He Zhizhang

thumb|I left home young. I returned old;Speaking as then, but with hair grown thin;And my children, meeting me, do not know me.They smile and say: "Stranger, where do you come from?" He Zhizhang (659–744) was a Chinese poet born in present-day Xiaoshan, Zhejiang during the Tang Dynasty. Quotes 碧玉妝成一樹高，萬條垂下綠絲縧。不知細葉誰裁出，二月春風似剪刀。 Ten thousand branches of tall trees begin to sprout,They droop like fringes of a robe made of green jade.But do you know by whom these young leaves are cut out?The early spring wind is as sharp as scissor blade. "Willow Trees" (《咏柳》), in 150 Tang Poems, trans. Xu Yuan-zhong. 少小離家老大回，鄉音無改鬢毛衰。兒童相見不相識，笑問客從何處來。 I left home young. I returned old;Speaking as then, but with hair grown thin;And my children, meeting me, do not know me.They smile and say: "Stranger, where do you come from?" "Coming Home" (《回乡偶书》) in Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty, trans. Witter Bynner. External links Category:7th century births Category:744 deaths Category:Tang dynasty poets Category:Politicians from China