Yu Kwang-chung

Yu Kwang-chung (Chinese: 余光中; 21 October 1928 – 14 December 2017) was a Taiwanese writer, poet, educator and critic.

Quotes
长大后，乡愁是一张窄窄的船票， 我在这头，新娘在那头. 后来啊，乡愁是一方矮矮的坟墓，我在外头，母亲在里头. 而现在，乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡，我在这头，大陆在那头. Nostalgia was a tiny postage stamp, I, on this side, My mother, on the other. Later on, Nostalgia was a low tomb, I, outside. My mother, inside. And now, Nostalgia is the coastline, a shallow strait. I, on this side, The mainland, on the other.
 * 小时候，乡愁是一枚小小的邮票，我在这头，母亲在那头.
 * When I was small,
 * "Nostalgia" (《乡愁》, "Xiangchou"), in The Isle Full of Noises: Modern Chinese Poetry from Taiwan, ed. and trans. Dominic Cheung (New York: Columbia University Press, 1987), p. 51

China is me I am China.
 * The Yellow River flows torrential in my veins.
 * "Music Percussive", in An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature. Taiwan: 1949–1974. Vol. I: Poems and Essays, eds. Pang-yuan Chi et al. (Taipei: National Institute for Compilation and Translation, 1977), p. 113