Chinese & Japanese

Wen T’ung

1018–1079


Wen T’ung (1018–1079) was a Chinese poet, calligrapher and painter of the Northern Sung dynasty, best remembered for his ink paintings of bamboo, and a cousin and friend of the poet Su Tung-p’o.

The poems here are L. Cranmer-Byng’s versions in A Feast of Lanterns (1916), given under the poet’s name as spelled there.

  1. Morning
  2. Evening

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