Qian Bei Huai San Shou, No. 1 (遣悲怀三首·其一) — Yuan Zhen
A free printable Chinese handwriting worksheet for Yuan Zhen's Tang dynasty poem "Qian Bei Huai San Shou, No. 1 (遣悲怀三首·其一)", with pinyin, stroke-order guides, and Chinese writing practice grids.
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Original Poem
谢公最小偏怜女，自嫁黔娄百事乖。
顾我无衣搜荩箧，泥他沽酒拔金钗。
野蔬充膳甘长藿，落叶添薪仰古槐。
今日俸钱过十万，与君营奠复营斋。
Pinyin
xiè gōng zuì xiǎo piān lián nǚ， zì jià qián lóu bǎi shì guāi。
gù wǒ wú yī sōu jìn qiè， ní tā gū jiǔ bá jīn chāi。
yě shū chōng shàn gān cháng huò， luò yè tiān xīn yǎng gǔ huái。
jīn rì fèng qián guò shí wàn， yǔ jūn yíng diàn fù yíng zhāi。
English Meaning
The favored youngest daughter of a great house married a poor man like me, and everything went awry. Seeing me without clothes, she searched her boxes; to buy my wine she pulled the golden hairpin from her hair. Wild herbs filled our meals, and we burned leaves from the old pagoda tree. Today my salary tops a hundred thousand — I can only offer rite after rite to her spirit.
Key Vocabulary
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About the Poem
The first of Yuan Zhen's three famous elegies for his wife Wei Cong, who shared his poverty and died young. Ordinary memories — her thrift, her generosity — make the grief concrete.
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