Xin Qiji (1140-1207)
Xin Qiji was a Chinese poet and military leader during the Southern Song dynasty. (Xin Qiji Quotes)
“I wrote this for fun when drunk.
Xin Qiji
a thousand hands held high to heaven
swept along with a torrent of shouts.”
“In days when I was young and didn’t know the taste of sorrow I like to climb the storied tower, I like to climb the storied tower; To write the latest odes I forced myself to tell of sorrow. Now that I understand the taste of sorrow altogether I would like to tell, but stop, I would like to tell, but stop; Instead I say, ‘What a cool day! Such lovely autumn weather!’ When young, I knew not the taste of sorrow, But loved to mount the high towers; I loved to mount the height towers To compose a new song, urging myself to talk about sorrow. Now that I have known all the taste of sorrow, I would like to talk about it, but refrain; I would like to talk about it, but refrain, And say merely: ‘It is chilly; what a fine autumn!”
Xin Qiji
“In days when I was young and didn’t know the taste of sorrow I like to climb the storied tower, I like to climb the storied tower; To write the latest odes I forced myself to tell of sorrow.”
Xin Qiji
“Plum blossoms
Xin Qiji
wild goose weather
heavy frost
chill seeps through the window screen.”
“Precious hairpin, broken, halved at the Peach-Leaf Ferry where we parted; darkening mist and willow shround the place. I dread to climb the tower-top stair.”
Xin Qiji
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