Gu Yi (古意) — Li Qi
A free printable Chinese handwriting worksheet for Li Qi's Tang dynasty poem "Gu Yi (古意)", with pinyin, stroke-order guides, and Chinese writing practice grids.
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Original Poem
男儿事长征，少小幽燕客。
赌胜马蹄下，由来轻七尺。
杀人莫敢前，须如猬毛磔。
黄云陇底白云飞，未得报恩不能归。
辽东小妇年十五，惯弹琵琶解歌舞。
今为羌笛出塞声，使我三军泪如雨。
Pinyin
nán ér shì cháng zhēng， shǎo xiǎo yōu yàn kè。
dǔ shèng mǎ tí xià， yóu lái qīng qī chǐ。
shā rén mò gǎn qián， xū rú wèi máo zhé。
huáng yún lǒng dǐ bái yún fēi， wèi dé bào ēn bù néng guī。
liáo dōng xiǎo fù nián shí wǔ， guàn tán pí pa jiě gē wǔ。
jīn wèi qiāng dí chū sài shēng， shǐ wǒ sān jūn lèi rú yǔ。
English Meaning
A man serves on the long campaigns, a guest of You and Yan since his youth. He wagers victory beneath the horses' hooves, ever careless of his seven-foot frame. In combat none dares face him; his beard bristles like hedgehog quills. Yellow clouds over the ridges, white clouds flying — until he repays imperial grace he cannot go home. A frontier girl of fifteen, versed in pipa and song, now plays a Qiang flute's beyond-the-pass tune — and the three armies weep like rain.
Key Vocabulary
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Practice the Characters
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About the Poem
An old-style ballad by Li Qi (c. 690–751) on a young frontier soldier. Hard swagger on the march, homesickness in the music: a fifteen-year-old girl's tune unmans three armies.
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