司空图·《二十四诗品·典雅》英译

玉壶买春，赏雨茅屋。

坐中佳士，左右修竹。

白云初晴，幽鸟相逐。

眠琴绿阴，上有飞瀑。

落花无言，人淡如菊。

书之岁华，其曰可读。

Refinement

A jade kettle with a purchase of spring¹,

A shower on the thatched hut

Wherein sits a gentle scholar,

With tall bamboos growing right and left,

And white clouds in the newly-clear sky,

And birds flitting in the depths of trees.

Then pillowed on his lute in the green shade,

A waterfall tumbling overhead,

Leaves dropping, not a word spoken,

The man placid, like a chrysanthemum,

Noting down the flower-glory of the season,--

A book well worthy to be read.

1. Wine which makes man see spring at all seasons.

（Herbert A. Giles 译）