A name from a poem
希夷
Pinyin xī yífor anyone
Quiet as the Dao’s “rare and faint.”
What’s wished for
問余何意棲碧山 — 李白. 道德經希夷；非樂天口號.
Where it comes from
问余何意栖碧山
wèn yú hé yì qī bì shān
“I dwell among green hills and someone asks me why;”
— Li Bai, “Question and Answer in the Mountains” (山中问答)
About the two characters
- 希
- rare, faint
- 夷
- level, faint
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