王维

王維

Wáng Wéi

proper noun

Meanings

1 Wang Wei, Tang dynasty poet, painter and musician, one of the greatest figures of Tang poetry

About Wang Wei

c. 701–761 · 诗人 poet

Tang poet, painter and devout Buddhist, master of quiet landscape poems; Su Shi said his poems hold paintings. His line 每逢佳节倍思亲, missing family on a holiday, is quoted at every festival.

Also called 摩诘、诗佛、王右丞

Characters

to maintain, preserve

Examples

HSK 5

苏轼说王维"诗中有画，画中有诗"。

Sū Shì shuō Wáng Wéi " shī zhōng yǒu huà, huà zhōng yǒu shī ".

Su Shi said of Wang Wei: 'There is painting in his poetry, and poetry in his painting.'

HSK 7-9

王维的山水诗意境深远。

Wáng Wéi de shānshuǐ shīyì jìng shēnyuǎn.

Wang Wei's landscape poetry has profound artistic conception.

Tips

culture

Chinese rank him beside 李白 the 诗仙 'Immortal of Poetry' and 杜甫 the 诗圣 'Sage of Poetry'. His 《山居秋暝》 holds one of the most quoted couplets in Chinese: 明月松间照，清泉石上流, 'the bright moon shines through the pines; the clear spring flows over the stones'.

memory

His given name and courtesy name come from one Buddhist name: 维 plus 摩诘 makes 维摩诘, Vimalakirti, the wise lay follower of the Buddha in the Vimalakirti Sutra.

Stroke Order

王 wáng

维 wéi

王维