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孤舟蓑笠翁

gūzhōusuōlìwēng
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 a lone boat, a straw-cloaked, bamboo-hatted old man
  2. 2 (fig.) the archetypal image of the Chinese hermit fisherman in winter
  3. 3 (lit.) lone boat, straw-cloak bamboo-hat old-man

Examples

这幅国画题目就叫孤舟蓑笠翁，意境深远。
Zhè fú guóhuà tímù jiù jiào gūzhōu suōlì wēng, yìjìng shēnyuǎn.
This ink painting is titled 'A Lone Boat, a Straw-Cloaked Old Man' — profound in mood.
大雪封江的清晨，远远望去只有一个孤舟蓑笠翁。
Dàxuě fēng jiāng de qīngchén, yuǎn yuǎn wàng qù zhǐ yǒu yīgè gūzhōu suōlì wēng.
On a snow-bound river at dawn, one could see only 'a lone boat with a straw-cloaked old man.'

Tips

history
From 柳宗元《江雪》(Liu Zongyuan, Tang, c. 810s): 千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭。孤舟蓑笠翁，独钓寒江雪 (A thousand mountains — all birds vanished; ten thousand paths — all traces gone. A lone boat, a straw-cloaked, bamboo-hatted old man, alone fishing the cold river snow). Written in exile at Yongzhou; the fisherman is widely read as Liu's self-portrait.
usage
Inseparable from 独钓寒江雪. 蓑 (suō) = a palm-fiber rain cape; 笠 (lì) = a conical bamboo hat — the traditional fisherman's uniform. 翁 (wēng) = old man (respectful). This couplet is the subject of countless paintings — a founding image of Chinese landscape art.

Stroke Order

孤 gū
舟 zhōu
蓑 suō
笠 lì
翁 wēng