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Everyday Life

 rì cháng shēng huó
 nichi jou sei katsu
Everyday Life Scroll

日常生活 simply means everyday life or regular life.

You can also translate it as “Living day to day.”

Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu

 yuǎn shàng hán shān shí jìng xiá bái yún shēng chù yǒu rén jiā tíng chē zuò ài fēng lín wǎn shuàng yè hóng yú èr yuè huā
Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu Scroll

This poem was written almost 1200 years ago during the Tang dynasty.

It depicts traveling up a place known as Cold Mountain, where some hearty people have built their homes. The traveler is overwhelmed by the beauty of the turning leaves of the maple forest that surrounds him just as night overtakes the day, and darkness prevails. His heart implores him to stop, and take in all of the beauty around him.

First, before you get to the full translation, I must tell you that Chinese poetry is a lot different than what we have in the west. Chinese words simply don't rhyme in the same way that English or other western languages do. Chinese poetry depends on rhythm and a certain beat of repeated numbers of characters.

I have done my best to translate this poem keeping a certain feel of the original poet. But some of the original beauty of the poem in its original Chinese will be lost in translation.


Far away on Cold Mountain, a stone path leads upwards.
Among white clouds, people's homes reside.
Stopping my carriage I must, as to admire the maple forest at nights fall.
In awe of autumn leaves showing more red than even flowers of early spring.


Hopefully, this poem will remind you to stop, and “take it all in” as you travel through life.
The poet's name is “Du Mu” in Chinese that is: 杜牧.
The title of the poem, “Mountain Travels” is: 山行
You can have the title, poet's name, and even “Tang Dynasty” written as an inscription on your custom wall scroll if you like.

More about the poet:

Dumu lived from 803-852 AD and was a leading Chinese poet during the later part of the Tang dynasty.
He was born in Chang'an, a city in central China and the former capital of the ancient Chinese empire in 221-206 BC. In present-day China, his birthplace is currently known as Xi'an, the home of the Terracotta Soldiers.

He was awarded his Jinshi degree (an exam administered by the emperor's court which leads to becoming an official of the court) at the age of 25 and went on to hold many official positions over the years. However, he never achieved a high rank, apparently because of some disputes between various factions, and his family's criticism of the government. His last post in the court was his appointment to the office of Secretariat Drafter.

During his life, he wrote scores of narrative poems, as well as a commentary on the Art of War and many letters of advice to high officials.

His poems were often very realistic and often depicted everyday life. He wrote poems about everything, from drinking beer in a tavern to weepy poems about lost love.

The thing that strikes you most is the fact even after 1200 years, not much has changed about the beauty of nature, toils, and troubles of love and beer drinking.




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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

日常生活

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 nichijouseikatsu / nichijosekatsu
    にちじょうせいかつ

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Everyday Life
everyday life; daily life

世話

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 sewa
    せわ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) care; looking after; help; assistance; aid; (2) trouble; bother; (noun, transitive verb) (3) good offices; recommendation; introduction; (4) everyday life; everyday affairs; everyday language; (5) (abbreviation) (See 世話物) sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)

俗世

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sú shì
    su2 shi4
su shih
 zokuse; zokusei / zokuse; zokuse
    ぞくせ; ぞくせい
the mundane world; the world of mortals
this world; everyday world; earthly existence; mundane life
mundane world

塵埃


尘埃

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chén āi
    chen2 ai1
ch`en ai
    chen ai
 jinai; chirihokori
    じんあい; ちりほこり
dust
(1) dust; dirt; (2) (じんあい only) dreary world; petty affairs of everyday life
dust (mote)

家常

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jiā cháng
    jia1 chang2
chia ch`ang
    chia chang
 kajou / kajo
    かじょう
the daily life of a family
everyday things; (surname) Ietsune
ordinary commonplace

民画

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 minga
    みんが
picture depicting everyday life; folk art

起居

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qǐ jū
    qi3 ju1
ch`i chü
    chi chü
 kikyo
    ききょ
everyday life; regular pattern of life
(n,vs,vi) (1) one's daily life; (2) condition; well-being; state of one's health; (3) (orig. meaning) standing and sitting; movements

俗世間

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 zokuseken
    ぞくせけん
(1) this world; earthly world; secular society; (2) ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world

実生活

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 jisseikatsu / jissekatsu
    じっせいかつ
real life; actual life; everyday life

日用事

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rì yòng shì
    ri4 yong4 shi4
jih yung shih
 nichiyū no ji
affairs of everyday life

生活音

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 seikatsuon / sekatsuon
    せいかつおん
daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

一般生活

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 ippanseikatsu / ippansekatsu
    いっぱんせいかつ
everyday life

俗談平話

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 zokudanheiwa / zokudanhewa
    ぞくだんへいわ
(yoji) conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)

命の洗濯

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 inochinosentaku
    いのちのせんたく
(exp,n) (idiom) casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back

家常茶飯

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 kajousahan / kajosahan
    かじょうさはん
(yoji) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary

尋常茶飯

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 jinjousahan / jinjosahan
    じんじょうさはん
(n,adj-na,adj-no) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary

油鹽醬醋


油盐酱醋

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yóu yán jiàng cù
    you2 yan2 jiang4 cu4
yu yen chiang ts`u
    yu yen chiang tsu
(lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar; (fig.) the trivia of everyday life

浮世草子

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 ukiyozoushi / ukiyozoshi
    うきよぞうし
(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period

浮世草紙

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 ukiyozoushi / ukiyozoshi
    うきよぞうし
(Edo-period variety of) realistic literature; popular stories of everyday life in the Edo period

生活文化

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 seikatsubunka / sekatsubunka
    せいかつぶんか
culture of everyday life

生活雑貨

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 seikatsuzakka / sekatsuzakka
    せいかつざっか
daily necessities; goods for everyday life

生活騒音

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 seikatsusouon / sekatsusoon
    せいかつそうおん
daily life noise; (excessive) noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

起居作息

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qǐ jū zuò xī
    qi3 ju1 zuo4 xi1
ch`i chü tso hsi
    chi chü tso hsi
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom); fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life

身の回り

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 minomawari
    みのまわり
(exp,n) one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

身の廻り

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 minomawari
    みのまわり
(exp,n) one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

洛中洛外図

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 rakuchuurakugaizu / rakuchurakugaizu
    らくちゅうらくがいず
(hist) views in and around Kyoto (style of folding screen depicting the scenery and scenes of everyday life in Kyoto; late Muromachi period to the Edo period)

身のまわり

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 minomawari
    みのまわり
(exp,n) one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

Variations:
浮世草子
浮世草紙

see styles
 ukiyozoushi / ukiyozoshi
    うきよぞうし
(hist) ukiyo-zōshi; Edo-period genre of literature depicting everyday life of the merchant class

Variations:
身の回り(P)
身のまわり
身の廻り

see styles
 minomawari
    みのまわり
(exp,n) one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

Variations:
身の回り(P)
身のまわり
身の廻り(rK)

see styles
 minomawari
    みのまわり
(exp,n,adj-no) one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Everyday Life日常生活nichi jou sei katsu
nichijouseikatsu
nichi jo sei katsu
rì cháng shēng huó
ri4 chang2 sheng1 huo2
ri chang sheng huo
richangshenghuo
jih ch`ang sheng huo
jihchangshenghuo
jih chang sheng huo
Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu遠上寒山石徑斜白雲生處有人家停車坐愛楓林晚霜葉紅於二月花
远上寒山石径斜白云生处有人家停车坐爱枫林晚霜叶红于二月花
yuǎn shàng hán shān shí jìng xiá bái yún shēng chù yǒu rén jiā tíng chē zuò ài fēng lín wǎn shuàng yè hóng yú èr yuè huā
yuan3 shang4 han2 shan1 shi2 jing4 xia2 bai2 yun2 sheng1 chu4 you3 ren2 jia1 ting2 che1 zuo4 ai4 feng1 lin2 wan3 shuang4 ye4 hong2 yu2 er4 yue4 hua1
yuan shang han shan shi jing xia bai yun sheng chu you ren jia ting che zuo ai feng lin wan shuang ye hong yu er yue hua
yüan shang han shan shih ching hsia pai yün sheng ch`u yu jen chia t`ing ch`e tso ai feng lin wan shuang yeh hung yü erh yüeh hua
yüan shang han shan shih ching hsia pai yün sheng chu yu jen chia ting che tso ai feng lin wan shuang yeh hung yü erh yüeh hua
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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