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Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu

 yuǎn shàng hán shān shí jìng xiá bái yún shēng chù yǒu rén jiā tíng chē zuò ài fēng lín wǎn shuàng yè hóng yú èr yuè huā
Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu Scroll

This poem was written almost 1200 years ago during the Tang dynasty.

It depicts traveling up a place known as Cold Mountain, where some hearty people have built their homes. The traveler is overwhelmed by the beauty of the turning leaves of the maple forest that surrounds him just as night overtakes the day, and darkness prevails. His heart implores him to stop, and take in all of the beauty around him.

First, before you get to the full translation, I must tell you that Chinese poetry is a lot different than what we have in the west. Chinese words simply don't rhyme in the same way that English or other western languages do. Chinese poetry depends on rhythm and a certain beat of repeated numbers of characters.

I have done my best to translate this poem keeping a certain feel of the original poet. But some of the original beauty of the poem in its original Chinese will be lost in translation.


Far away on Cold Mountain, a stone path leads upwards.
Among white clouds, people's homes reside.
Stopping my carriage I must, as to admire the maple forest at nights fall.
In awe of autumn leaves showing more red than even flowers of early spring.


Hopefully, this poem will remind you to stop, and “take it all in” as you travel through life.
The poet's name is “Du Mu” in Chinese that is: 杜牧.
The title of the poem, “Mountain Travels” is: 山行
You can have the title, poet's name, and even “Tang Dynasty” written as an inscription on your custom wall scroll if you like.

More about the poet:

Dumu lived from 803-852 AD and was a leading Chinese poet during the later part of the Tang dynasty.
He was born in Chang'an, a city in central China and the former capital of the ancient Chinese empire in 221-206 BC. In present-day China, his birthplace is currently known as Xi'an, the home of the Terracotta Soldiers.

He was awarded his Jinshi degree (an exam administered by the emperor's court which leads to becoming an official of the court) at the age of 25 and went on to hold many official positions over the years. However, he never achieved a high rank, apparently because of some disputes between various factions, and his family's criticism of the government. His last post in the court was his appointment to the office of Secretariat Drafter.

During his life, he wrote scores of narrative poems, as well as a commentary on the Art of War and many letters of advice to high officials.

His poems were often very realistic and often depicted everyday life. He wrote poems about everything, from drinking beer in a tavern to weepy poems about lost love.

The thing that strikes you most is the fact even after 1200 years, not much has changed about the beauty of nature, toils, and troubles of love and beer drinking.




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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

唐詩


唐诗

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táng shī
    tang2 shi1
t`ang shih
    tang shih
 toushi / toshi
    とうし
Tang poetry; a Tang poem
poetry of the Tang period; Tang poetry

詩壇


诗坛

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shī tán
    shi1 tan2
shih t`an
    shih tan
 shidan
    しだん
poetry circles; poetry world
poetic circles; world of poetry

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    ju4
chü
 ku
    く
sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
(n,n-suf) (1) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph; (n,n-suf) (2) {ling} phrase; (n,n-suf) (3) verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); (n,n-suf) (4) haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.; (n,n-suf) (5) maxim; saying; idiom; expression; (n,n-suf) (6) {comp} clause (e.g. in a database query language)
A sentence, phrase, clause; also used for a place.

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yín
    yin2
yin
 gin
    ぎん
to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
(1) recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; (2) composition (of a poem); composed poem; (n,n-suf) (3) classical Chinese poetry form; (n,suf) (4) stress of sound in noh song; (female given name) Gin
Chant, hum, mutter.

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    ge1
ko
 kasumi
    かすみ
song; CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]; to sing
(1) song; (2) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); (3) modern poetry; (personal name) Kasumi
To sing; a song; translit. ka; cf. 迦, 羯.


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    ci2
tz`u
    tzu
 shi
    し
word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
(1) words; writing; lyrics; (2) (See 填詞) ci (form of Chinese poetry); (3) (See 辞・3) independent word; (female given name) Kotoba
An expression, phrase, word.


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shī
    shi1
shih
 shi
    し
poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
(1) poem; poetry; verse; (2) (See 漢詩) Chinese poem; (female given name) Shirabe
poem

召人

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 meshiudo; meshuudo / meshiudo; meshudo
    めしうど; めしゅうど
(1) (See 歌会始) person specially invited to compose and recite a poem at the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading; (2) (hist) person employed by the Imperial Court to compile anthologies of waka poetry; (3) (hist) (See 舞楽) person summoned to perform bugaku (for the nobility)

平仄

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píng zè
    ping2 ze4
p`ing tse
    ping tse
 hyousoku / hyosoku
    ひょうそく
level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
meter (in Chinese poetry); consistency

探題

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 tandai
    たんだい
(1) local commissioner (Kamakura or Muromachi eras); (2) draw to find the theme for poetry session; composing poetry by lot

檀林

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tán lín
    tan2 lin2
t`an lin
    tan lin
 danbayashi
    だんばやし
(1) (Buddhist term) Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; (2) (abbreviation) Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry); (surname) Danbayashi
旃檀之林 Forest of sandal-wood, or incense, a monastery.

歌枕

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 utamakura
    うたまくら
(1) place that is often written about in waka poetry; (2) oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry; (personal name) Kazuraki

歌格

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 kakaku
    かかく
poetry style; poetry rules

詩史

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 shishi
    しし
(1) history of poetry (esp. Chinese); (2) history recorded in the form of poetry; (female given name) Shifumi

詩文


诗文

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shī wén
    shi1 wen2
shih wen
 shibun
    しぶん
poetry and literature
poetry and prose; literature; literary works; (female given name) Shifumi

詩書


诗书

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shī shū
    shi1 shu1
shih shu
 shisho
    ししょ
the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
(1) book of poetry; (2) The Classic of Poetry and The Classic of History (Chinese texts)

詩歌


诗歌

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shī gē
    shi1 ge1
shih ko
 shiika / shika
    しいか
poem; CL:本[ben3],首[shou3],段[duan4]
(1) Japanese and Chinese poetry; (2) poetry; poems; (female given name) Shiika

詩畫


诗画

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shī huà
    shi1 hua4
shih hua
poetry and pictorial art; work of art combining pictures and poetry

詩話


诗话

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shī huà
    shi1 hua4
shih hua
notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old); a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties

詩論

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 shiron
    しろん
essay on poetry; theory of poetry

詩集


诗集

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shī jí
    shi1 ji2
shih chi
 shishuu / shishu
    ししゅう
poetry anthology
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems; (female given name) Shizu

談林


谈林

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tán lín
    tan2 lin2
t`an lin
    tan lin
 danrin
    だんりん
(1) (Buddhist term) Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; (2) (abbreviation) Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
A monastic school room.

山家集

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 sankashuu / sankashu
    さんかしゅう
(work) Sankashu (personal collection of Japanese poetry by Saigyo); (wk) Sankashu (personal collection of Japanese poetry by Saigyo)

山水詩


山水诗

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shān shuǐ shī
    shan1 shui3 shi1
shan shui shih
shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry

抒情詩


抒情诗

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shū qíng shī
    shu1 qing2 shi1
shu ch`ing shih
    shu ching shih
 jojoushi / jojoshi
    じょじょうし
lyric poetry
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode

朦朧詩


朦胧诗

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méng lóng shī
    meng2 long2 shi1
meng lung shih
Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement

近代詩

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 kindaishi
    きんだいし
modern poetry; modern-style poetry

吟風弄月


吟风弄月

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yín fēng nòng yuè
    yin2 feng1 nong4 yue4
yin feng nung yüeh
 gonfu rugetsu
lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
to recite poetry along with the blowing of the wind while enjoying a beautiful view of the moon

詩歌管弦

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 shiikakangen / shikakangen
    しいかかんげん
(yoji) Chinese and Japanese poetry and instrumental music; poetry and music; literature and music

Variations:
檀林
談林

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 danrin
    だんりん
(1) {Buddh} (abbreviation of 栴檀林) (See 栴檀・1) Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; (2) (abbreviation) (See 俳諧・1,談林風,談林派) Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)

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Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu遠上寒山石徑斜白雲生處有人家停車坐愛楓林晚霜葉紅於二月花
远上寒山石径斜白云生处有人家停车坐爱枫林晚霜叶红于二月花
yuǎn shàng hán shān shí jìng xiá bái yún shēng chù yǒu rén jiā tíng chē zuò ài fēng lín wǎn shuàng yè hóng yú èr yuè huā
yuan3 shang4 han2 shan1 shi2 jing4 xia2 bai2 yun2 sheng1 chu4 you3 ren2 jia1 ting2 che1 zuo4 ai4 feng1 lin2 wan3 shuang4 ye4 hong2 yu2 er4 yue4 hua1
yuan shang han shan shi jing xia bai yun sheng chu you ren jia ting che zuo ai feng lin wan shuang ye hong yu er yue hua
yüan shang han shan shih ching hsia pai yün sheng ch`u yu jen chia t`ing ch`e tso ai feng lin wan shuang yeh hung yü erh yüeh hua
yüan shang han shan shih ching hsia pai yün sheng chu yu jen chia ting che tso ai feng lin wan shuang yeh hung yü erh yüeh hua
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