钱起 (Qián Qǐ) · Qian Qi, mid-Tang dynasty poet, one of the…

Meanings

1 Qian Qi, mid-Tang dynasty poet, one of the 'Ten Talents of Dali' (大历十才子)

About Qian Qi

c. 710–780 · 诗人 poet

Tang poet, one of the 大历十才子 (Ten Talents of the Dali era). His exam poem on a river goddess ends with the much-quoted line 曲终人不见, "the song ends, and no one is seen".

Also called 仲文

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Examples

HSK 5

钱起是中唐著名诗人。

Qián Qǐ shì Zhōng Táng zhùmíng shīrén.

Qian Qi was a renowned mid-Tang poet.

HSK 7-9

钱起的《省试湘灵鼓瑟》流传千古。

Qián Qǐ de 《 Shěng shì Xiāng líng Gǔ sè 》 liúchuán qiān gǔ.

Qian Qi's 'Imperial Exam Poem: The Xiang River Spirit Plays the Zither' has been famous for a thousand years.

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history

Legend says that one moonlit night at an inn he heard a voice chant 曲终人不见，江上数峰青 ('over the river, a few green peaks') but found no one; he used it to end his exam poem. 曲 here is qǔ 'tune', not qū 'bent'.