Du Mu’s poem about climbing on the Double Ninth Festival is as follows:

Climbing up the mountain in nine days

The wild geese first fly in the autumn shadow of Jianghan, and they carry pots with guests on the green micro. It's rare to smile in this world, and I will return with my head full of chrysanthemums. But you will be drunk as a reward for the festival, and you don’t have to come to hate the sunset. This has been the case throughout the ages. Why should Niushan be alone in his clothes?

Words and Sentences

1. Nine Days: On the Double Ninth Festival, which is the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, it is an old custom to climb high and drink chrysanthemum wine. Qishan: In present-day Guichi County, Anhui Province. Du Mu served as the governor of Chizhou during the Huichang period of Wuzong.

2. Cuiwei: This refers to the mountain.

3. Drunken (mǐng-dǐng): drunk to the point of confusion. This sentence is an allusion to Tao Yuanming of the Jin Dynasty. The fourth volume of "Yiwen Leiju" quotes "Continuation of Jin Yangqiu": "Tao Qian tasted that there was no wine on September 9th. He picked a handful of chrysanthemums from the chrysanthemum bushes beside his house. He sat on his side and looked for a long time. He saw Wang Hong arriving in white clothes. It’s also a gift. Even if you just drink, you will get drunk and then come back.”

4. Climbing: Climbing to the water or climbing to the bottom, generally refers to visiting the mountains and rivers.

Vernacular translation

The river contains the autumn scene as the wild geese take flight for the first time, and I invite my friends to go to the Cuiwei Mountain with their fine wines. It is rare in this world that you can open your mouth and laugh heartily. You should put chrysanthemums all over your head before returning. You only need to get drunk to spend the Double Ninth Festival, and there is no need to climb up to gaze at the sunset and sigh. Life is short and it has always been this way, so why bother weeping alone in Niushan?

Appreciation

"Climbing the Mountain in Nine Days" is a poem by Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. This poem was written to appease the frustration of his friend Zhang Hu. By describing the mountain climbing and overlooking the Double Ninth Festival, it expresses the poet's sorrow in life and the uncertainty of life and death. It also shows the backward and negative side of the feudal intellectuals' outlook on life, but they are also unwilling to accept it. The meaning of being depressed. The language of the whole poem is refreshing and bold, and the style is vigorous but also thoughtful and sad.

About the author

Du Mu (803-853), a poet of the late Tang Dynasty. His courtesy name was Muzhi, a native of Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province), and the grandson of Prime Minister Du You. Jinshi of Yamato, awarded the title of Secretary of Hongwen Hall. He served as a staff member in other places for many years, and later served as supervisory censor, editor of the history library, and governor of Huangzhou, Chizhou, and Muzhou. Later, he became Si Xunyuan Wailang, and at the end of his official career, he was from Zhongshu Sheren.

Poetry is famous for its seven-character quatrains, and other writers in the late Tang Dynasty left Qu alone. Later generations called him Xiao Du, who was proud of his talent for helping the world. Most of the poems refer to works about current affairs. The poems that describe the scenery and lyrical feelings are mostly clear and vivid. There are twenty volumes of "Collected Works of Fan Chuan" handed down to the world.