Wang Bo 王勃
poet · Tang China · 650–676
A poet famous as a child prodigy, twice dismissed from office, who died at about twenty-seven on a sea journey to visit his father.
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While there is one within the four seas who knows my heart, the ends of the earth are like next door.
海內存知己，天涯若比隣。"Seeing Off Vice-Prefect Du, Leaving for His Post in Shu"
c. 675
Old, one should be all the stronger: how could white hair change the heart? Poor, one should be all the firmer, and never let fall one's aim among the blue clouds.
老當益壯，寧移白首之心？窮且益堅，不墜青雲之志。"Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng"
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