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王維 酬虞部蘇員外過藍田別業不見留之作 translation: Composed in Reply to Secretary Su of the...
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 酬虞部蘇員外過藍田別業不見留之作 (Chóu Yúbù Sū Tuánwài Guò Lántián Biéyè Bù Jiànliú Zhī Zuò), ‘Composed in Reply to Secretary Su of the Board of Concern, Who...
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王維 送元二使安西 translation: Seeing Off Yuan Er on His Mission to Anxi, by Wang Wei
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 送元二使安西 (Sòng Yuán Èr Shǐ Ānxī), ‘Seeing Off Yuan Er on His Mission to Anxi’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 王維 (Wáng Wéi). As always, if...
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王維 辛夷塢 translation: Magnolia Wall, by Wang Wei (輞川集)
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 辛夷塢 (Xīnyí Wù), ‘Magnolia Wall’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 王維 (Wáng Wéi). As always, if you have any suggestions or criticisms, please...
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王維 欒家瀨 translation: Luan Family Rapids, by Wang Wei (輞川集)
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 欒家瀨 (Luán Jiā Lài), ‘Luan Family Rapids’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 王維 (Wáng Wéi). As always, if you have any suggestions or...
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王維 欹湖 translation: Yi Lake, by Wang Wei (輞川集)
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 欹湖 (Yī Hú), ‘Yi Lake’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 王維 (Wáng Wéi). As always, if you have any suggestions or criticisms, please share...
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孫子 兵法 始計 translation: Laying Plans, The Art of War, by Sun Zi
This is a literal, line-by-line translation and annotation of 孫子 兵法 始計: the section Laying Plans, from Sun Zi’s Art of War. There are plenty of elegant, idiomatic translations of 孫子兵法 available...
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柳宗元 江雪 translation: River Snow, by Liu Zongyuan (Jiang Xue)
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 江雪 (Jiāng Xuě), ‘River Snow’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 柳宗元 (Liǔ Zōngyuán). As always, if you have any suggestions or criticisms,...
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李煜 謝新恩 · 櫻花落盡階前月 translation: Cherry Blossom Completely Falls Before the...
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 櫻花落盡階前月 (Yīnghuā Luòjǐn Jiēqián Yuè), ‘Cherry Blossom Completely Falls Before the Steps Under the Moon’, by 李煜 (Lǐ Yù) of the Southern Tang....
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王維 相思 translation: Yearning, by Wang Wei
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 相思 (Xiāngsī), ‘Yearning’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 王維 (Wáng Wéi). This is poem #227 in the 300 Tang Poems. As always, if you have any...
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詩經 柏舟 translation: Cypress Boat, from the Classic of Poetry
This is a translation / annotation of the section 柏舟 (Bǎi Zhōu) – “Cypress Boat” – from the 詩經 (Shījīng) – the Classic of Poetry. This is quite a famous section, and the term 柏舟 remains a metaphor for...
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女曰雞鳴 translation: The Wife Says the Rooster Crows (Classic of Poetry 詩經)
This is a translation / annotation of a section from the Classic of Poetry (詩經): 女曰雞鳴 (Nǚ Yuē Jī Míng) – “The Wife Says the Rooster Crows”. The title 女曰雞鳴 is a 成语 (chéngyǔ – set phrase metaphor) to...
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孟郊 遊子吟 (Yóuzǐ Yín) translation: Song of the Wanderer, by Meng Jiao
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 遊子吟 (Yóuzǐ Yín), ‘Song of the Wanderer’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 孟郊 (Mèng Jiāo). 遊子吟 (Yóuzǐ Yín) is poem #45 in the 300 Tang Poems....
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李商隱 夜雨寄北 translation: Sent North in Night Rain, by Li Shangyin
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 夜雨寄北 (Yè Yǔ Jì Běi), ‘Sent North in Night Rain’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 李商隱 (Lǐ Shāngyǐn). As always, if you have any suggestions,...
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李商隱 無題 · 來是空言去絕踪 translation: Untitled (Promises to Come Were Empty Words;...
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 來是空言去絕踪 (Lái Shì Kōngyán Qù Jué Zōng), ‘Promises to Come Were Empty Words; Gone Without Trace’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 李商隱 (Lǐ...
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柳宗元 秋曉行南谷經荒村 translation: On an Autumn Morning, Travelling on a Southern...
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 秋曉行南谷經荒村 (Qiūxiǎo Xíng Nán Gǔjīng Huāngcūn), ‘On an Autumn Morning, Travelling on a Southern Valley Path to a Deserted Village’, by the Tang...
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歐陽脩 平生為愛西湖好 translation: All One’s Life One has Loved It, by Ouyang Xiu (采桑子)
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 平生為愛西湖好 (Píngshēng Wèi Ai Xīhú Hǎo), ‘All One’s Life One has Loved It, West Lake is Good’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 歐陽脩 (Oūyáng Xiū)....
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揚州十日記 translation: Diary of the Ten Days of Yangzhou, Part 1
This is Part 1 in an annotation of 揚州十日記 (‘Diary of the Ten Days of Yangzhou’). Like 吳城日記, it’s a daily log from the year 1645, a year after the Manchus took Beijing, marking the end of the Ming...
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蘇軾 戲子由 translation: Teasing Zi You, by Su Shi
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 戲子由 (Xì Zǐyóu), ‘Teasing Zi You’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì). If you have any suggestions, please share them in the...
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常建 古興 translation: Ancient Inspiration, by Chang Jian (漢上逢老翁)
This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 古興 (Gǔxìng), ‘Ancient Inspiration’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 常建 (Cháng Jiàn). If you have any suggestions, please share them in the...
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陸遊 岳池農家 translation: The Peasant Houses of Yuechi, by Lu You
This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 岳池農家 (Yuèchí Nóngjiā), ‘The Peasant Houses of Yuechi’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 陸遊 (Lù Yóu). If you have any suggestions, please share...
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