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Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Respectfully Presented to Yan (8) [Wu] of the Chancellery 317 Mountain birds will marvel at scholar robes, 16 boys in the wilds will look at the standards of Han.
Frontier ale, metal cups lined in a row, Yi tribal songs, as they hold up jade plates.
The grasses succulent, Tibetan horses grow strong, 20 the snow may be heavy, but their felt tents are dry.
Be cautious contributing to making plans, from this moment on straighten your wings.
When you return, you can take authority, 24 one morning spiraling upward ninety thousand leagues.
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16 Respectfully Presented to Yan (8) [Wu] of the Chancellery In the imperial entourage you mount the yellow tower,2 a distinguished lord of singularly tender years.
A dragon who has gotten clouds and rain, 4 a falcon in the autumn skies.
Your treatment of guests allows a certain laxness, our offices allow us to have contact.
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Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Moon 319 Each line of your recent poems is good, 8 you should let this old fellow pass them around.
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Entering the Starstream, the Toad does not sink, 4 the Hare lives forever, pounding its herbs.
1 It only increases bitterness in a loyal heart, it can add brightness to my white hairs.
If you know that the clash of arms fills the earth, 8 cease shining on the camp west of the capital.
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18 Detained on Parting by the Two Gentlemen of the Chancellery Jia [Zhi] and Yan [Wu] and the Rectifiers of Omissions of Both Ministries (I got the rhyme yun) I must go to my fields and gardens awhile, the warhorse regrets leaving the herd.
Going off far, I leave a poem on parting, 4 my sadness great, I let myself get drunk on ale.
All autumn long we have suffered the rain, today for the first time there are no clouds.
1 The Hare, like the Toad, lives in the moon.
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2 The temporary capital at Fengxiang. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 320 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? 5. 19 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? 5. 20 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Traveling Late: Extempore 321 On mountain roads a bugle blows now and then? 8 how can I bear to hear it wherever I go? 5. 19 Traveling Late: Extempore I cannot reach Three Rivers,1 evening mountains thick on the road home. Descending geese float on cold waters, 4 hungry crows roost on the tower of a fort. These days both court and market have changed, when will the death and destruction end? I? m ashamed before Jiang Zong of Liang long ago, 8 when he went back home, his hair was still black. 2 5. 20 Pouring Ale Alone and Completing a Poem Why are lamp sparks taken as such a joy? ? 3 right now I feel kinship with the green lees of ale. When drunk I don? t care being a traveler, 4 when a poem is done I feel there was some divine being at work. The clash of arms is still before my eyes, how can one make a living with a scholar? s arts? 1 Three Rivers County was near Fuzhou, where Du Fu had left his family. 2 During the Hou Jing Rebellion the poet Jiang Zong (519? 594) returned to his native Kuaiji. 3 Lamp sparks were believed to be auspicious signs. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 322 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? 5. 21 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
