Climbing Yueyang Tower
杜甫
昔闻洞庭水
今上岳阳楼
吴楚东南坼
乾坤日夜浮
xī wén dòng tíng shuǐ
jīn shàng yuè yáng lóu
wú chǔ dōng nán chè
qián kūn rì yè fú
昔闻洞庭水，今上岳阳楼。吴楚东南坼，乾坤日夜浮。
Du Fu at Yueyang—personal exile meets a world torn open.
杜甫《登岳阳楼》：吴楚东南坼——楼高景阔，却压着身世与家国忧。壮阔与哀同时在场。可与范仲淹记并读：一诗一文，同楼不同心。今日：风景很大时，允许心里仍有裂缝。
Du Fu’s Yueyang Tower: Wu and Chu split southeast—vast view pressing personal and state grief. Grandeur and sorrow co-present. Pair with Fan Zhongyan’s prose on the same tower. Today: when the view is huge, allow a crack to remain in the chest.
终于站在听说多年的地方——敬畏与失落可以同时存在。
Standing where you long heard of—awe and loss can coexist.
Read first, then practice — fill in lines and write a character.
Fill in the blanks
Practice calligraphy
This poem belongs to a place on the map—open the landscape to read both together.