Nalan Xingde

Nalan Xingde (January 19, 1655 – July 1, 1685) was a Qing dynasty Manchu poet.

Quotes
I feel like a monk; Only my head is still unshaven. O poor heart! How wind and rain have worn you out! How the partings from friends, dead and alive, Have torn you to pieces! This orphan-like candlestick Appears like an old friend to me. There remains one thing alone That keeps me from a complete Awakening:— Love still smoulders in the ashes of my heart!
 * The fire in my heart is turned to ashes.
 * "Nocturnal Thoughts in a Temple" (trans. Teresa Li), as quoted in Chinese Literature: A Historical Introduction (1961) by Ch'en Shou-Yi, p. 553