Seeking Shelter During a Snowstorm on Furong Mountain
- Poetry of Liu Changqing

This poem is a divine masterpiece among Tang dynasty five-character quatrains, composed during the Dali era of Emperor Daizong of Tang (AD 773-777). It was a time when Liu Zhangqing, known for his integrity, was demoted for offending his superiors. Travelling east from E-Yue to assume his new, lowly post of Sima in Muzhou (present-day Chun'an, Zhejiang), he passed through the 芙蓉山 mentioned in the title, likely somewhere in modern Zhejiang. On a bitterly cold, snowy winter day, as dusk descended on the long road ahead, the poet, finding the weather worsening, was compelled to seek shelter in a poor mountain dwelling.