Chang’e Li Shangyin Hardwood, candlelit. Shadows deepening on marble and crystal, As the Milky Way turns and the dawn stars fall. The sky, of velvet. A mind reflecting on the jade gloss of the sea: Chang’e, exiled to the moon for eternity Because she took the elixir of immortality. She feels, each night, regret. 李商隐 嫦娥 云母屏风烛影深,长河渐落晓星沉。 嫦娥应悔偷灵药,碧海青天夜夜心。
Chang’e (pronounced as two syllables: chang+er) was the moon goddess. She was originally the mortal wife of the mythic hero Hou Yi; she stole an elixir of immortality from her husband, then flew to the moon out of guilt.
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Another story has it that she drank the elixir to keep it from falling into the hands of a bad man