“We must wait for Spring to come: till the grasses sprout and the trees bloom. Then wandering together in the spring hills we shall see the trout leap lightly from the stream, the white gulls stretch their wings, the dew fall on the green moss.”

Original: 當待春中。草木蔓發。春山可望。輕鯈出水。白鷗矯翼。露濕青臯。 — An invitation that blends seasonal renewal with the hope of renewed friendship and shared contemplation of nature. · Letter to Pei Di (Chinese)

• Friendship
• Hope
• Nature

“Now I am sitting alone. I listen, but cannot hear my grooms and servants move or speak. I think much of old days: how hand in hand, composing poems as we went, we walked down twisting paths to the banks of clear streams.”

Original: 此時獨坐。童僕靜默。每思曩昔。携手賦詩。步仄徑。臨清流也。 — Wang Wei’s letter evokes the quiet solitude of reclusion and the shared poetic companionship of earlier days. · Letter to Pei Di, from the mountains (Chinese)

• Friendship
• Memory
• Solitude