Tang Yin
Traditionally attributed to Tang Yin, a Ming painter and poet; the poem’s attribution is not certain.
POETRY BUDS · POETS
Meet the poets.
A short introduction, and a poem to begin with.
Li Bai
Li Bai was a Tang poet known for vivid imagination and poems about nature, friendship and longing.
Meng Haoran
Meng Haoran was a Tang poet whose landscape poems notice nature and everyday feeling.
Li Shen
Li Shen was a Tang poet. His Toiling Farmers poems reflect on agricultural labor and the work behind food.
Bai Juyi
Bai Juyi was a Tang poet whose clear language often explores everyday life and human feeling.
Yang Wanli
Yang Wanli was a Song poet who found lively details in plants, birds and small changes in nature.
Li Qiao
Li Qiao was a Tang poet. Wind portrays an unseen force through changes in leaves, flowers, waves and bamboo.
Liu Zongyuan
Liu Zongyuan was a Tang writer and poet whose landscapes often carry deep personal feeling.
Wang Zhihuan
Wang Zhihuan was a Tang poet. Climbing Stork Tower joins a wide landscape with the experience of looking farther.
Shao Yong
Shao Yong was a Song dynasty poet. This poem weaves the numbers one to ten into a village scene.
Yuan Mei
Yuan Mei was a Qing poet who noticed the pleasures of everyday life.
Wei Yingwu
Wei Yingwu was a Tang poet known for quiet scenes from nature.
Luo Binwang
Luo Binwang was a Tang poet. His name contains Bin, pronounced bīn.
Anonymous
The author and date are uncertain. Read it as a playful poem about a painting.
Hu Lingneng
Hu Lingneng was a Tang poet. This poem notices a focused child’s quiet gesture.
Han dynasty
A Han folk song of unknown authorship. Its repeated phrases invite shared reading.
He Zhizhang
He Zhizhang was a Tang poet who made spring scenery vivid through comparison.
Wang Wei
Wang Wei was a Tang poet and painter known for scenes of nature.
Ouyang Xiu
Ouyang Xiu was a Song writer. This poem celebrates a bird singing freely.
Luo Yin
Luo Yin was a Tang poet who often used everyday scenes to raise questions.
Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi was a Song poet and statesman. Here he notices plum blossoms in the cold.
Yuan Zhen
Yuan Zhen was a Tang poet. His lingering walk shows his affection for the flowers.
Du Fu
Du Fu was a Tang poet. This poem gathers light, scent, movement and rest into one scene.
Gao Ding
Gao Ding was a Qing poet. This poem celebrates spring and children at play.
Zhu Xi
Zhu Xi was a Song thinker and educator. Begin with the spring scene in this poem.
Ye Shaoweng
Ye Shaoweng was a Song poet. One branch hints at the spring hidden in a garden.
Xu Fu
Xu Fu was a Song poet. A boat brings a new possibility to this spring scene.
Han Yu
Han Yu was a Tang writer. His snow playfully takes the role of flying flowers.
Jia Dao
Jia Dao was a Tang poet. Brief replies open a landscape of pines, paths and clouds.
Cui Daorong
Cui Daorong was a Tang poet. This scene captures a child’s eager welcome.
Wang Changling
Wang Changling was a Tang poet known for seven-character quatrains.
Liu Ban
Liu Ban was a Song poet and historian who helped compile Zizhi Tongjian.
Liu Yuxi
Liu Yuxi was a Tang poet. Familiar objects bring his moonlit lake close to us.
Fan Zhongyan
Fan Zhongyan was a Song statesman and writer who cared about working people.
Zha Shenxing
Zha Shenxing was a Qing poet with a keen eye for details during his travels.
Wang Shizhen
Wang Shizhen was a Qing poet known for subtle, evocative landscapes.
Lü Yan
Lü Yan was a Tang poet. Grass, flute notes and moonlight create a restful scene.
Lei Zhen
Lei Zhen was a Song poet; little is known about his life.
Fan Chengda
Fan Chengda was a Song poet whose seasonal poems describe rural life.
Weng Juan
Weng Juan was a Song poet who brought rural scenery and work together.
Xu Ji
Xu Ji was a Song poet. Morning light, rice fields and an oriole convey fresh coolness.
Gao Pian
Gao Pian was a Tang poet. This poem evokes a summer garden through shade, water and scent.
Sima Guang
Sima Guang was a Song statesman and historian. This poem describes a clear view after rain.
Lu You
Lu You was a Song poet. Cuckoo calls and green crops bring a moment of rural peace.
Dai Fugu
Dai Fugu was a Song poet. Ducklings, changeable skies and ripe fruit fill this garden.
Qin Guan
Qin Guan was a Song poet. Moonlight, flute music and lotus scent evoke summer-night ease.
Su Shunqin
Su Shunqin was a Song poet. Noon shade and occasional birdsong create quiet summer ease.
Wu Jun
Wu Jun was a writer of the Liang dynasty. Bamboo, eaves and a window frame his mountain view.
Zeng Ji
Zeng Ji was a Song poet. Streams, a hill path and birdsong give this journey an easy charm.
Gao Qi
Gao Qi was a Ming poet. Repeated words give a spring visit to a friend a gentle, happy rhythm.
Du Mu
Du Mu was a Tang poet. He stops to admire maple leaves and celebrates their vivid autumn color.
Su Shi
Su Shi was a Song poet. This poem to his friend Liu Jingwen finds beauty in late autumn too.
Liu Changqing
Liu Changqing was a Tang poet. Mountains, a wooden gate, a dog and a returning traveler form a snowy night scene.
Zu Yong
Zu Yong was a Tang poet from Luoyang. Clear mountain light and the city’s evening chill reflect each other.
Zheng Xie
Zheng Xie, known as Banqiao, was a Qing poet and painter. This poem dwells on the clear chill after snow.
Zhang Wei
Zhang Wei was a Tang poet. White plum beside a creek bridge invites a moment of mistaken identity and discovery.
Lu Yue
Lu Yue, known as Meipo, was a Song poet. Plum and snow each have a quality the other cannot match.
Cao Bin
Cao Bin was a Song poet. Falling blossoms, growing shade and changing sounds reveal late spring.
Wang Jian
Wang Jian was a Tang poet. Busy village life and still courtyard flowers share the same rainy scene.
Zhang Xu
Zhang Xu was a Tang poet and calligrapher. Mountain beauty and mist become a friendly invitation to stay.
Meng Jiao
Meng Jiao was a Tang poet. Careful stitching before a journey becomes an expression of gratitude for loving care.
Yuan Kai
Yuan Kai was a Ming poet. Repeated words in a brief letter bring distant family care close.
Song Zhiwen
Song Zhiwen was a Tang poet. Nearing home brings hope and worry together, making it hard to ask for news.
Folk song
This Northern Dynasties folk song has no identified individual author. Wind bends the grass to reveal cattle and sheep.