Wen Yiduo

thumb|Silent night, I cannot, will not, accept your bribe!Who can be happy with a peace inside four walls? Wen Yiduo (聞一多; 1899-1946) was a Chinese poet. Quotes This eerie, silent night, this round of perfect peace,This song of gratitude that rises in my throat –And at once the song of thanks changes to a curse.Silent night, I cannot, will not, accept your bribe!Who can be happy with a peace inside four walls?My world is greater; it reaches far beyond.These walls cannot keep out the roar of battle.Can they still the furious beating of my heart?[...]Good Fortune, I cannot accept your bribe;My world cannot be locked inside these walls.Listen! Cannons! Roaring spirits of the dead!Silent night, how can you hope to still my pounding heart? Silent Night (靜夜), 1948Translation of Herbert Batt and Sheldon Zitner, The Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry (2016) The stronger the poet is, the more he revels in dancing in shackles, and the better he dances. As quoted in The Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry (2016) by Herbert Batt and Sheldon Zitner Quotes about On 15 July 1946 he addressed a public meeting in memory of Li Gongpu, a Democratic League leader shot by the Guomindang secret police: "Reactionaries, you killed one man, but hundreds and thousands carry on ... We have the martyr's spirit!" Later that same day Wen himself was assassinated. Herbert Batt and Sheldon Zitner, The Flowering of Modern Chinese Poetry (2016) External links Category:Poets from China