Ai Wang Sun (哀王孙) — Du Fu
A free printable Chinese handwriting worksheet for Du Fu's Tang dynasty poem "Ai Wang Sun (哀王孙)", with pinyin, stroke-order guides, and Chinese writing practice grids.
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Original Poem
长安城头头白乌，夜飞延秋门上呼。
又向人家啄大屋，屋底达官走避胡。
金鞭断折九马死，骨肉不得同驰驱。
腰下宝玦青珊瑚，可怜王孙泣路隅。
问之不肯道姓名，但道困苦乞为奴。
已经百日窜荆棘，身上无有完肌肤。
高帝子孙尽隆准，龙种自与常人殊。
豺狼在邑龙在野，王孙善保千金躯。
不敢长语临交衢，且为王孙立斯须。
昨夜东风吹血腥，东来橐驼满旧都。
朔方健儿好身手，昔何勇锐今何愚。
窃闻天子已传位，圣德北服南单于。
花门剺面请雪耻，慎勿出口他人狙。
哀哉王孙慎勿疏，五陵佳气无时无。
Pinyin
cháng ān chéng tóu tóu bái wū， yè fēi yán qiū mén shàng hū。
yòu xiàng rén jiā zhuó dà wū， wū dǐ dá guān zǒu bì hú。
jīn biān duàn zhé jiǔ mǎ sǐ， gǔ ròu bù dé tóng chí qū。
yāo xià bǎo jué qīng shān hú， kě lián wáng sūn qì lù yú。
wèn zhī bù kěn dào xìng míng， dàn dào kùn kǔ qǐ wèi nú。
yǐ jīng bǎi rì cuàn jīng jí， shēn shàng wú yǒu wán jī fū。
gāo dì zǐ sūn jìn lóng zhǔn， lóng zhǒng zì yǔ cháng rén shū。
chái láng zài yì lóng zài yě， wáng sūn shàn bǎo qiān jīn qū。
bù gǎn cháng yǔ lín jiāo qú， qiě wèi wáng sūn lì sī xū。
zuó yè dōng fēng chuī xuè xīng， dōng lái tuó tuó mǎn jiù dōu。
shuò fāng jiàn ér hǎo shēn shǒu， xī hé yǒng ruì jīn hé yú。
qiè wén tiān zǐ yǐ chuán wèi， shèng dé běi fú nán chán yú。
huā mén lí miàn qǐng xuě chǐ， shèn wù chū kǒu tā rén jū。
āi zāi wáng sūn shèn wù shū， wǔ líng jiā qì wú shí wú。
English Meaning
White-headed crows on Chang'an's walls cry at night over the Yanyqiu Gate... From the mansions of great officials none remains: the lords have fled the barbarians. Golden whips snap, nine horses die; royal kin cannot ride together. A jade pendant of blue coral at his waist — pity the imperial grandson weeping at the roadside corner. Asked, he will not say his name; he only begs, in misery, to be made a slave... The Son of Heaven has passed the throne; the northern tribes submit... Grieve for the imperial grandson — but do not despair: the auspicious air over the five tombs is never absent.
Key Vocabulary
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About the Poem
Du Fu's lament for a Tang prince hiding in fallen Chang'an during the An Lushan rebellion (756). Street-level horror — hunger, disguise, slave-begging — relieved at the end by news of enthronement and the hope of restoration.
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