He tao "Yin jiu" er shi shou bing xu (1) "Wo bu ru tao sheng" 和陶飲酒二十首 並敘(其一)"我不如陶生"

by Su Shi 蘇軾 (1037–1101)

Dynasty: Song 宋 (960–1279)

Year of creation: 1092

Notes: Source for year of creation: https://sou-yun.cn/Query.aspx?type=poem1&id=136012.

Included in: Wang Shihou 王世厚 and Zhang Houhou 張弘泓 (eds.). Quan Song shi 全宋詩 (Complete Song Poems), Beijing daxue guwenxian yanjiu suo Beijing: Beijing daxue chubanshe, 1998. 818.9466.

Translations

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吾飲酒至少,常以把盞為樂。往往頹然坐睡,人見其醉,而吾中了然,蓋莫能名其為醉為醒也。在揚州時,飲酒過午,輒罷。客去,解衣盤礡,終日歡不足而適有餘。因和淵明《飲酒》二十首,庶以仿佛其不可名者,示舍弟子由、晁無咎學士。 我不如陶生,世事纏綿之。 雲何得一適,亦有如生時。 寸田無荊棘,佳處正在茲。 縱心與事往,所遇無復疑。 偶得酒中趣,空杯亦常持。