English Rendering
Can drifting clouds and white storks
Be tenants in this world of ours? --
Or you still live on Wuzhou Mountain,
Now that people are coming here?
Farewell To a Buddhist Monk
- Poetry of Liu Changqing
《送方外上人》
Original Text (中文原文)
孤云将野鹤，岂向人间住。
莫买沃洲山，时人已知处。
Analysis & Context
Five-character-quatrain
Reader's Companion
The Essence of the Verse
Classical Chinese poetry thrives on Concision and Ambiguity. Without tense or number, the words create a timeless space where the reader becomes the co-creator of the poem's meaning.
Reading Between the Lines
Look for Contrasts: light and shadow, movement and stillness. Don't just translate the words; feel the Yijing (artistic conception) that lingers long after the last character.
- Seeking Shelter During a Snowstorm on Furong Mountain
- Farewell To a Buddhist Monk
- On Hearing a Lute-player
- On Parting With the Buddhist Pilgrim Ling Che
- An Evening View of the City of Youzhou After Coming From Hankou to Parrot Island a Poem Sent to My Friend Governor Yuan
- On Passing Jia Yi's House in Changsha
- The Summit Temple
- <Prelude to Water Melody> Sent to Ziyou on Mid-autumn Festival
- Invitation to Wine
- Question and Answer in the Mountains
- Cold sheet
- Coming Home ( Returning Home )
The Masters' Directory
Journey through the dynasties. Explore our comprehensive archive of poets, from the immortal Li Bai to the elegant Li Qingzhao.
View All Poets →