A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day. When I think of my brothers' bodies climbing high, I will feel a little regret for not being able to reach me.
The authors are Wang Wei, Wang Wei (70 1-76 1, 699-76 1), a native of the eastern Tang Dynasty (now Yuncheng, Shanxi Province), a famous poet and painter in the Tang Dynasty. In the 19th year of Kaiyuan (73 1), Wang Wei was the first scholar. Li Guan right gleaned, supervised the remonstrance, and made our time in Hexi. During the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei worshipped the official department as a doctor and servant. When An Lushan captured Chang 'an, Wang Wei was forced to take a false post. After Chang 'an was recovered, he was accused of granting Prince Zhongyun. In the first year of Tang Suzong's rule, he was appointed as a senior minister, so he was called "Wang Youcheng".