The document discusses the poem "Farewell" written in 1915 by the Buddhist monk and artist Hong Yi. The poem expresses sadness at parting with a friend, describing the green grass stretching to the sky, the lingering sounds of a flute and willows rustled by the evening breeze, and distant mountains beneath the setting sun. It evokes parting is like being at the edge of heaven and earth, with bosom friends now half gone.

1. Farvel
Sòng bié
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2. John Pond Ordway
（1824-1880）
• American doctor, composer, and
politician
• One of the first surgeons to volunteer at
the start of the American Civil War.
• Dreaming of Home and Mother (1851)
was a popular sentimental song of the
Civil War era. It is popular in China and
Japan in translated versions.[

3. hóng yī dà shī
弘 一 大 師 (1880-1942)
• painter, musician, dramatist,
poet, and Buddhist monk
• The poem《farewell》was
written by Hong Yi in 1915. The
author expressed his sadness
while seeing off a friend.

4. cháng tíng wài
长 亭 外
Outside the resting arbor
gǔ dào biān
古 道 边
beside the ancient thoroughfare
fāng cǎo bì lián tiān
芳 草 碧 连 天
The fragrant grass so green, stretching to meet the sky afar

5. wǎn fēng fú liǔ dí shēng cán
晚 风 扶 柳 笛 声 残
The evening breeze brushing the willow,
the flute sound lingering.
xī yáng shān wài shān
夕 阳 山 外 山
The setting sun beyond the mountains.

6. tiān zhī yá
天 之 涯
At the verge of heaven,
dì zhī jiǎo
地 之 角
At the four corners of the earth
zhī jiāo bàn líng luò
知 交 半 零 落
My bosom friends are half gone and no longer seen

7. yī hú zhuó jiǔ jìn yú huān
一 壶 浊 酒 尽 余 欢
With a gourdful of turbid wine,
enjoy the last moment of pleasure
jīn xiāo bié mèng hán
今 宵 别 梦 寒
The parting dream turning cold this very night.

8. tiān zhī yá
天 之 涯
dì zhī jiǎo
地 之 角
zhī jiāo bàn líng luò
知 交 半 零 落
yī hú zhuó jiǔ jìn yú huān
一 壶 浊 酒 尽 余 欢
jīn xiāo bié mèng hán
今 宵 别 梦 寒
Cháng tíng wài
长 亭 外
gǔ dào biān
古 道 边
fāng cǎo bì lián tiān
芳 草 碧 连 天
wǎn fēng fú liǔ dí shēng cán
晚 风 拂 柳 笛 声 残
xī yáng shān wài shān
夕 阳 山 外 山
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