The author of Ode to the Goose

The author of "Ode to Goose" is the poet Luo Binwang of the Tang Dynasty

Source: "Ode to Goose" - Tang Dynasty: King Luo Bin

Goose, goose, goose, Qu Xiangxiang Tiange.

White hair floats on the green water, and anthurium stirs the clear waves.

Translation "Goose, goose, goose!" Facing the blue sky, a group of geese stretched out their curved necks and sang. White feathers float on the turquoise water, and the red soles stir the clear water waves.

Notes

1. Curved item: bend the neck.

2. Song: Long Ming.

3. Dial: stroke.

Extended information

1. The creative background of "Singing the Goose"

When he was a child, King Luo Bin lived in a small village in the north of Yiwu County. There is a pond outside the village called Luojiatang. One day, a guest came to the house. The guest asked him several questions. King Luo Bin answered questions fluently, which surprised the guests. When King Luo Bin followed his guests to Luojiatang, he saw a group of white geese floating in the pond. He pointed at the geese and asked him to compose a poem with the geese. King Luo Bin thought for a while and then composed this poem

2. Author of "Ode to Geese" Introduction

King Luo Bin (ca. 619-ca. 687), whose courtesy name was Guan Guang, was born in Yiwu, Wuzhou (now Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province). A famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was born in a humble family and has few talents. During the Yonghui period, he became a subordinate of Taoist King Li Yuanqing. He successively served as the chief martial arts administrator and moved to Chang'an. In the third year of Yifeng (678), he became the imperial censor. He was imprisoned for some matters, but was pardoned and released.

In the second year of Tiaolu (680), except Linhai Cheng, he resigned from office. In the first year of Guangzhai (684), when he followed Xu Jingye in launching an army to attack Wu Zetian, he wrote "An Exhortation for Xu Jingye to Defeat Wu Zetian". After Xu Jingye's defeat, his whereabouts are unknown. He was either killed by the rebel army or escaped into Buddhism.