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Li Pin

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Li Pin (traditional Chinese: 李頻; simplified Chinese: 李频; pinyin: Lǐ Pín; Wade–Giles: Li P'in, 818–876) was a late Tang dynasty poet.[1] One of Li Pin's poems was collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems.

Poetry

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Li Pin's poem "Crossing the Han River" is described by Kenneth Rexroth as "one of the most perfect poems of the later T'ang".[2]

渡漢江 Crossing the Han River
嶺外音書絕, Away from home, I was longing for news
經冬復立春。 Winter after winter, spring after spring.
近鄉情更怯, Now, nearing my village, meeting people,
不敢問來人。 I dare not ask a single question.

Translation by Witter Bynner.[3][4]

Notes

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References

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  • Rexroth, Kenneth (1970). Love and the Turning Year: One Hundred More Poems from the Chinese. New York: New Directions.
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