River Snow by Liu Zongyuan

Synopsis

A famous 20-character Tang poem. A thousand mountains, no birds flying. An old man in a boat, fishing alone in the cold river snow.

The Poem

A thousand mountains, no birds flying,
Ten thousand paths, no human traces.
A lone boat, an old man in straw cape and hat,
Fishing alone in the cold river snow.

References

1. Complete Tang Poems, Volume 351