Mastering Chinese Poetry Ep. 2: Love Seeds

Mastering Chinese Poetry Ep. 2: Love Seeds

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In this episode, we are going to look at a famous classic Chinese poem, "Love Seeds." It is a Tang Dynasty poem, written by poet Wang Wei, who pined for one of his friends with red beans, also seen as "love seeds" in China. As time goes on, Chinese people have used red beans to convey a yearning emotion between lovers.