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Teaching Languages1. 草 （白居易 - 唐）
Cǎo (Bái Jū Yì - Táng)
Cǎo (Bái Jū Yì - Táng)
| 离离原上草, | lí lí yuán shàng cǎo |
| 一岁一枯荣. | yī suì yī kū róng |
| 野火烧不尽, | yě huó shāo bù jìn |
| 春风吹又生. | chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng |
| 远芳侵古道, | yuǎn fāng qīn gǔ dào |
| 晴翠接荒城. | qíng cuì jiē huāng chéng |
| 又送王孙去, | yòu sòng wáng sūn qù |
| 萋萋满别情. | qī qī mǎn bié qíng |
We return, first of all, to one of the poems encountered in volume 1, Cǎo (草) by Bái Jū Yì, where just the first four lines were given. This is in total an eight-line poem, and the whole poem is set out here, although vocabulary only for the last four lines is provided.
At first glance, the poem seems to turn in a different direction from that taken in the first lines - a parting from a revered friend (Wáng Sūn does not literally mean King's grandson here, but is a term of respect for someone close, found also in other poems such as Sòng Bié (送别) by Wáng Wéi).
| 远 | yuǎn | distant |
| 芳 | fāng | aroma |
| 侵 | qīn | invade |
| 古 | gǔ | old, ancient |
| 道 | dào | path |
| 晴 | qíng | clear |
| 翠 | cuì | green, emerald |
| 接 | jiē | take over |
| 荒 | huāng | desolate |
| 城 | chéng | city |
| 又 | yòu | again |
| 送 | sòng | accompany |
| 王 | wáng | king |
| 孙 | sūn | grandson |
| 去 | qù | go, depart |
| 萋 | qī | luxuriant |
| 萋 | qī | crowded |
| 满 | mǎn | full |
| 别 | bié | farewell |
| 情 | qíng | feeling |
However, closer examination shows recurrence of the same themes as introduced in the first quatrain, and can be considered an illustration and amplification of these ideas. 'Fāng' (芳) is often thought of a...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Contents
- Part 1
- Part 2
- Renditions of poems in English
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