Facing the sea with spring blossoms
By Hai Zi
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This is a ditch of desperate dead water,
Where wind can blow but raise no ripples.
Best just to throw in more scraps of copper and iron,
Might as well pour in your leftovers of cold porridge.
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Seven steps poem
When Cao Cao died, his older son Cao Pi attained the throne. He was afraid of his younger brother and wanted to rid of him by some pretense. One day in Court Cao Pi forced Cao Zhi to produce a spontaneous poem within seven footsteps, otherwise facing significant punishment or even death.Here is the famous 4 sentences.
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Shui diao ge tou
by su shi
IN mid-autumn festival, i drank happily overnight and got drunk, then wrote down this poem to commemorate my younger brother.
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Jiang zhenzi
by su shi
January 20th, i woke up in the midnight, i couldn't sleep because of dreaming of my wife, then wrote down the poem.
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Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again
by xu zhi mo
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Tsiek tsiek and again tsiek tsiek,
Mu-lan weaves, facing the door.
You don't hear the shuttle's sound,
You only hear Daughter's sighs.
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Dark nights gave me these dark eyes
but I shall use them to seek the light
by gu cheng
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Facing The Sea With Spring Blossoms 面 朝 大 海 , 春 暖 花 开
Facing the sea with spring blossoms
By Hai Zi
From tomorrow on,
I will be a happy man;
Grooming, chopping,
and traveling all over the world.
From tomorrow on,
I will care foodstuff and vegetable,
Living in a house towards the sea,
with spring blossoms.
From tomorrow on,
write to each of my dear ones,
Telling them of my happiness,
What the lightening of happiness has told me,
I will spread it to each of them.
Give a warm name for every river and every mountain, Strangers, I will also wish you happy.
May you have a brilliant future!
May you lovers eventually become spouse!
May you enjoy happiness in this earthly world!
I only wish to face the sea, with spring flowers blossoming
Hai zi wrote this poem in january 1989, but after 2 months, in the spring blossoms season, he killed himself by sleeping on the train track.haizi's death cast a cloud on this light-hearted and happy poem.Haizi wrote his poems with his soul and he aspired to listen to an echo which is far away from the earthly world.He used all his life to free from the earthly world, he wanted to surpass the reality and achieve his ideals. It was a tough period in 1980s.The status of poet was not trusted by people, and haizi was against by traditional literature group as he was in the Chinese pioneer's literature group.But the
failure of love was one of the important causes of his suicide.
面 朝 大 海 , 春 暖 花 开
海 子
从 明 天 起 , 做 一 个 幸 福 的 人
喂 马 , 劈 柴 , 周 游 世 界
从 明 天 起 , 关 心 粮 食 和 蔬 菜
我 有 一 所 房 子 , 面 朝 大 海 , 春 暖 花 开
从 明 天 起 , 和 每 一 个 亲 人 通 信
告 诉 他 们 我 的 幸 福
那 幸 福 的 闪 电 告 诉 我 的
我 将 告 诉 每 一 个 人
给 每 一 条 河 每 一 座 山 取 一 个 温 暖 的 名 字
陌 生 人 , 我 也 为 你 祝 福
愿 你 有 一 个 灿 烂 的 前 程
愿 你 有 情 人 终 成 眷 属
愿 你 在 尘 世 获 得 幸 福
我 只 愿 面 朝 大 海 , 春 暖 花 开