No. 27 · Tang poem · five-character regulated verse第 27 首 · 唐诗 · 五言律诗

wàng望yuè岳

dù杜fǔ甫Du Fu · Tang唐

Gazing at Mount Tai

dài岱zōng宗fú夫rú如hé何

qí齐lǔ鲁qīng青wèi未liǎo了

zào造huà化zhōng钟shén神xiù秀

yīn阴yáng阳gē割hūn昏xiǎo晓

dàng荡xiōng胸shēng生céng曾yún云

jué决zì眦rù入guī归niǎo鸟

huì会dāng当líng凌jué绝dǐng顶

yì一lǎn览zhòng众shān山xiǎo小

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 corpus text writes the chest in line five with an old variant form. Textbooks use the standard form; the word is the same.

语料本第五句作“荡胷生曾云”。“胷”是“胸”的异体字，课本写作“胸”。

Line by line逐句翻译

岱宗夫如何What is Mount Tai like?泰山是什么样子的呢？
齐鲁青未了Across the lands of Qi and Lu, its green goes on without end.从齐到鲁，青青的山色望不到头。
造化钟神秀Nature has gathered all its wonder and beauty here;大自然把神奇秀美都聚集在这里，
阴阳割昏晓its height cuts the south and north into dawn and dusk.高高的山峰把山南山北分成了早晨和黄昏。
荡胸生曾云Layers of cloud rise up, and my heart swells;层层白云升起，让我心胸激荡；
决眦入归鸟I stretch my eyes to follow birds flying home.我睁大眼睛，望着归鸟飞进山林。
会当凌绝顶One day I will stand on its highest peak我一定要登上泰山的最高峰，
一览众山小and see all other mountains small beneath me.那时一眼望去，群山都会显得那么小。

Words字词注释

岱宗dài zōng: dài zōng: Mount Tai. Its other name is Mount Dai, and people of old saw it as the most honored of the Five Great Mountains, so they called it the chief of mountains.岱宗：泰山。泰山又叫岱山，古人认为它是五岳中最尊贵的山，所以叫“岱宗”。
夫fú: fú: a little word that adds feeling to the question; it has no meaning of its own.夫：语气词，放在句中，没有实在意思，加强语气。
如何rú hé: rú hé: what is it like?如何：怎么样。
齐鲁qí lǔ: Qí Lǔ: the old states of Qi and Lu, in today's Shandong. Qi lay north of Mount Tai, Lu to the south.齐鲁：古代的齐国和鲁国，在今天山东一带。泰山北边是齐，南边是鲁。
青未了qīng wèi liǎo: qīng wèi liǎo: the green of the mountain never ends, as far as the eye can see. Liǎo means to end.青未了：青色的山影一眼望不到头。了，完、尽。
造化zào huà: zào huà: nature, the maker of all things.造化：大自然。
钟zhōng: zhōng: to gather together.钟：聚集。
神秀shén xiù: shén xiù: wondrous beauty.神秀：神奇秀美的景色。
阴阳yīn yáng: yīn yáng: the north side of a mountain is called yin, the south side yang.阴阳：山的北面叫阴，南面叫阳。
割昏晓gē hūn xiǎo: gē hūn xiǎo: the mountain is so tall it splits light from dark. One side seems to be in morning, the other in dusk. Gē means to cut apart.割昏晓：泰山很高，把山南山北分成一明一暗，好像一边是早晨、一边是黄昏。割，分开。
荡胸dàng xiōng: dàng xiōng: the heart is stirred and swells.荡胸：心胸激荡，心情起伏。
曾云céng yún: céng yún: layer upon layer of cloud. Here céng means the same as the word for layer.曾云：一层又一层的云。曾，同“层”。
决眦jué zì: jué zì: eyes opened so wide the corners seem to split. Zì is the corner of the eye.决眦：睁大眼睛，眼角都要裂开了。眦，眼角。
入归鸟rù guī niǎo: rù guī niǎo: watching birds fly home into the mountain until they vanish from sight.入归鸟：看着回巢的鸟飞进山林，一直看到看不见。
会当huì dāng: huì dāng: shall surely, must one day.会当：一定要。
凌líng: líng: to climb to the top of.凌：登上。
绝顶jué dǐng: jué dǐng: the very highest peak.绝顶：最高的山顶。
一览yì lǎn: yī lǎn: to take in at one glance.一览：看一眼，全部看到。
众山小zhòng shān xiǎo: zhòng shān xiǎo: all other mountains look small.众山小：别的山都显得很小。

How to read it读音

夫fú: Here this character is a little word of feeling and is read fú, not fū.“夫”在这里是语气词，读 fú，不读 fū。
了liǎo: In wèi liǎo the character means to end, so it is read liǎo, not le.“未了”的“了”是完、尽的意思，读 liǎo，不读 le。
曾céng: Here this character stands for the word for layer and is read céng, not zēng.“曾”同“层”，读 céng，不读 zēng。
眦zì: This character is read zì and means the corner of the eye.“眦”读 zì，指眼角。

Background创作背景

This poem is usually dated to about 736. Du Fu was in his twenties. He had failed the top civil exam in Luoyang, and then set off to travel through the lands of Qi and Zhao, today's Shandong and Hebei. Passing Mount Tai, he gazed at it from afar and wrote this poem. It is one of the earliest poems of his that survive.

一般认为，这首诗是开元二十四年（736年）前后写的。那时杜甫二十多岁，在洛阳考进士没有考中，就到齐、赵一带（今山东、河北一带）漫游。他路过泰山，远远望着这座大山，写下了这首诗。这是杜甫留下的诗里比较早的一首。

The poet作者

Du Fu (712–770), courtesy name Zimei, was a great Tang poet, often called the Sage of Poetry. When he wrote this poem he was young and full of hope. Later his life was hard. He lived through the An Lushan Rebellion, and his poems grew heavy. This poem shows us the bold spirit of the young Du Fu.

杜甫（712—770），字子美，唐代大诗人，被人称为“诗圣”。写这首诗时他还年轻，对未来充满信心。后来他一生坎坷，经历了安史之乱，诗风变得沉重。这首诗让我们看到年轻杜甫的豪情。

The mood意境

The title is "Gazing at Mount Tai", and the whole poem is about looking. First he looks from far away. He asks what the mountain is like, and answers that its green stretches across two lands without end. At once we feel how big it is. Then he looks closer. Nature gave all its beauty to this mountain, and it is so tall it splits the sunlight in two. Then he looks hard: at clouds rising layer upon layer, at birds flying home, until his eyes ache. At last he imagines standing on the top and looking down, with every other mountain small. This is not only about a mountain. It is also a young man's wish to climb to the very top.

诗题是“望岳”，全诗都在写“望”。先是远望：一开口就问泰山是什么样子，回答是青色的山影连着齐鲁两地，望不到头，一下子写出泰山有多大。再是近望：大自然把美都给了它，山高得把阳光都分成了两半。接着是细望：看着层层云气升起，看着归鸟飞入山林，眼睛都看累了。最后想象登上山顶，向下一看，群山都很小。这不只是写山，也写出了年轻人要攀上高峰的志气。