Snow-swathed Bamboo
Snow-swathed Bamboo
by Zhu Yuanzhang
Bent down by the snow, still not so low
To be muddied touching the ground.
The sun shall emerge at dawn the morrow
Unveiling a grove still level with cloud.
Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398), founder of the Ming Dynasty, was born into a destitute peasant family in what is now Fengyang, Anhui Province. He lived as a monk and a wanderer, eventually leading a rebellion that successfully topple the Yuan Dynasty in 1368. He went on to take the title of Emperor Hongwu.
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