Book 2 Chapter 8

Book 2 Chapter 8

Origin of the Chapter's Title
The title 忽闻悲风调 (Hū wén bēi fēng tiáo) is a line from the poem Listening to Lu Zishun Play the Qin on a Moonlit Evening (月夜听卢子顺弹琴) by Li Bai, a famous poet from the Tang Dynasty. The title of the novel also comes from a Li Bai poem (see Book 1).

忽闻悲风调 can be translated as:


 * Suddenly, as if the cold pines were singing

The full poem:

闲夜坐明月.

幽人弹素琴.

'''忽闻悲风调. '''

宛若寒松吟.

白雪乱纤手.

绿水清虚心.

钟期久已没.

世上无知音.

A full English translation of the poem can be read here on page 28.