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Helen Jia

Helen Jia is an award-winning writer, poet and translator. Her published works include the poetry collection A Century of Serenity, the children’s poetry collection Moon River and Sky Town, and the children’s picture book Scarecrow & Forget-Me-Not.

3 Lu Jin Translations by Helen Jia

Posted on September 1, 2024 by Helen Jia

In oracle bone script, the character for “poetry” (詩) did not exist; ancient humans used “temple” (寺) to represent “poetry” (詩). If you split the character 詩 (poetry), it forms the phrase 寺之言, which means “the words of the temple”.

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