Yuan Mei

thumb|If I can rejoice for a moment,Death at an early age would still be a long life. Yuan Mei (1716 – 1798) was a Chinese poet. Quotes I've ever thought it passing oddHow all men reverence some God,And wear their lives out for his sakeAnd bow their heads until they ache.'Tis clear to me the Gods are madeOf the same stuff as wind or shade. ...Ah! if they came to every caller,I'd be the very loudest bawler! "A Scoffer", as translated by Herbert Giles in Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898), p. 189, and quoted by Leonard Feinberg in Hypocrisy: Don't Leave Home Without It (2002), p. 147 If I can rejoice for a moment,Death at an early age would still be a long life. "Miscellaneous Poems" III, quoted in Albert Davis (ed.), The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse (1962), p. 67 Quotes about Yuan Mei Yuan Mei was a revolutionary in the world of poetry. Zhu Ziqing, as quoted in J. D. Schmidt's Harmony Garden: The Life, Literary Criticism and Poetry of Yuan Mei, 1716–1798 (2003), p. 129 External links zh:Author:袁枚 Category:Poets from China Category:Painters from China Category:LGBT people Category:1716 births Category:1798 deaths