Ruan Lang Gui (阮郎归) — Yan Jidao
A free printable Chinese handwriting worksheet for Yan Jidao's Song dynasty lyric "Ruan Lang Gui (阮郎归)", with pinyin, stroke-order guides, and Chinese writing practice grids.
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Original Poem
旧香残粉似当初。
人情恨不如。
一春犹有数行书。
秋来书更疏。
衾凤冷，枕鸳孤。
愁肠待酒舒。
梦魂纵有也成虚。
那堪和梦无。
Pinyin
jiù xiāng cán fěn sì dāng chū。
rén qíng hèn bù rú。
yī chūn yóu yǒu shù xíng shū。
qiū lái shū gèng shū。
qīn fèng lěng， zhěn yuān gū。
chóu cháng dài jiǔ shū。
mèng hún zòng yǒu yě chéng xū。
nà kān hé mèng wú。
English Meaning
Old scent, faded powder, as at the start — but the human feeling, alas, is not. All spring a few lines still came; by autumn the letters grow sparse. The phoenix quilt is cold; the mandarin-duck pillow, lonely. A sorrowing heart waits for wine to loosen it. Even a dream-soul turns out to be emptiness — and now even dreams do not come.
Key Vocabulary
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Practice the Characters
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About the Poem
A lover's lament by Yan Jidao (c. 1038–1110), master of the small, tender ci. Letters thin out from autumn on, and the last consolation — a dream — fails: not even a dream now.
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