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cuī崔shǔ曙Cui Shu · Tang唐

Climbing the Terrace for Watching Immortals on the Double Ninth, for Magistrate Liu Rong

hàn汉wén文huáng皇dì帝yǒu有gāo高tái台

cǐ此rì日dēng登lín临shǔ曙sè色kāi开

sān三jìn晋yún云shān山jiē皆běi北xiàng向

èr二líng陵fēng风yǔ雨zì自dōng东lái来

guān关mén门lìng令yǐn尹shuí谁néng能shí识

hé河shàng上xiān仙wēng翁qù去bù不huí回

qiě且yù欲jìn近xún寻péng彭zé泽zǎi宰

táo陶rán然gòng共zuì醉jú菊huā花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。

Line by line逐句翻译

汉文皇帝有高台Emperor Wen of Han once built a tall terrace here.汉文帝曾经修了一座高高的望仙台。
此日登临曙色开Today I climb it just as the dawn light spreads open.今天我登上台来，正好天刚亮，曙光照开。
三晋云山皆北向The clouds and hills of the old Three Jin all stretch away to the north.三晋一带的云和山，都在北边排开。
二陵风雨自东来Wind and rain from the two peaks of Mount Xiao come in from the east.崤山二陵的风雨，从东边吹过来。
关门令尹谁能识Who now could know a man like Yin Xi, the keeper of the pass?当年守关的尹喜那样的识人者，现在谁还能认得出来？
河上仙翁去不回The old immortal by the river left and never came back.河边的仙翁走了，再也没有回来。
且欲近寻彭泽宰So I will go nearby and find a magistrate like Tao Yuanming.不如就近去找一找像陶渊明那样的县令。
陶然共醉菊花杯And get happily drunk with him on chrysanthemum wine.和他一起快快乐乐地喝醉在菊花酒里。

Words字词注释

汉文皇帝hàn wén huáng dì: hàn wén huáng dì: Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng, a ruler of the Western Han.汉文皇帝：汉文帝刘恒，西汉的皇帝。
高台gāo tái: gāo tái: the Terrace for Watching Immortals. Legend says Emperor Wen built it near today's Sanmenxia in Henan in memory of the sage Heshang Gong.高台：指望仙台。传说汉文帝为了纪念河上公，在今河南三门峡一带修了这座台。
曙色shǔ sè: shǔ sè: the light of early dawn.曙色：清早天刚亮时的光。
三晋sān jìn: sān jìn: late in the Spring and Autumn period the state of Jin split into Han, Zhao and Wei, together called the Three Jin, around today's Shanxi.三晋：春秋末年晋国分成韩、赵、魏三国，合称三晋，在今山西一带。
皆北向jiē běi xiàng: jiē běi xiàng: all lie to the north, as if lined up facing north.皆北向：都在北边，像是朝北排开。
二陵èr líng: èr líng: the two peaks of Mount Xiao, east of the terrace.二陵：崤山的两座山陵，在望仙台的东边。
关门令尹guān mén lìng yǐn: guān mén lìng yǐn: Yin Xi, the official who kept the Hangu Pass. Legend says that when Laozi went out through the pass, only Yin Xi saw that he was a sage.关门令尹：守函谷关的官员尹喜。传说老子出关时，只有他认出老子是圣人。
河上仙翁hé shàng xiān wēng: hé shàng xiān wēng: Heshang Gong, the Old Man by the River, a legendary immortal living by the Yellow River. He is said to have taught Emperor Wen the Daodejing and then vanished.河上仙翁：河上公，传说是住在黄河边的一位仙人，曾教汉文帝读《道德经》，后来不见了。
彭泽宰péng zé zǎi: péng zé zǎi: the magistrate of Pengze, that is, Tao Yuanming, who once held that post. Here it stands for Magistrate Liu.彭泽宰：彭泽县令，指陶渊明，他做过彭泽县令。这里借来指刘明府。
陶然táo rán: táo rán: happy and carefree. The first character is also a nod to Tao Yuanming's surname.陶然：快乐舒畅的样子。这里也暗暗用了陶渊明的“陶”。
菊花杯jú huā bēi: jú huā bēi: chrysanthemum wine. People drink it on the Double Ninth Festival, and Tao Yuanming loved chrysanthemums.菊花杯：菊花酒。重阳节有喝菊花酒的风俗，陶渊明也特别爱菊花。

Background创作背景

"The Ninth" means the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the Double Ninth Festival. On this day people climbed high and drank chrysanthemum wine. The Terrace for Watching Immortals was near today's Sanmenxia in Henan. Legend says Emperor Wen of Han built it to honor the sage Heshang Gong. On the festival, Cui Shu climbed the terrace and looked at the hills and rivers around. Thinking of the immortals and wise men of old, he wrote this poem for the local magistrate, Liu Rong. Míng fǔ was a polite name for a county magistrate in the Tang. We do not know which year it was written.

“九日”是农历九月初九重阳节，古人这天要登高、喝菊花酒。望仙台在今天河南三门峡一带，传说是汉文帝为纪念河上公修的。崔曙在重阳节登上望仙台，看到四周山河，想起古代的仙人和贤人，就写了这首诗送给当地的县令刘容。“明府”是唐代对县令的尊称。具体写于哪一年不清楚。

The poet作者

Cui Shu was a High Tang poet. We do not know when he was born, and he died around 739. Records say he came first in the top civil exam in the Kaiyuan years, but sadly he died not long after. Few of his poems survive, and this Double Ninth poem was chosen for the Three Hundred Tang Poems.

崔曙，盛唐诗人，生年不详，大约死于739年。据记载他在开元年间考中进士第一名，可惜中进士后不久就去世了。他留下的诗不多，这首重阳登高诗被收进了《唐诗三百首》。

The mood意境

The poem starts with the past: a terrace built by an emperor long ago, which the poet climbs today in the dawn light. At once time feels very long. Lines three and four show the wide view from the top. To the north are the clouds and hills of the Three Jin; to the east, wind and rain over the two peaks. North and east together make the scene feel vast. Lines five and six go back to old legends. Yin Xi, who knew Laozi for a sage, is gone. The old man by the river who taught the emperor never came back. The immortals and wise men cannot be found. The last two lines turn: since we cannot find immortals, let us find this magistrate, who is like Tao Yuanming, and drink chrysanthemum wine together. From thinking of the past to enjoying the present, from loneliness to joy, the poem moves naturally and freely.

开头从古代说起：汉文帝修的高台，今天我在曙光里登上去，时间一下子拉长了。三、四句写登高看到的大景：北边是三晋的云山，东边是二陵的风雨，一北一东，气象开阔。五、六句又回到古代传说：识得老子的尹喜不在了，教过汉文帝的河上公也一去不回，仙人和贤人都找不到了。最后两句一转：既然仙人求不到，那就去找眼前这位像陶渊明一样的县令，一起喝菊花酒吧。从怀古到眼前，从寂寞到快乐，写得自然又洒脱。