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title: "2 Bamboo Quotes By Bai Juyi"
description: "2 Bamboo quotes by Bai Juyi. Plus more from Bai Juyi and more Bamboo sayings from other authors."
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> [Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the bamboo's shadow, One sometimes hears the pieces being moved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/two-monks-sit-facing-playing-chess-on-the-mountain-the-bamboo-shadow/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/bai-juyi-41644_autumn_two-monks-sit-facing-playing-chess-on-th_967236.png)

> [Heat lingers As days are still long; Early mornings are cool While autumn is still young. Dew on the lotus Scatters pure perfume; Wind on the bamboos Gives off a gentle tinkling. I am idle and lonely, Lying down all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/heat-lingers-as-days-are-still-long-early-mornings-are-cool-while/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/bai-juyi-41644_asks_heat-lingers-as-days-are-still-long-earl_2896453.jpg)

## More by Bai Juyi

> [A little child paddles a little boat, Drifting about, and picking white lotuses. He does not know how to hide his tracks, And duckweed's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/a-little-child-paddles-a-little-boat-drifting-about-and-picking-white/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

> [If the Fleeting World is but a long dream, it does not matter whether one is young or old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/if-the-fleeting-world-is-but-a-long-dream-it-does-not-matter-whether/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

> [Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/two-monks-sit-facing-playing-chess-on-the-mountain-the-bamboo-shadow/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

> [I remember, when I was young, How easily my mood changed from sad to gay. ... But now that age comes, A moment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/i-remember-when-i-was-young-how-easily-my-mood-changed-from-sad-to/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

> [Autumn clouds, vague and obscure; The evening, lonely and chill. I felt the dampness on my garments, But saw no spot, and heard no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/autumn-clouds-vague-and-obscure-the-evening-lonely-and-chill-i-felt/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

> [“On the seventh day of the Seventh-month, in the Palace of Long Life, We told each other secretly in the quiet midnight world That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/on-the-seventh-day-of-the-seventh-month-in-the-palace-of-long-life-we/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

> [Fumes of wine shorten the long road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/fumes-of-wine-shorten-the-long-road/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

> [A strip of water's spread in the setting sun, Half the river's emerald, half is red. I love the third night of the ninth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/a-strip-of-water-s-spread-in-the-setting-sun-half-the-river-s-emerald/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

> [Heat lingers As days are still long; Early mornings are cool While autumn is still young. Dew on the lotus Scatters pure perfume; Wind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/heat-lingers-as-days-are-still-long-early-mornings-are-cool-while/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

> [“Sent as a present from Annam A red cockatoo. Coloured like the peach-tree blossom, Speaking with the speech of men. And they did to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bai-juyi/sent-as-a-present-from-annam-a-red-cockatoo-coloured-like-the-peach/)

[Bai Juyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bai-juyi/)

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