王维Wang Wei
Life
Wang Wei was a poet, painter, musician and court official. A devout Buddhist, he wrote spare, luminous landscape verse; later critics said there is "a painting in his poems and a poem in his paintings." He is sometimes called the "Buddha of Poetry."
Poems on this site
- Farewell to Yuan Er on His Mission to Anxi送元二使安西｜seven-character quatrain
- Deer Park鹿柴｜five-character quatrain
- Bamboo Grove Retreat竹里馆｜five-character quatrain
- Thinking of My Brothers on the Double Ninth九月九日忆山东兄弟｜seven-character quatrain
- Farewell (Dismounting to Drink)送别｜five-character ancient-style poem
- Autumn Evening in the Mountains山居秋暝｜five-character regulated verse
- Longing相思｜five-character quatrain
- Miscellaneous Poem (You Have Come from Home)杂诗｜five-character quatrain