Lin Huiyin

Lin Huiyin

Lin Huiyin (Chinese: 林徽因, born 林徽音; known as Phyllis Lin or Lin Whei-yin when in the United States; 10 June 1904 – 1 April 1955) was a Chinese architect and architectural historian.

Quotes

• 一样是月明，
  一样是隔山灯火，
  满天的星
  只使人不见，
  梦似的挂起。
  • The moon is still bright;
    The lights below the hills are still on;
    The sky is still full of stars
    Hanging like dreams.
  • "Do Not Throw Away" (《别丢掉》), translated by Michelle Yeh in A Chorus for Peace: A Global Anthology of Poetry by Women (University of Iowa Press, 2002), p. 41
  • Variant translation:
    • The moon is still so bright;
      Beyond the hills the lamp sheds the same light.
      The sky besprinkled with star on star,
      But I do not know where you are.
      It seems
      You hang above like dreams.
      • Xu Yuanchong, Vanished Springs: The Life and Love of a Chinese Intellectual (Vantage Press, 1999), pp. 44–45

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Lin Huiyin on Wikipedia