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Bei Dao Quotes (1949-)
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About Bei Dao
Bei Dao (simplified Chinese: 北岛; traditional Chinese: 北島; pinyin: Běidǎo; literally: "Northern Island", August 2, 1949 - ) is the pen name of Chinese poet Zhao Zhenkai (S: 赵振开, T: 趙振開, P: Zhào Zhènkāi). Bei Dao is the most notable representative of the Misty Poets, a group of Chinese poets who reacted against the restrictions of the Cultural Revolution.
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“Freedom is nothing but the distance
between the hunter and the hunted”
between the hunter and the hunted”
“we are not guiltless
long ago we became accomplices
of the history in the mirror”
long ago we became accomplices
of the history in the mirror”
“I will not kneel on the ground
Allowing the executioners to look tall
The better to obstruct the wind of freedom”
Allowing the executioners to look tall
The better to obstruct the wind of freedom”
“a perpetual stranger
am I to the world
I don't understand its language
my silence it can't comprehend
• Variant translation:”
am I to the world
I don't understand its language
my silence it can't comprehend
• Variant translation:”
“
I don't believe in thunder's echoes;
I don't believe that dreams are false:
I don't believe that death has no revenge.”
Let me tell you, world,
I—do—not—believe!
If a thousand challengers lie beneath your feet,
Count me as number one thousand and one.
I don't believe in thunder's echoes;
I don't believe that dreams are false:
I don't believe that death has no revenge.”
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About Bei Dao
Bei Dao (simplified Chinese: 北岛; traditional Chinese: 北島; pinyin: Běidǎo; literally: "Northern Island", August 2, 1949 - ) is the pen name of Chinese poet Zhao Zhenkai (S: 赵振开, T: 趙振開, P: Zhào Zhènkāi). Bei Dao is the most notable representative of the Misty Poets, a group of Chinese poets who reacted against the restrictions of the Cultural Revolution.