Yuán Hàowèn tīngshuō yì zhī dàyàn xùnqíng de gùshi hòu, xiěxià le 《 Yànqiū cí 》.
After hearing about a wild goose that died for its mate, Yuan Haowen wrote "The Wild Goose Mound".
Tips
mistakes
In his name 好 is read hào, "to be fond of", not hǎo: 好问 means "fond of asking questions".
culture
The goose lyric opens 问世间，情是何物，直教生死相许 ("I ask the world: what is love, that it makes two pledge life and death to each other?"). Millions know the line from 金庸's novel 《神雕侠侣》, where the heartbroken 李莫愁 keeps singing it.
