定风波

定風波
Dìngfēngbō
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Calming the Wind and Waves, a ci tune pattern

Examples

HSK 7-9
Sū Shì de 《 Dìngfēngbō 》 shì tā bèi biǎn Huángzhōu shí xiě de.
Su Shi wrote his ci to the tune Dingfengbo while in exile at Huangzhou.

Tips

culture
The famous poem to it is the one 苏轼 wrote in 1082, after a sudden shower caught him on a walk without rain gear. It opens 莫听穿林打叶声,何妨吟啸且徐行 'never mind the rain beating through the woods on the leaves; why not chant and whistle as I stroll on' and ends with 一蓑烟雨任平生 'in a straw cape through misty rain, I let life take its course', a calm answer to bad weather and to exile. Another of his poems to this tune gives 此心安处是吾乡.

Stroke Order

定 dìng
风 fēng
波 bō