself. Either way, on a dark, cold, snowy night, hearing a dog and seeing someone come home warms the heart. The cold scene and the warm feeling side by side make the poem very moving.
这首诗只有二十个字，却像一部小电影。第一句是远景：天黑了，远山越来越暗。第二句镜头拉近：寒风里一间小茅屋，又冷又穷。前两句都是看见的，安安静静。第三句突然有了声音：柴门外狗叫起来。第四句告诉我们原因：有人顶着风雪，深夜回来了。这个“夜归人”是谁？一般认为是这家的主人，也有人说就是诗人自己。不管是谁，在又黑又冷的风雪夜里，听到狗叫、看到有人回家，都让人觉得心里一暖。冷的景和暖的情放在一起，特别动人。