Lamentations
- Poetry of Cao Zhi
明月照高楼，流光正徘徊。
上有愁思妇，悲叹有余哀。
借问叹者谁？言是宕子妻。
君行逾十年，孤妾常独栖。
君若清路尘，妾若浊水泥。
浮沉各异势，会合何时谐？
愿为西南风，长逝入君怀。
君怀良不开，贱妾当何依？
The moon is shining o'er the hall aglow;
Its crystal light is moving quiet and slow.
There is a lady in deep distress upstairs,
Who sighs and sighs,in deep grief and despairs.
Who is she that leads so sad a life?
The answer is,she is a rover's wife.
Since her man left home a dozen years ago,
She has been living quite alone in woe.
"You're like the dust that flies high in the air
While I'm like the mud that sinks down there.
Now that we are indeed a world apart,
When can we meet and talk heart to heart?
Oh that I be a breeze blowing south and west
That travels a long distance into your breast.
If you don't want to bare your breast to me,
On whom shall I rely and what shall I be?"
Cao Zhi
- Why Chinese poems is so special?
- The most distinctive features of Chinese poetry are: concision- many poems are only four lines, and few are much longer than eight; ambiguity- number, tense and parts of speech are often undetermined, creating particularly rich interpretative possibilities; and structure- most poems follow quite strict formal patterns which have beauty in themselves as well as highlighting meaningful contrasts.
- How to read a Chinese poem?
- Like an English poem, but more so. Everything is there for a reason, so try to find that reason. Think about all the possible connotations, and be aware of the different possibilities of number and tense. Look for contrasts: within lines, between the lines of each couplet and between successive couplets. Above all, don't worry about what the poet meant- find your meaning.
List of Chinese poets
Pre-Qin Poetry
Han poetry
Ban Gu Cao Cao Cao Zhi Cai Wenji Kong Rong Liu Bang Liu Che Qin Jia Ruan Ji Su Wu Xiang Yu Xu Gan Zhang Heng AnonymousSix Dynasties Poetry
Tao Yuanming Zhang HuaTang poetry
Bai Juyi Cen Shen Chen Zi'ang Cui Hao Chang Jian Cui Tu Chen Tao Du Fu Du Mu Du Shenyan Dai Shulun Du Xunhe Du Qiuniang Gao Shi Gu Kuang Gao Pian Han Yu He Zhizhang Han Hong Huangfu Ran Han Wo Huang Chao Jia Dao Jiaoran Jin Changzu Li Bai (Li Po) Li He Li Shangyin Liu Yuxi Liu Zongyuan Luo Binwang Li Qi Liu Changqing Lu Lun Li Shen Li Yu Li Qiao Li Yi Liu Fangping Liu Zhongyong Meng Haoran Meng Jiao Ma Dai Pei Di Qian Qi Quan Deyu Sikong Shu Song Zhiwen Shen Quanqi Shangguan Wan'er Xuanzong of Tang Wang Bo Wang Changling Wang Wei Wang Zhihuan Wei Yingwu Wen Tingyun Wang Han Wei Zhuang Wang Wan Xue Tao Xu Hun Yuan Zhen Yu Xuanji Yu Shinan Yuan Jie Zhang Jiuling Zhang Ji Zhang Hu Zhang Zhihe Zu Yong Zhang Xu Zhu Qingyu Zheng Tian Zhang Bi Zhang RuoxuSong Poetry
Cai Xiang Chao Chongzhi Fan Chengda Fan Zhongyan Huang Tingjian He Zhu Kou Zhun Jiang Kui Lu You Li Qingzhao Liu Yong Mei Yaochen Ouyang Xiu Pan Lang Qin Guan Qian Weiyan Su Shi Su Zhe Song Qi Wang Anshi Wen Tianxiang Weng Juan Xin Qiji Yang Wanli Yue Fei Yan Jidao Yan Shu Ye Shaoweng Zeng Gong Zhang Xian Zhou Bangyan Zhu Shuzhen Zhu Xi Zhou DunyiYuan poetry
Bai Pu Guan Hanqing Ma Zhiyuan Xu Zaisi Yang WeizhenMing poetry
Chen Jiru Tang Yin Tang Xianzu Xu Wei Yu Qian Yang ShenQing poetry
Cao Xueqin He Shuangqing Nalan Xingde Pu Songling Tsangyang Gyatso Wang Guowei Yuan Mei Zheng Xie Zhao Yi