Chen Shidao's Poem - 十七日觀潮

Chen Shidao (陳師道, 1053-1101) was known for both his prose and his poetry, studying under Huang Tingjian and modelling his poetry on that of Du Fu. Both Su Shi and Zhu Xi admired his writings. 

Below is a calligraphy of one of his poems, 十七日觀潮:

十七日觀潮  ·【宋】陳師道   

漫漫平沙走白虹，
瑤台失手玉杯空。
晴天搖動清江底，
晚日浮沉急浪中。

潮頭初出海門山，
千裏平沙轉麵間。
猶有江神憐北客，
欲將奇觀破衰顏。

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Calligraphy #8 - Poem by Yang Wanli

A calligraphy writing of Wang Suvit of a poem written by

Yang Wanli (or Yang Wan-Li, 楊萬里; 1127–1206) who was a 

Chinese poet, born in Jiangxi. 

He was one of the "four masters" of Song Dynasty poetry.

Written during the final exile of the Song to Hangzhou, 

Yang Wanli's poems celebrate the beauties and

mysteries of nature, flora and fauna, much as the famed Song painters did. 

But they also querulously and wittily illuminate the annoyances and

pleasures of everyday life. Wikipedia.org

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小池 【宋】楊萬里

泉眼無聲惜細流，
樹陰照水愛晴柔。
小荷才露尖尖角，
早有蜻蜓立上頭。

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Calligraphy of a poem by Chinese poet, Su Shi.

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题西林壁 【宋】蘇軾

橫看成嶺側成峰，
遠近高低各不同。
不識廬山真面目，
只緣身在此山中。



Su Shi (蘇軾, also known as Su Dong Po (1037 – 1101) was a Chinese writer, poet, painter, calligrapher, pharmacologist, gastronome, and a statesman of the Song Dynasty (960–1279). A major personality of the Song era, Su Shi was famed as an essayist, and his prose writings lucidly contribute to the understanding of topics such as 11th-century Chinese travel literature or detailed information on the contemporary Chinese iron industry.

His poetry has a long history of popularity and influence in China, Japan, and other areas in the near vicinity; and, his poetry is well known in the English speaking parts of the world through the translations by Arthur Waley, among others.  Wikipedia: Su Shi


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