618–907
Tang Dynasty — Page 6
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Poems in this hub
Cen Shen The Ninth Day on Campaign 行軍九日思長安故園 An absent festival cup leads Cen Shen to imagine chrysanthemums blooming beside a battlefield at home in Chang’an. Wei Yingwu The West Stream at Chuzhou 滁州西澗 Wei Yingwu’s West Stream at Chuzhou, with pinyin and English notes on secluded grass, a hidden oriole, swift spring water, and an unattended ferry boat. Wang Wei Autumn Evening in the Mountains 山居秋暝 Wang Wei’s Autumn Evening in the Mountains, with pinyin and English notes on moonlight, washing women, a fishing boat, and reasons to remain after spring. Wei Yingwu On an Autumn Night, Sent to Qiu 秋夜寄邱員外 A solitary autumn walk becomes an imagined visit to a distant friend. Read how falling pinecones connect two unseen people through one quiet night. Cen Shen Sunset in the Heyan Desert 日沒賀延磧作 Seeing both sunrise and sunset from the same sand makes Cen Shen question the distant pursuit of achievement and fame. Wei Yingwu A Dewdrop 詠露珠 A dewdrop rests on an autumn lotus like a jewel on a jade plate. Watch how the drop's movement reveals its shape in this miniature study of attention. Wang Wei An Envoy at the Frontier 使至塞上 An envoy’s sparse journey opens into a desert marked by one straight smoke trail and a round setting sun. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Cen Shen Sending Liu West from Wuwei 武威送劉判官赴磧西行軍 Heat, a swift horse, and a horn sounding into dawn give Cen Shen’s farewell to Adjutant Liu its compressed military energy. Wang Wei A Retreat at Zhongnan 終南別業 A walk reaches the end of a stream, becomes cloud-watching, and ends in unhurried conversation. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wei Yingwu Amber 詠琥珀 Amber preserves the imagined history of an ancient pine. Read a miniature poem that joins changing matter, hidden life, and the survival of small traces. Cen Shen Joking with the Huamen Wine Seller 戲問花門酒家翁 Cen Shen asks an old wine seller whether coin-shaped elm seeds could pay for a drink in this playful spring quatrain. Wei Yingwu Hearing Wild Geese 聞鴈 Rain darkens an autumn night as migrating geese pass overhead. Follow the brief connection between a homesick listener and a familiar distant sound. Li Bai Qiupu Song: White Hair 秋浦歌十七首·其十五 A mirror turns sorrow into an impossible length of white hair. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Cen Shen Sending Cui Back to the Capital 送崔子還京 Cen Shen watches a lone rider return east from the frontier and writes his farewell in September snow. Li Bai For Wang Changling, Demoted to Longbiao 聞王昌齡左遷龍標遙有此寄 An absent friend receives a sorrowful message entrusted to the moon and wind. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Cen Shen From Alfalfa Peak to My Family 題苜蓿峰寄家人 The Beginning of Spring arrives on the frontier, but Cen Shen’s message home is shaped by tears and what the family cannot see. Wei Yingwu To a Daoist in the Quanjiao Mountains 寄全椒山中道士 A city dweller thinks of a mountain recluse and wishes to bring him wine. Follow the journey in thought and the leaves that conceal its destination. Han Yu Early Spring, Presented to Zhang Eighteen, I 早春呈水部張十八員外二首·其一 Fine rain reveals the first hint of spring grass on the capital's streets. Read how a distant green changes when the observer moves closer. Gao Shi Farewell to Dong Da 別董大二首·其一 Gao Shi’s Farewell to Dong Da, with pinyin, English translation, and notes on ten-li versus thousand-li texts, harsh weather, and the promise of recognition. Li Bai Hearing a Flute in Luoyang on a Spring Night 春夜洛城聞笛 Li Bai’s spring-night flute in Luoyang, with pinyin and English notes explaining the unseen player, the Breaking the Willow tune, and feelings of home. Li Bai A Traveler’s Song 客中行 A host’s fragrant wine makes the boundary between home and elsewhere disappear. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Han Yu Early Spring, Presented to Zhang Eighteen, II 早春呈水部張十八員外二首·其二 Spring invites a busy official to leave the city and look around. Hear the friendly argument that outdoor pleasures should not always be postponed. Gao Shi Hearing a Flute on the Frontier 塞上聽吹笛 A frontier flute turns the tune Falling Plum Blossoms into imagined flowers carried through the passes in Gao Shi's night scene. Han Yu Late Spring: Grass and Trees 晚春·草樹知春不久歸 Flowers seem determined to display themselves before spring ends. Read how drifting catkins and elm seeds enter the scene as unexpected performers.