《江雪》柳宗元 (773-819) 丙烯画布 183 x 183 cm 2013

“River Snow”  Liu Zongyuan (773–819) Acrylic on canvas  183 x 183 cm (72 x 72 in) 2013

千山鳥飛絕，萬徑人蹤滅。

孤舟蓑笠翁，獨釣寒江雪。

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千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。

孤舟蓑笠翁， 独钓寒江雪。

Over the mountain range, all the birds have flown away.

Over the network of trails, all trace of humans has vanished.

In a solitary boat, an old man in a straw raincoat and sedge hat

fishes alone amid the snow from the cold northern mountains.

                                                      ——translated by Alan Thwaits