ThingsAsianQuestioning in the Mountains -- Li Bai
by Dawn Stanton, May 25, 2003 | Destinations: China / Anhui
Huangshan (Yellow Mountains), Anhui Province, China.
Image © 2003 ThingsAsian
You ask me why I live in the jade mountains.
I smile, unanswering. My heart is calm.
Peach petals float on the water, never come back.
There is a heaven and earth beyond
The crowded town below.
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Poem selected by Dawn Stanton, translated by T. Barnstone, W. Barnstone, and C. Ping.
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The great Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai (701-762) was born in Suiye, China. His family moved to Jiangyou (170 km from Chengdu) when he was 5 years old. Li Bai left Jiangyou at the age of 20 and traveled throughout much of his life.
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