Ji Li Dan Yuan Xi (寄李儋元锡) — Wei Yingwu
A free printable Chinese handwriting worksheet for Wei Yingwu's Tang dynasty poem "Ji Li Dan Yuan Xi (寄李儋元锡)", with pinyin, stroke-order guides, and Chinese writing practice grids.
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Original Poem
去年花里逢君别，今日花开又一年。
世事茫茫难自料，春愁黯黯独成眠。
身多疾病思田里，邑有流亡愧俸钱。
闻道欲来相问讯，西楼望月几回圆。
Pinyin
qù nián huā lǐ féng jūn bié， jīn rì huā kāi yòu yī nián。
shì shì máng máng nán zì liào， chūn chóu àn àn dú chéng mián。
shēn duō jí bìng sī tián lǐ， yì yǒu liú wáng kuì fèng qián。
wén dào yù lái xiāng wèn xùn， xī lóu wàng yuè jǐ huí yuán。
English Meaning
Last year, in blossom, we parted; today the flowers open — a whole year gone. Worldly affairs, vast and dim, defy all reckoning; spring gloom darkens, and I sleep alone. Plagued with illness, I long for the fields; the exiles in my district shame my salary. I hear you mean to come and ask after me — how many times has the west tower's moon been full since?
Key Vocabulary
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Practice the Characters
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About the Poem
A letter-poem by Wei Yingwu (737–792), governor of Chuzhou, to two friends. Its honest line — the displaced people of my district shame my stipend — made it a model of an official's conscience.
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