Ellen SoulliereJul 27, 2023From "Among the Flowers" by Mao Xizhen to the Tune of ‘Music of Qingping " This poem is found in juan 10 of an anthology entitled Collection from Among the Flowers (Huajian ji 花間集). It is a Ci 辭 poem that...
Ellen SoulliereJul 27, 2023A Painting of Autumn Mountain by Wu BinThe Ming dynasty painter, Wu Bin 吳彬 (ca. 1543-1626), wrote the poem below as a colophon on a painting entitled, A painting of Autumn...
Ellen SoulliereJul 27, 2023Rumeng ling, The first day of the lunar new year by Mao ZedongMao Zedong wrote this poem on an auspicious day, the first day of the first lunar month, the beginning of Spring Festival, in 1930. ...
Ellen SoulliereJul 27, 2023Three partings for Yang Guan by Wang WeiWang Wei (699-759) was a native of Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi Province. He held important posts at the court of the Tang dynasty...