Chinese poems · 白居易 Bai Juyi · Tang dynasty
草 Grass (Farewell on the Ancient Plain)
The first four lines of 赋得古原草送别, written when Bai Juyi was sixteen: grass that wildfire cannot burn out, because the spring wind brings it back.
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离离原上草，
Lush grass on the plain
一岁一枯荣。
withers and flourishes once a year.
野火烧不尽，
Wildfire cannot burn it all;
春风吹又生。
when the spring wind blows, it grows again.
What does 草 mean?
草 is “Grass”. The first four lines of 赋得古原草送别, written when Bai Juyi was sixteen: grass that wildfire cannot burn out, because the spring wind brings it back.
What is the pinyin of 草?
lí lí yuán shàng cǎo / yī suì yī kū róng / yě huǒ shāo bù jìn / chūn fēng chuī yòu shēng.
Who wrote 草?
Bai Juyi (白居易), a poet of the Tang dynasty.
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Poems over a thousand years old; the English and pinyin are ours, the pinyin as Chinese schools teach it.