Yangzhou Man (扬州慢) — Jiang Kui
A free printable Chinese handwriting worksheet for Jiang Kui's Song dynasty lyric "Yangzhou Man (扬州慢)", with pinyin, stroke-order guides, and Chinese writing practice grids.
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Original Poem
淮左名都，竹西佳处，解鞍少驻初程。
过春风十里，尽荠麦青青。
自胡马窥江去后，废池乔木，犹厌言兵。
渐黄昏，清角吹寒，都在空城。
杜郎俊赏，算而今，重到须惊。
纵豆蔻词工，青楼梦好，难赋深情。
二十四桥仍在，波心荡、冷月无声。
念桥边红药，年年知为谁生。
Pinyin
huái zuǒ míng dōu， zhú xī jiā chù， jiě ān shǎo zhù chū chéng。
guò chūn fēng shí lǐ， jìn qí mài qīng qīng。
zì hú mǎ kuī jiāng qù hòu， fèi chí qiáo mù， yóu yàn yán bīng。
jiàn huáng hūn， qīng jiǎo chuī hán， dōu zài kōng chéng。
dù láng jùn shǎng， suàn ér jīn， zhòng dào xū jīng。
zòng dòu kòu cí gōng， qīng lóu mèng hǎo， nán fù shēn qíng。
èr shí sì qiáo réng zài， bō xīn dàng、 lěng yuè wú shēng。
niàn qiáo biān hóng yào， nián nián zhī wèi shuí shēng。
English Meaning
Famous city left of the Huai, the bamboo-west beauty spot — I unsaddle for a first rest on my journey. Through what was Ten Li of Spring breeze, all is green buckwheat. Since the Huai horses eyed the river, the abandoned pools and tall trees still hate to speak of war. Toward dusk, a chill horn call blows cold — all of it in the empty city. Master Du, that discerning connoisseur: even returning today he would startle. However skilled his cardamom verses, sweet his blue-tower dreams, he could not render this desolation. The Twenty-four Bridge still stands; in the wave's heart the cold moon sways, soundless. By the bridge, the red peonies — for whom, year after year, do they bloom?
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About the Poem
Jiang Kui's (c. 1155–1221) slow ci on Yangzhou, devastated by the Jin invasions. He measures the ruined city against Du Mu's lovesick verses of its golden age; the Twenty-four Bridge and its red peony in cold moonlight remain the poem's emblems.
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