Kong Junrui Posted July 30, 2006 at 01:32 PM Report Posted July 30, 2006 at 01:32 PM Hey, I was wondering if there have ever been any haiku-style poems in Chinese, as opposed to Japanese. Because I know that the haiku is an originally Japanese poetic form, but I didn't know if it was 'legal' to write one in Chinese, but I think it would seeing as how each character can be represented with one syllable. Quote
tianjinpete Posted July 31, 2006 at 12:52 PM Report Posted July 31, 2006 at 12:52 PM 古池冷落一片寂， 忽闻青蛙跳水声。 Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water. Lafcadio Hearn's translation (from the Japanese) Quote
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