--- title: "1 Moon Turned Quotes By Li Bai" description: "1 Moon Turned quotes by Li Bai. Plus more from Li Bai and more Moon Turned sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/li-bai-24335_cups_beneath-the-blossoms-with-a-pot-of-wine_1541948.jpg" --- > [Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine, No friends at hand, so I poured alone; I raised my cup to invite the moon, Turned to my shadow, and we became three.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/beneath-the-blossoms-with-a-pot-of-wine-no-friends-at-hand-so-i/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/li-bai-24335_cups_beneath-the-blossoms-with-a-pot-of-wine_1541948.jpg) ## More by Li Bai > [Forever and forever and forever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/forever-and-forever-and-forever/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [The world is like a great empty dream. Why should one toil away one's life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/the-world-is-like-a-great-empty-dream-why-should-one-toil-away-one-s/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [You ask me why I dwell in the green mountain; I smile and make no reply for my heart is free of care. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/you-ask-me-why-i-dwell-in-the-green-mountain-i-smile-and-make-no/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [The living is a passing traveler; The dead, a man come home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/the-living-is-a-passing-traveler-the-dead-a-man-come-home/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [In a universe animated by the interaction of yin (female) and yang (male) energies, the moon was literally yin visible. Indeed, it was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/in-a-universe-animated-by-the-interaction-of-yin-female-and-yang-male/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [Shade and light are different in every valley.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/shade-and-light-are-different-in-every-valley/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [From the walls of Baidi high in the coloured dawn To Jiangling by night-fall is three hundred miles, Yet monkeys are still calling on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/from-the-walls-of-baidi-high-in-the-coloured-dawn-to-jiangling-by/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [I am asked why I live in the green mountains; I smile but reply not, for my heart is at rest. The flowing waters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/i-am-asked-why-i-live-in-the-green-mountains-i-smile-but-reply-not/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [Gently I stir a white feather fan, With open shirt sitting in a green wood. I take off my cap and hang it on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/gently-i-stir-a-white-feather-fan-with-open-shirt-sitting-in-a-green/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine, No friends at hand, so I poured alone; I raised my cup to invite the moon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/beneath-the-blossoms-with-a-pot-of-wine-no-friends-at-hand-so-i/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [The autumn air is clear, The autumn moon is bright. Fallen leaves gather and scatter, The jackdaw perches and starts anew. We think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/the-autumn-air-is-clear-the-autumn-moon-is-bright-fallen-leaves/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [Now let you and me buy wine today! Why say we have not the price? My horse spotted with five flowers, My fur-coat worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/now-let-you-and-me-buy-wine-today-why-say-we-have-not-the-price-my/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [Growing older, I love only quietness: who need be concerned with the things of this world? Looking back, what better plan than this: returning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/growing-older-i-love-only-quietness-who-need-be-concerned-with-the/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [The paired butterflies are already yellow with August Over the grass in the West garden; They hurt me. I grow older.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/the-paired-butterflies-are-already-yellow-with-august-over-the-grass/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) > [“All this is gone forever - events, men. everything slips away, like the ceaseless waves of the Yangtze that vanish into the sea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/all-this-is-gone-forever-events-men-everything-slips-away-like-the/) [Li Bai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-bai/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moon-turned/li-bai/#itemlist", "name": "1 Moon Turned Quotes By Li Bai", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine, No friends at hand, so I poured alone; I raised my cup to invite the moon, Turned to my shadow, and we became three.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Li Bai" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-bai/beneath-the-blossoms-with-a-pot-of-wine-no-friends-at-hand-so-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/li-bai-24335_cups_beneath-the-blossoms-with-a-pot-of-wine_1541948.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/li-bai-24335_cups_beneath-the-blossoms-with-a-pot-of-wine_1541948.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/li-bai-24335_cups_beneath-the-blossoms-with-a-pot-of-wine_1541948.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine, No friends at hand, so I poured alone; I raised my cup to invite…” — Li Bai", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moon-turned/li-bai/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moon-turned/li-bai/", "name": "Moon Turned Quotes by Li Bai", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moon-turned/li-bai/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/li-bai-24335_cups_beneath-the-blossoms-with-a-pot-of-wine_1541948.jpg" }, "description": "1 Moon Turned quotes by Li Bai. 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