陆游字务观，号放翁，汉族，越州山阴（今绍兴）人，南宋文学家、史学家、爱国诗人。陆游一生笔耕不辍，诗词文俱有很高成就，其诗语言平易晓畅、章法整饬谨严，兼具李白的雄奇奔放与杜甫的沉郁悲凉，尤以饱含爱国热情对后世影响深远。陆游亦有史才，他的《南唐书》，“简核有法”，史评色彩鲜明，具有很高的史料价值。

《闻雨》 陆游

慷慨心犹壮，蹉跎鬓已秋。
百年殊鼎鼎，万事只悠悠。
不悟鱼千里，终归貉一丘。
夜阑闻急雨，起坐涕交流。

Listening to the Rain

My heart is stout as in the days gone by,
Yet fleeting time has silvered my sparse hair;
Life's little span is quickly past,
But will no end be made to men's distress?
Why must a fish, eager to travel far,
Perish at last like foxes in one burrow?
Late at night, listening to the pelting rain,
I sit up and my face is bathed in tears.