Li Shang Quotes

Literature endures like the universal spirit, And its breath becomes a part of the vitals of all men.

only the brave may enter, but only the worthy may leave.

When will I be home? I don’t know. In the mountains, in the rainy night, The Autumn lake is flooded. Someday we will be back together again. We will sit in the candlelight by the West window. And I will tell you how I remembered you Tonight on the stormy mountain.

And a moment that ought to have lasted for ever Has come and gone before I knew.

Time of meeting, time of parting, winds fade and flowers wait. Time drug until we met, even more in parting, Spring winds fade, but the flowers are waiting.

You fight good.

You ask me: when will I come home? There is no date settled yet. Here, at Pa-Shan in autumn, evening rain floods the hollows. O for the time when we can put out the candle together by the Western window...O for the time when I can tell you how I feel here tonight at Pa-Shan, when autumn rain floods the hollows.

Tears that are pearls, in ocean moonlight.

My favorite poem, the one by Li Shang-Yin: When Will I Be Home? When will I be home? I don’t know. In the mountains, in the rainy night, The Autumn lake is flooded. Someday we will be back together again. We will sit in the candlelight by the West window. And I will tell you how I remembered you Tonight on the stormy mountain.