望岳

望嶽

Wàngyuè

proper noun

Meanings

1 Gazing at the Sacred Mountain, Du Fu's early poem on Mount Tai

Characters

high mountain; sacred peak

Examples

HSK 5

《望岳》是杜甫年轻时写泰山的诗。

《 Wàngyuè 》 shì Dù Fǔ niánqīng shí xiě Tàishān de shī.

'Gazing at the Sacred Mountain' is a poem about Mount Tai that Du Fu wrote as a young man.

HSK 5

杜甫一共写过三首《望岳》，分别写泰山、华山和衡山。

Dù Fǔ yígòng xiě guo sān shǒu 《 Wàngyuè 》, fēnbié xiě Tàishān, Huàshān hé Héngshān.

Du Fu wrote three poems called 'Gazing at the Sacred Mountain', about Mount Tai, Mount Hua and Mount Heng.

Tips

culture

The Mount Tai poem, written around 736 when he was in his mid-twenties, is one of his earliest surviving poems. It opens 岱宗夫如何？齐鲁青未了。 'What is Mount Tai like? Across Qi and Lu its green never ends.' It closes 会当凌绝顶，一览众山小。 'One day I will stand on the very top and see all other mountains small below.'

Stroke Order

望 wàng

岳 yuè