SNOW ATOP SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS

Zu Yong

Tang Dynasty (about 699-746)

How fair the gloomy mountainside!

Snow-crowned peaks float above the cloud.

The forest bright in sunset dyed,

With evening cold the town's o'er flowed.

终南望积雪

[唐]祖咏

终南阴岭秀,积雪浮云端。

林表明霁色,城中增暮寒。

About the poet 

Zu Yong was a Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet who was particularly good at writing poetry that described the idyllic landscapes of the countryside. His poems are romantic and beautiful.

About the translator 

Xu Yuanchong (1921-2021) was born in Nanchang in East China's Jiangxi Province. He was a professor of literary translation at Peking University.

About the book 

300 Tang Poems Translated by Xu Yuanchong Published by China Intercontinental Press