Wei Zhuang Famous Poems

○ Farewell to a Japanese Monk (送日本国僧敬龙归)
"This poem was composed during the turbulent late Tang period when domestic upheavals had suspended Japan's official diplomatic missions to China. Japanese monks and scholars thereafter traveled between the two nations via merchant ships. The…"
○ Sidixiang (思帝乡·春日游)
"By Wei Zhuang"
○ A Nanjing Landscape (金陵图)
"Seven-character-quatrain"
○ A Night Thought on Terrace Tower (章台夜思)
"Five-character-regular-verseThis poem was composed during the turbulent late Tang Dynasty, when regional warlords fractured the empire and perpetual warfare displaced countless scholars. The poet, stranded in Yuezhong region, penned these li…"
○ Buddhist Dancers (菩萨蛮·人人尽说江南好)
"Wei Zhuang was considered one of the leaders of the "School among Flowers."In contrast to the omate rhetoric of other lyric poets of this School,his diction is simple and direct and explicit.In this lyric is revealed a Northerner's…"