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The whole city is stained with snow, and the white railings are as white as jade. It won't be cold when it is sunny and there is light snow.

From Song and Huang Tingjian's Three Poems of Zhang Mi School with Two Rhymes and Happy Snow.

Original text:

The city is full of jade, and the light snow is not cold on a sunny day. Moisturize bamboo roots and fat wax bamboo shoots, and warm vegetables help spring dishes.

There are many things to see and travel in front of you, and you don't have to worry about big breasts and drink a lot. It is said that pressing pears requires whipping horses and watching mud.

Translation:

The whole city is stained with snow, and the white railings are as white as jade. It's not cold when it snows lightly. The roots of bamboo were wetted by snow, which made the bamboo shoots grow. The warmer the weather, the longer the vegetables, the better, which indicates the arrival of spring. There are many things in front of us, but not much to see and play. If there is no sorrow in my heart, I will naturally drink too much. I heard that the pears had started to move, so I whipped my horse and watched it in the spring mud.

Extended data

Huang Tingjian, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote this poem "Three Stories of Happy Snow in the Secret School", describing the scene of light snow in the 24 solar terms. The father of Huang Xiang, a doctor in the Southern Song Dynasty, the eldest son in the Northern Song Dynasty, the protagonist of the story of "washing relatives and drowning" in "Twenty-four Filial Pieties", a famous writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the founder of Jiangxi Poetry School.

Huang Tingjian's calligraphy is unique and is one of the "Song Sijia". Professor Peking University and pioneer Li Zhimin commented: "Huang Tingjian's comments on books, paintings and poems are all based on rhyme, attracting cranes into the grass and making them strong and have a new realm."

Huang Tingjian, Chao and Qin Guan all studied in Su Shi's school, collectively known as "Su Men Four Bachelor". He was as famous as Su Shi before his death and was called "Su Huang" by the world. His works include "Valley Ci" and so on. Huang Tingjian was an honest official and rigorous scholar all his life. As a master of literature and a model of filial piety to his parents, he set an example for all previous dynasties.