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03 July 2012

李白 Li Bai: 玉階怨 Sentiments on the Steps of Marble

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Ezra Pound had been much praised for his rendition of this beautiful poem by the Tang dynasty Chinese poet immortal Li Bai (or as Ezra Pou...
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07 June 2012

陳陶 Chen Tao: 隴西行 Song of Longxi

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Following my October 2009 post of 王翰 Wang Han's 涼州詞 "Song of Liangzhou" and my October 2011 post of 柳中庸 Liu Zhongyong's ...
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18 May 2012

李紳 Li Shen: 憫農/古風 2首 其2 (1- 鋤禾日當午) Pity the Peasants/Ancient Air (1- He heaves his hoe...)

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Following my April 2012 post last month, here is the second and the more popular of Late Tang poet Li Shen's 2 quatrain (4-line) airs ...
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25 April 2012

李紳 Li Shen: 憫農/古風 2首 其1 (1- 春種一粒粟) Pity the Peasants/Ancient Air, 1 of 2 (1- Each grain of millet sown in spring)

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This is the first but the less popular of the 2 quatrains written by the late Tang dynasty poet Li Shen 李紳 on the plight of the farming pea...
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29 March 2012

朱慶餘 Zhu Qingyu: 近試上張水部 Submitted to Waterworks Minister Zhang as the Imperial Examinations Approach

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This beautiful little poem is by the Late Tang poet Zhu Qingyu: particularly beautiful is the last line "Are my brows too bold, too l...
28 February 2012

辛棄疾 Xin Qizi: 醜奴兒/ 採桑子 書博山道中壁 Chou Nu Er/ Cai Sang Zi (The Ugly Page/ Picking Mulberries) -- Written on a Wall on the Way to Boshan

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This famous poem by Song dynasty poet Xin Qiji is about autumn, literally the autumn season and metaphorically, the autumn of one's li...
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20 January 2012

高適 Gao Shih: 除夜作 Written in the Night of New Year’s Eve

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This year 2012, New Year's Day of the Chinese Lunar Calendar falls on Monday the 23rd of January. At this, the Eve of the Chinese New ...
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31 December 2011

韋應物 Wei Yingwu: 滁州西澗 By the River to the West of Chuzhou

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Today is New Year's Eve.  Tomorrow will be New Year's Day 2012, still deep in winter, may not be the right time to post a spring p...
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26 November 2011

李白 Li Bai: 题峰頂寺(夜宿山寺) Written at the Summit Temple (Lodged for the Night at a Mountain Temple)

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Yet another great poem by the poet immortal Li Bai.  Hope you will like it. Li Bai (701-762):  Written at the  Summit Temple (Lodged f...
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31 October 2011

柳中庸 Liu Zhongyong: 征人怨 A Soldier’s Lament

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This is the last day of October 2011 and I have only just realized that I have yet to do my October post. Please accept my apologies.  Her...
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