Wang Wei Quotes

699–750 China

Wang Wei (Chinese: 王維; 699–759) was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman. He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his time.

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I will walk till the water checks my path,
Then sit and watch the rising clouds.

Empty hills, no one in sight,
only the sound of someone talking;
late sunlight enters the deep wood,
shining over the green moss again.

Red beans come from Southern country,
Few blossoms on vines when Spring comes.
For my sake please pick many of them,
They are the best symbol of true love.

All alone in a foreign land,
I am twice as homesick on this day
When brothers carry dogwood up the mountain,
Each of them a branch—and my branch missing.

Fighting single-handed for a thousand miles,
With his naked dagger he could hold a multitude.

In the mountains a night of rain,
And above the trees a hundred springs.

Lin Yutang's My Country and My People (1936)

I sit alone in the secluded bamboo grove
and play the zither and whistle along.
In the deep forest no one knows,
the bright moon comes to shine on me.

The bright moon shines between the pines.
The crystal stream flows over the pebbles.

You have come from my home,
So you must know about things at home.
On the day you left—in front of my open-work window,
Had the winter plum opened into blossom yet?

General Wei Qing's victory was only a thing of chance.
And General Li Guang's thwarted effort was his fate, not his fault.

The cold mountain turns dark green.
The autumn stream flows murmuring on.
Leaning on my staff beneath the wicket gate,
In the rushing wind I hear the cry of the aged cicada.

I have just seen you go down the mountain.
I close the wicker gate in the setting sun.
The grass will be green again in coming spring,
But will the wanderer ever return?

A morning rain has settled the dust in Weicheng;
Willows are green again in the tavern dooryard...
Wait till we empty one more cup –
West of Yang Gate there'll be no old friends.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Wang Wei (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.