Li He
Li He (c. 790–791 – c. 816–817) was a Chinese poet of the mid-Tang dynasty.
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Quotes
[edit]- 大漠沙如雪，燕山月似钩。
何当金络脑，快走踏清秋。- The desert sands look white as snow;
The crescent moon hangs like a bow.
When would the steed in golden gear
Gallop all night through autumn clear?- "Twenty-three Horse Poems", 5 (《马诗二十三首（其五）》), in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Xu Yuanchong (Penguin Books, 1994), p. 91
- The desert sands look white as snow;
"Ballad of the Grand Warden of Goose Gate" (《雁門太守行》)
[edit]- In The Poems of Li Ho, trans. J. D. Frodsham (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970)
- 黑雲壓城城欲摧，甲光向日金鱗開。
- Black clouds whelm on the city,
Till it seems the city must yield.
Our chain-mail glitters under the moon,
Metal scales agape.- Opening lines
- Black clouds whelm on the city,
- 報君黃金臺上意，提攜玉龍為君死。
- We require the king for his favours to us
At Yellow Gold Tower,
Clutching our Dragons of Jade
We die for our lord.- Closing lines
- We require the king for his favours to us
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Li He on Wikipedia
