王翰

Wáng Hàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Wang Han (early 8th century), poet of the High Tang

About Wang Han

Tang frontier poet remembered for one quatrain, 凉州词, which opens 葡萄美酒夜光杯, 'fine grape wine in cups that glow at night', and ends asking how many soldiers ever came home from war.

Also called 子羽

Characters

writing brush; writing

Examples

HSK 5

王翰是唐朝的诗人，留下的诗不多。

Wáng Hàn shì Tángcháo de shīrén, liúxià de shī bù duō.

Wang Han was a Tang poet, and few of his poems survive.

HSK 7-9

王翰的《凉州词》写的是边塞将士喝酒的场面。

Wáng Hàn de 《 Liángzhōu cí 》 xiě de shì biānsài jiàngshì hējiǔ de chǎngmiàn.

Wang Han's 'Song of Liangzhou' describes frontier soldiers drinking.

Tips

culture

The 夜光杯 of the opening line are real: jade cups still carved in 酒泉, Gansu, now from Qilian Mountain jade. The name may come from how a cup of wine glows in moonlight, and the craft became national intangible heritage in 2006.

history

凉州, today's Wuwei in Gansu, gave its name to a tune, and many poets wrote a 凉州词 to it; the other famous one is by 王之涣. Wang Han himself loved horses, music and wine, and his career ended in demotions to minor posts far from the capital.

Stroke Order

王 wáng

翰 hàn

王翰