Chinese poem illustration: 摸鱼儿.雁丘词/ Moyuer .Song for Goose tomb by Yuan Haowen
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Inspired by his real experience on the midway to Imperial Exam at the age of 16, Yuan Haowen wrote this masterpiece per the love story of 2 wild geese.
The poem raised the ultimate question for mankind: What is love, if love is worthy of one’s life. What is more, the poet treated the goose couple with the ritual as to a human couple: he buried the geese couple by a tomb, commemorated the geese with this poem and his pal’s.
摸鱼儿·雁丘词
元好问
乙丑岁赴试并州，道逢捕雁者云：“今旦获一雁，杀之矣。其脱网者悲鸣不能去，竟自投于地而死。”予因买得之，葬之汾水之上，垒石为识，号曰“雁丘”。同行者多为赋诗，予亦有《雁丘词》。旧所作无宫商，今改定之。
问世间，情为何物，直教生死相许？
天南地北双飞客，老翅几回寒暑。
欢乐趣，离别苦，就中更有痴儿女。
君应有语：渺万里层云，千山暮雪，只影向谁去？
横汾路，寂寞当年箫鼓，荒烟依旧平楚。
招魂楚些何嗟及，山鬼暗啼风雨。
天也妒，未信与，莺儿燕子俱黄土。
千秋万古，为留待骚人，狂歌痛饮，来访雁丘处。
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