Li Pin

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.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Poetry

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
  1. Rexroth, 125
  2. Rexroth, 125
  3. Li Pin, "Crossing the Han River", original text and English translation.
  4. "Tang Shi San Bai Shou", University of Virginia Library.
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References
  • Rexroth, Kenneth (1970). Love and the Turning Year: One Hundred More Poems from the Chinese. New York: New Directions.
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