“Winter Scene” is a seven-character quatrain written by Su Shi, a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty. This poem was written in the fifth year of Yuanyou (1090 AD) and was a poem of encouragement to his good friend Liu Jingwen. The first half of the poem says that “lotus has withered and chrysanthemums have withered” but one should still maintain the integrity of defying snow and frost. The second half encourages friends through “oranges, yellows and greens” that difficulties are only temporary, and to be optimistic and not to be depressed. The poem expresses the author’s broad mind and his exhortation and support to friends in the same predicament, and expresses his aspirations through objects, with a lofty artistic conception.
《冬景》是北宋文学家苏轼创作的一首七言绝句。这首诗作于元祐五年（公元1090年），是送给好友刘景文的一首勉励诗。此诗前半首说“荷尽菊残”仍要保持傲雪冰霜的气节，后半首通过“橙黄橘绿”来勉励朋友困难只是一时，乐观向上，切莫意志消沉。抒发作者的广阔胸襟和对同处窘境中友人的劝勉和支持，托物言志，意境高远。
《冬景》 苏轼
荷尽已无擎雨盖，菊残犹有傲霜枝。
一年好景君须记，最是橙黄橘绿时。
Winter Scene
Su Shi
The lotus puts up no umbrella to the rain;
Yet frost-proof branches of chrysanthemums remain.
Do not forget of a year the loveliest scene
When oranges look like gold and tangerines jade-green.
