A name from a poem
冰心
Pinyin bīng xīnusually a girl’s name
A heart kept clear as ice in a jade vase.
What’s wished for
“My heart stays ice-clear in a jade vase” — Wang Changling’s message to a friend. For someone whose clarity no weather can muddy.
Where it comes from
一片冰心在玉壶
yī piàn bīng xīn zài yù hú
“Tell them I'm pure of heart as ice in a crystal vase of white.”
— Wang Changling, “Farewell to Xin Jian at Hibiscus Tower” (芙蓉楼送辛渐)
About the two characters
- 冰
- ice; clear and cold
- 心
- the heart; also the mind within
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