Li He

thumb|Li He Li He (c. 790–791 – c. 816–817) was a Chinese poet of the mid-Tang dynasty. Quotes 大漠沙如雪，燕山月似钩。何当金络脑，快走踏清秋。 The desert sands look white as snow;The crescent moon hangs like a bow.When would the steed in golden gearGallop all night through autumn clear? "Twenty-three Horse Poems", 5 (《马诗二十三首（其五）》), in Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Xu Yuanchong (Penguin Books, 1994), p. 91 鬼哭復何益仗劍明秋水兇威屢脅逼強梟噬母心犇厲索人魄 Even if ghosts weep, what good can it do?You bore a sword as bright as autumn’s floods,but evil violence relentlessly compels and bullies.The violent owl gnaws its mother’s heart,roving demons hunt human body-souls. Ashmore, R., Allen, S., Nugent, C. & Tian, X. (2023). The Poetry of Li He. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501504716 "Ballad of the Grand Warden of Goose Gate" (《雁門太守行》) In The Poems of Li Ho, trans. J. D. Frodsham (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970) 黑雲壓城城欲摧，甲光向日金鱗開。 Black clouds whelm on the city,Till it seems the city must yield.Our chain-mail glitters under the moon,Metal scales agape. Opening lines 報君黃金臺上意，提攜玉龍為君死。 We require the king for his favours to usAt Yellow Gold Tower,Clutching our Dragons of JadeWe die for our lord. Closing lines Quotes about Li He Early editions of Li He’s poetry appear under a wide range of titles, but this term [geshi 歌詩, or "song-poems"] recurs frequently. The persistence of this term in referring to Li He’s poetry calls attention to the centrality of song traditions, as well as ideas about the power of song, and more generally of music, in his work. Ashmore, R., Allen, S., Nugent, C. & Tian, X. (2023). The Poetry of Li He. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501504716 External links Category:8th century births Category:810s deaths Category:Tang dynasty poets