Li Qingzhao

thumb|Li Qingzhao Li Qingzhao (李清照; 1084 – c. 1156) was a Chinese writer and poet in the Song dynasty. She is considered one of the greatest woman poets in Chinese history. Quotes 簾捲西風，人比黃花瘦。 The West Wind blows the curtainsAnd I am frailer than the yellow chrysanthemums. 《醉花陰》 ("Ninth Day, Ninth Month"), as translated by Kenneth Rexroth and ‎Ling Chung in Li Ch'ing-chao: Complete Poems (New Directions, 1979), p. 14 见有人来，袜铲金钗溜，和羞走。倚门回首，却把青梅嗅。 Seeing a guest come, she feels shy;Her stockings coming down, away she tries to fly.Her hairpin drops;She never stopsBut to look back.She leans against the door,Pretending to sniff at mume blossoms once more. 《点绛唇》 ("Rouged Lips"), as translated by Xu Yuan Zhong in Song of the Immortals (New World Press, 1994), p. 227 Who sits alone by the bright window?My shadow and I, only we two.But the lamp burns out, there is darkness.Even my shadow forsakes me.Alas, alas!I am forlorn! "To the Tune of ‘Like a Dream’", in The White Pony: An Anthology Of Chinese Poetry (G. Allen & Unwin, 1949), ed. Robert Payne, p. 300 Quotes about Li Li Yi-an was the greatest poetess of China. Once her husband asked one of his friends to pick out the best lines that he liked from a number of his poems, having, however, concealed in them some pieces by his wife. The friend picked out, to his dismay, only lines from her pen. Lin Yutang, The Importance of Understanding (Cleveland and New York: World Book Publishing, 1960), p. 143 External links Li Ching Chao Poems and Poetry at Famous Poets and Poems Category:11th century births Category:1150s deaths Category:Poets from China