Learn Chinese with Poems
8 Chinese poems everyone should know
There's no better way to get familiar with the Chinese writing system than by learning these short, famous poems from the Tang Dynasty.
Each video will break down each poem and help you understand it well and learn it by heart.
At the end of the course, you will have learned how to read 8 poems from the Tang dynasty:
- 李绅《悯农》
- 王维《相思》
- 孟浩然《春晓》
- 李白《静夜思》
- 李商隐《登乐游原》
- 王之涣《登鹳雀楼》
- 贾岛《寻隐者不遇》
- 刘长卿《逢雪宿芙蓉山主人》
Each poem is only 4 lines with 5 characters per line.
Your Instructor
“Language learning should start with simple, engaging content. Even the hardest languages become approachable with massive input on topics you love.”
Born in Xi’an, China and immigrated to Canada as a young adult, Jon studied linguistics at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. With experience learning 12 languages, including French, Korean, Japanese, and Spanish, he also studied abroad at Kyoto University, where he passed the JLPT N1 - the highest level of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). Drawing on his expertise in second-language acquisition and in linguistics, he developed the Language Player app for multilingual learning. Over the past decade, he has created Chinese Zero to Hero, a comprehensive online course series covering all levels from HSK 1 to HSK 7-9, featuring over 2,000 video lessons.
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