Chinese Poems

Jia Dao 贾岛（779～843年），字浪（阆）仙，唐代诗人。汉族，唐朝河北道幽州范阳县（今河北省涿州市）人。早年出家为僧，号无本。自号“碣石山人”。据说在洛阳的时候因当时有命令禁止和尚午后外出，贾岛做诗发牢骚，被韩愈发现其才华。后受教于韩愈，并还俗参加科举，但累举不中第。唐文宗的时候被排挤，贬做长江主簿。唐武宗会昌年初由普州司仓参军改任司户，未任病逝。 Jia Dao (779-843 AD), also known as Lang Xian, was a Tang Dynasty poet. Han ethnicity, born in Fanyang County, Youzhou, Hebei Province during the Tang Dynasty. In his early years, he became a monk and was known as Wuben. Self proclaimed 'Jieshi Mountain People'. It is said that when he was in Luoyang, there was an order prohibiting monks from going out in the afternoon. Jia Dao wrote poetry and complained, and his talent was discovered by Han Yu. After being taught by Han Yu, he returned to secular life and participated in the imperial examination, but failed to pass the exams. During the reign of Emperor Wenzong of Tang, he was excluded and demoted to be the chief clerk of the Yangtze River. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Wuzong of Huichang was transferred from the military position of Puzhou Sicang to the position of Sihu, but passed away due to illness before taking up his post. Jia Dao's "Quatrain" depicts a peaceful and mysterious underwater world with peculiar imagination and profound artistic conception, and endows the underwater moon with extraordinary value and power. 贾岛·《绝句》 海底有明月，圆于天上轮。 得之一寸光，可买千里春。 Quatrain Chia Tao At the bottom…...