Wang Yue You Gan (望月有感) — Bai Juyi
A free printable Chinese handwriting worksheet for Bai Juyi's Tang dynasty poem "Wang Yue You Gan (望月有感)", with pinyin, stroke-order guides, and Chinese writing practice grids.
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Original Poem
时难年荒世业空，弟兄羁旅各西东。
田园寥落干戈后，骨肉流离道路中。
吊影分为千里雁，辞根散作九秋蓬。
共看明月应垂泪，一夜乡心五处同。
Pinyin
shí nán nián huāng shì yè kōng， dì xiong jī lǚ gè xī dōng。
tián yuán liáo luò gān gē hòu， gǔ ròu liú lí dào lù zhōng。
diào yǐng fēn wéi qiān lǐ yàn， cí gēn sàn zuò jiǔ qiū péng。
gòng kàn míng yuè yìng chuí lèi， yī yè xiāng xīn wǔ chù tóng。
English Meaning
Hard times and famine have emptied the family estate; brothers, scattered, are each other's east and west. Fields lie desolate after the wars; kin are refugees on the roads. Like wild geese a thousand li apart we cast separate shadows; torn from the root, like autumn tumbleweeds. Watching this moon, we should all shed tears — one night, homesick hearts in five places.
Key Vocabulary
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Practice the Characters
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About the Poem
Bai Juyi's poem on his brothers' dispersal during the mid-Tang rebellions, sent with a letter to his kin. The shared moon links five separate places of exile in a single night.
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