Works
Liu's best-known travel pieces are the Eight Records of Excursions in Yongzhou (永州八游记). Around 180 of his poems are extant, of which five have been collected in the anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. Some of his works celebrate his freedom from office, while others mourn his banishment.
One of his most famous poems is Jiangxue (江雪), sometimes translated into English as "Winter Snow" or "River Snow", and this poem is often depicted in Chinese Paintings.
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- 江雪
- 千山鳥飛絕
- 萬徑人蹤滅
- 孤舟蓑笠翁
- 獨釣寒江雪
- River Snow
A thousand mountains, no sign of birds in flight;
Ten thousand paths, no trace of human tracks.
In a lone boat, an old man, in rain hat and straw raincoat,
Fishing alone, in the cold river snow. -
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