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II ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM From the Capital Secretly Making My Way to Fengxiang 285 We linger on, dancing in the spring night, 12 shedding tears, we try to keep staying on. Du Fu? s old friend Zheng Qian had been taken by An Lushan? s forces�and forced to accept a post in An Lushan? s regime. Here he has returned to Chang? an. When Suzong? s forces retook the capitals he was sent in exile to�Taizhou. 5. 3? 5 From the Capital Secretly Making My Way to Fengxiang and Delighting to Reach the Temporary Palace I I think back on the news from Qiyang to the west, that no one successfully got back. 1 My eyes stared in that direction, facing the setting sun, 4 in the heart that had died, cold ashes caught fire. Lush trees led me on as I went, joined mountains suddenly appeared to my gaze. Close friends were shocked that, gaunt and old, 8 I had, in bitter hardship, come from among the rebels. II Sad thoughts on evenings with Hu fifes, a dismal spring in the parks of Han. 2 A return alive is what happened today, 4 for a while I had been someone on back roads. When I first saw the insignia of the Metropolitan Commandant,3 the aura over Nanyang was already renewed. 4 1 That is, when he was in Chang? an the word was that no one could get through rebel-held territory to Qiyang, near which was Suzong? s temporary capital. 2 That is, in Chang? an. 3 This was the title held by Guangwudi, the restoration emperor who founded the Eastern Han, before he became emperor. 4 Nanyang was Guangwudi? s native place. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 286 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? III ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? 5. 6 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Seeing Off Attendant Censor Fan (23) on his Way to a Post 287 The delighted heart was utterly overturned, 8 and sobbing, tears soaked my kerchief. III Had I died, who would have brought the news? ? having made it, I pity myself for the first time. I can still catch sight of Mount Taibai? s snow 4 I joyously meet the heavens over Wugong. 1 My shadow is stilled among the thousand officials, the heart is healed before the Seven Guard units. This morning the dynastic altars of Han 8 will begin a new count: the Restoration years. In early summer of 757 Du Fu escaped from the rebel-held capital and made his way west to Fengxiang, where Suzong had set up court. There he was appointed a Reminder, an official who stayed close to the ruler and ? reminded? him of important issues he had overlooked. At the time Suzong was sending out his own officials to key positions in the region he controlled. 5. 6 Seeing Off Attendant Censor Fan (23) on his Way to a Post as Administrative Assistant in Hanzhong The Bow that overawes could not be strung,2 since then there have been no peaceful years. In river valleys the blood floods wildly, 4 wolves and jackals bubble up and bite. The Son of Heaven came from the north, galloping long, to rouse us from ruin.
1 Taibai Mountain and Wugong county were near Fengxiang. 2 This is a figure for imperial authority, which failed to prevent the rebellion of An Lushan. The Bow is a constellation pointed at the Wolf, the constellation�governing insurrection. If the Bow does not point at the Wolf, rebellion will follow. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 288 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 12 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 20 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 24 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 28 ? ? ? ? ? ? Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Seeing Off Attendant Censor Fan (23) on his Way to a Post 289 Troops massed beneath Mounts Qi and Liang, 8 having crossed over back from the desert? s edge. 1 Though the two capitals, fallen, have not been retaken, we have control to the four ends of the realm. The Han? s bleak windswept waters are clear,2 12 a remote route for tax from the Huai and lakes. Men on missions are as many as scattered stars, the royal net of rule is still like banner tassels attached. 3 The Earl of the South is worthy in handling matters,4 16 you will go to where he stands and chats. 5 You full well understand tracking the Seven Luminaries, your hand marks out the Grand Army? s dispositions. Your apprehension is as bright as ice and snow, 20 your military sharpness speeds like thunder. In headquarters you were allowed to be a remonstrating official; such is unprecedented in the court. His Majesty now takes his meals late,6 24 and depends on you to spread his fine grace. An omissioner, summoned into court in the evening, a censor, journeying and resting at dawn. Right now we are in times of difficulty, 28 and we truly depend on long-range plans. 1 This refers either to the recall of the northwestern armies or to Suzong? s Uighur allies. 2 Probably referring to the appointment of Du Fu? s friend Li Yu as Prince of Hanzhong. Since imperial tax revenues from the lower Yangzi could no longer be sent up the Grand Canal to the Yellow River, the route up the Han River through Hanzhong was essential. 3 ? Attached tassels,? zhuiliu ? ? , was an old figure for the way the feudal lords were attached to the ruler. The inverted form used here, liuzhui ? ? , was used in Liu Kun? s (271? 318) famous memorial during the breakup of the Western Jin: ? The peril of the ruling house is something like banner tassels attached? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? . This seems to be Du Fu? s sense here, particularly in the context of the more tightly woven ? net? of imperial rule. 4 This was Li Yu, raised from Duke of Longxi to Prince of Hanzhong. 5 Suggesting engagement in his duties. 6 Because he is so busy. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 290 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?