Looking for Hermit Hu

Gao QiBy: Chloe Talmers

寻胡隐君渡水复渡水看花还看花春风江上路不觉到君家

Looking for Hermit Huby: Gao Qi

Xun Hu Yin Jun Du shui fu du shuiKan hua hai kan huaChun feng jiang shang luBu jue dao jun jia

Pin Yin Version

Cross water again cross waterSee flower again see flowerSpring wind river on goNot aware arrive your home I pass over water, and pass over water again,I look at the flowers, and look at the flowers again.Travelling the river, there's a spring breeze,Before I am aware, I reach your home.

Translation

寻 xun- to seek for 不 bu- don’t 胡 Hu- to see 觉 jue- sleep隐 yin- hidden 春 chun- spring君 Jun- june 风 feng- wind 渡 Du- cross 江 jiang- river水 shui- water 上 shang- attend复 fu- complex 路 lu- road看 kan- to watch 到 dao- arrive花 Hua- flowers 君 jun- a person 还 hai- also 家 jia- family or house

Character Translation

This poem means to me that life is beautiful and we need to sit back and take a look at things! There are many things you will miss in a matter of one second! Before you realize it, you will be at your destination.

What this poem means to me..

Gao Qi is a Ming dynasty poet. He is given much credit for the creations of great poetry in the Ming Dynasty. He used “Confucian thought” to guide him. Gao qi had lived when the Yuan dynasty was falling and when the Ming dynasty was rising. The emperor accused him of a “rebellion conspiracy” and executed him.

About Gao Qi

One time I wanted to go to my friends house. But I had to cross the river. I don’t like crossing the river because it is long ride and is boring. So I went and got my boat and left. What I realized on this trip was that I never took a good look around me. There were very beautiful flowers all over and some fish swimming by my boat. While looking and observing all of the flowers and fish I got to my friends house in no time! So I learned from this day that if I take a good look around me time will fly! Before you realize it, you will be at your destination.

Background of the Story created by me

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao_Qi

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