Wang Wan
Wang Wan (Chinese: 王湾; pinyin: Wáng Wān; Wade–Giles : Wang Wan, 693-751), was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet. Ten of his poems are preserved, and the most famous poem among those is ‘A MOORING UNDER NORTH FORT HILL (次北固山下)’. Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, quoted the poem in the lecture of Cambridge University in England.
Poetry
Wang Wan was attracted by mountains and lakes in Jiangnan and influenced by the delicate style of poetry at that time. So he wrote some works to chant the beautiful mountains and lakes.
A Mooring Under North Fort Hill
This poem was praised highly by the dignitary and became the model of many scholars to learn from. The spectacles this poem expressed also made deep impression on the Tang poetry. We can also see the poem in the Chinese textbook of grade seven. What’s more, Chinese prime minister, Wen Jiabao, quoted the poem in the lecture of Cambridge Universary.
This is the English version. A MOORING UNDER NORTH FORT HILL Wang Wan Under blue mountains we wound our way, My boat and 1, along green water; Until the banks at low tide widened, With no wind stirring my lone sail. ...Night now yields to a sea of sun, And the old year melts in freshets. At last I can send my messengers—Wildgeese, homing to Loyang.
See also
General links
- Chinese poetry
- Classical Chinese poetry
- Quantangshi
- Shi (poetry)
- Tang poetry
- Three Hundred Tang Poems
- Wang Wei