Mei Yaochen 梅堯臣

poet · Song China · 1002–1060

A poet of the Northern Song who made poems of small everyday things.

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mid-11th century

Ever since I had my cat Five-White, the rats never touched my books. This morning Five-White died. I made her an offering of rice and fish.

自有五白貓，鼠不侵我書。今朝五白死，祭與飯與魚。

"Sacrifice for My Cat," in the Complete Song Poems