Wang Wei Poetry of Great Wall
Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
Passing by the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
Author By: Wang Wei
Like a green ridge is the ancient tomb,
Deep is the palace like a purple terrace.
The soughing of pines can be clearly heard,
It sounds like the wail of the people.
A poem titled “Passing by the Mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang” was written by Wang Wei (701-761) of the Tang Dynasty. Wang Wei (699-761), one of the three great poets of the earlier Tang Dynasty, was born in Shensi, his father a local official and his mother a member of a distinguished literary family.
