These are a selection of poems written during the Tang Dynasty (618–690, 705–907 CE).
This poem is about climbing the Stork Tower and the views that are visible there. The Stork Tower is a multi-level pagoda located on the shores of the Yellow River in Puzhou, Shanxi, China.
This poem is about the thoughts the poet has at night. He observes the way the moon is shining and is reminded of how he misses his homeland.
The poem focuses on Chinese red beans, which grow in southern parts of China. These beans are also called 相思子 (beans of longing). Thus, the poet expresses longing through the symbolism of the red beans.
This poem is about someone sitting alone in the bamboo grove, far away from other people.
This poem is about someone observing the empty mountains. Although he does not see people, he hears their voices. The sun shines and reflects on the greenery.
This poem is about someone all alone in a different city and thinking about their brothers on the double ninth festival (September 9th of the old Chinese calendar).
This poem is about someone saying farewell to one of their friends at the Yellow Crane Tower. The Yellow Crane Tower is on the shore of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
The Tang Dynasty poet passed by the region of the Red Cliff (now in Hubei Province) and contemplates the decisive Battle of Red Cliffs at the end of the Han Dynasty. He awed at the remaining artifacts of the battle.
Remembers the older properity of the region of 朱雀桥 and 乌衣巷 (of Eastern Jin Dynasty Nanjing), the poem sighs at bare and desolate grasses that remains now, in the Tang Dynasty--conveying the temporal nature of wealth and prosperity.
The first two sentences recall the time the poet spent with Li Guinian in the past, expressing the his longing for the heyday in the early years of Kaiyuan (713-741). The last two sentences express feelings about the decline of state affairs and the hardships of artists. It expresses the feeling that the times are dying and the life is desolate and falling.