A name from a poem
清光
Pinyin qīng guāngusually a boy’s name
Clear light that reaches a friend far away.
What’s wished for
On the fifteenth night, will the same clear light reach a friend far away? — Bai Juyi thinking of Yuan Zhen. Light that still arrives at a distant heart.
Where it comes from
犹恐清光不同见
yóu kǒng qīng guāng bù tóng jiàn
“I fear we do not share the same clear light —”
— Bai Juyi, “On the Night of the Fifteenth of the Eighth Month, on Duty in the Palace, Thinking of Yuan Zhen” (八月十五日夜禁中独直对月忆元九)
About the two characters
- 清
- clear; free of mud or stain
- 光
- light; gleam or brightness
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