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Seeing Lingche Off
苍苍竹林寺
Deep green stands the Bamboo Grove Temple;
杳杳钟声晚
Distant, distant rings its evening bell.
荷笠带斜阳
Carrying his bamboo hat in the slanting sun,
青山独归远
He returns alone toward the far green hills.
Meaning
Evening bells sound from a temple among bamboo. Carrying a bamboo hat, the friend walks alone into green hills in sunset light. The quiet farewell leaves a feeling of lasting care.
About the poet
Liu Changqing was a Tang poet. Bells, sunset and distant hills carry a quiet farewell to the monk Lingche.