杜甫《催宗文樹雞柵》 “Urging Zongwen to Set up a Chicken Run” by Du Fu
How Du Fu built his chicken run...
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Rachelle
Aug 24, 20206 min read
元稹《夜雨》 “Night Rain” by Yuan Zhen
Yuan Zhen's relevation in a stormy evening...
Rachelle
Aug 17, 20204 min read
白居易《嗟髮落》 “Sighing for Falling Hair” by Bai Juyi
Worring about hair loss? See what Bai Juyi said.
![蘇軾《余來儋耳得吠狗…》“I came to Dan[zhou] and got a barking dog...” by Su Shi](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_34f9e34051dd4b61941994bfa355ab30~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_997,h_749,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/a27d24_34f9e34051dd4b61941994bfa355ab30~mv2.jpg)
Rachelle
Aug 10, 20203 min read
蘇軾《余來儋耳得吠狗…》“I came to Dan[zhou] and got a barking dog...” by Su Shi
Su Shi on his dog from Hainan.
Rachelle
Aug 3, 20206 min read
余菊庵《中秋陰雨竟夕……》“On Mid-Autumn Day, it was cloudy and rainy the entire evening...” by Yu Ju'an
On the Liuzhou version of escargots.
Rachelle
Jul 27, 20205 min read
朱熹《觀書有感》“A Thought on Viewing Books” by Zhu Xi
A poem on reading by Zhu Xi, from my middle school textbook.
Rachelle
Jul 20, 20205 min read
陳沆《嘲廬山道士》“Mocking the Daoist from Mount Lu” by Chen Hang
A sad story about cranes... Mind your weight before trying to ride on them!
![左延年《秦女休行》“The Girl Xiu from the Qin [Family]” by Zuo Yannian](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_313ab492e7a54117858f2da4e61df4de~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_804,h_604,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/a27d24_313ab492e7a54117858f2da4e61df4de~mv2.png)
Rachelle
Jul 13, 20203 min read
左延年《秦女休行》“The Girl Xiu from the Qin [Family]” by Zuo Yannian
The story of the deadly girl Xiu...
Rachelle
Jul 6, 20205 min read
朱穆《與劉伯宗絕交詩》“Severing the Relationship with Liu Bozong” by Zhu Mu
How to tell your former friend to piss off with a poem...
Rachelle
Jun 29, 20206 min read
蘇軾《端午帖子詞》“Festive Verse for the Double Fifth Day” by Su Shi
Su Shi's verse for the Double Fifth Day and some notes on zongzi.
Rachelle
Jun 22, 20202 min read
杨萬里《初二日苦熱》 “Suffering Heat on the Second Day” by Yang Wanli
How a poet complained about summer heat...
Rachelle
Jun 15, 20205 min read
柳宗元《種柳戲題》“Written in Jest on Planting Willows” by Liu Zongyuan
A not-so-gloomy Liu Zongyuan (finally!) on planting willows.
Rachelle
Jun 8, 20206 min read
柳宗元《登柳州城樓寄漳汀封連四州》"Climbing the city wall tower of Liuzhou; ..." by Liu Zongyuan
Liu Zongyuan on climbing the city wall of Liuzhou, with some notes on the remaining city wall in modern Liuzhou.
Rachelle
Jun 1, 20206 min read
柳宗元《柳州峒氓》“The Cave People of Liuzhou” by Liu Zongyuan
Liu Zongyuan on the "cave people of Liuzhou" and a few words about the real caves in Liuzhou.
Rachelle
May 25, 20202 min read
柳宗元《寄韋珩》“To Wei Heng” by Liu Zongyuan
Liu Zongyuan's poetic complaint about his time in Liuzhou, sent as a letter to his friend Wei Heng.
Rachelle
May 18, 20207 min read
柳宗元《嶺南江行》“Travelling Along the River in the South of the Ridges” by Liu Zongyuan
A poem by the Tang poet Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元 on his way to my hometown Liuzhou.
Rachelle
May 11, 20205 min read
辛棄疾《醜奴兒》 To the tune “Ugly Slave” by Xin Qiji
A poem to the tune “Ugly Slave” by the Southern Song poet Xin Qiji 辛棄疾.
![雁兒落兼得勝令（尤侗《黑白衛》）[To the tunes] “Geese Falling” and “Victory Song” by You Tong](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/044059_4b4e751d94734db4a160d365782bdb17~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_484,h_409,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_auto/044059_4b4e751d94734db4a160d365782bdb17~mv2.jpeg)
Rachelle
May 4, 20207 min read
雁兒落兼得勝令（尤侗《黑白衛》）[To the tunes] “Geese Falling” and “Victory Song” by You Tong
A song poem sung by the female assassin Nie Yinniang 聶隱娘, from You Tong's play "He bai wei" 黑白衛 (Black and white donkeys).
Rachelle
Apr 27, 20205 min read
賀知章《回鄉偶書》“Written impromptu upon returning to my hometown” by He Zhizhang
Some personal reflections on a famous heptasyllabic quatrain by the Tang poet He Zhizhang.
Rachelle
Apr 20, 20206 min read
李賀《莫種樹》 “Don’t Plant Trees” by Li He
Why does Li He, the Chinese "spectral talent" of poetry, advise against planting trees?
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