Learn Chinese – Chinese Literature Folk-song-styled-verse A SONG OF CHANGGAN —Li Bai My hair had hardly covered my forehead. I
Category: Chinese Poems
A FAREWELL TO A FRIEND
Five-character-regular-verse A FAREWELL TO A FRIEND —Li Bai With a blue line of mountains north of the wall, And east
ALONE IN HER BEAUTY
Five-character-ancient-verse ALONE IN HER BEAUTY —Du Fu Who is lovelier than she? Yet she lives alone in an empty valley.
A SONG OF WHITE SNOW IN FAREWELL TO FIELD-CLERK WU GOING HOME
Seven-character-ancient-verse A SONG OF WHITE SNOW IN FAREWELL TO FIELD-CLERK WU GOING HOME —Cen Can The north wind rolls the
SONG OF LIANGZHOU
Seven-character-quatrain A SONG OF LIANGZHOU —Wang Han They sing, they drain their cups of jade, They strum on horseback their
ON THE EVE OF GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS
Seven-character-quatrain ON THE EVE OF GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS TO SECRETARY ZHANG —Zhu Qingyu Out go the great red wedding-chamber candles. Tomorrow
BY THE PURPLE CLIFF
Seven-character-quatrain BY THE PURPLE CLIFF —Du Mu On a part of a spear still unrusted in the sand I have
THE SUMMER PALACE
Five-character-quatrain THE SUMMER PALACE —Yuan Zhen In the faded old imperial palace, Peonies are red, but no one comes to
A SIGH FROM A STAIRCASE OF JADE
Folk-song-styled-verse A SIGH FROM A STAIRCASE OF JADE —Li Bai Her jade-white staircase is cold with dew; Her silk soles
Tune "Phoenix Hairpin"
The Garden of Shen Tune :"Phoenix Hairpin" —Lu You Pink Hands so fine , Gold2branded wine , Spring paints the