陌上桑

Mòshàng sāng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Mulberry by the Path, a Han-dynasty yuefu ballad about the mulberry picker Luofu

Characters

path between fields

Examples

HSK 5

《陌上桑》里的罗敷又美丽又聪明，拒绝了太守的追求。

《 Mòshàng sāng 》 lǐ de Luó Fū yòu měilì yòu cōngming, jùjué le tàishǒu de zhuīqiú.

Luofu in Mulberry by the Path is beautiful and clever, and turns down the magistrate's advances.

HSK 7-9

《陌上桑》是一首汉代乐府民歌。

《 Mòshàng sāng 》 shì yì shǒu Hàndài yuèfǔ míngē.

Mulberry by the Path is a Han-dynasty yuefu folk song.

Tips

culture

The ballad shows Luofu's beauty through the people who see her: 行者见罗敷，下担捋髭须, 'passers-by who see Luofu set down their loads and stroke their beards'. When a magistrate's carriage halts, 五马立踟蹰, she sends him off by praising her own husband.

Stroke Order

陌 mò

上 shàng

桑 sāng