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Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Seeing Off Administrative Assistant Yang (6) On a Mission to Tibet 315 The people often fall into disaster, 56 how could you forget your sincere commitment!
The supreme commander tunes the pitch-pipes anew,1 the vanguard is hard upon the former capital.
After pacifying the border you will again join the entourage, 60 let your deeds and fame fall behind none.
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14 Seeing Off Administrative Assistant Yang (6) On a Mission to Tibet Sending you afar, the autumn wind sinks away, the Kokonor weather is cold as you journey west.
Ill-omened vapors fill the imperial city, 4 in the human world parting is hard.
Even those farthest regions feel anger,2 by a marriage pact we wish to form good ties.
3 An imperial letter expresses affection for the Btsan-po,4 8 those in armor gaze toward Chang?
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A proclamation made that the journey ahead is urgent, the good man treats his gentlemen generously.
5 May our Ziyun be pure and guard himself,6 12 this day you have been raised to an official post.
Shedding tears, you now cast down your brush,7 and at once grasp your saddle, lamenting the times.
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2 Presumably anger at the rebel occupation of the capital.
3 With the Tibetans.
4 The Btsan-po was the term for the ruler of Tibet.
5 Nan Juchuan, the head of the mission to Tibet.
6 Du Fu refers to Yang in terms of the Han writer *Yang Xiong (Ziyun).
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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.
3 1 *Peng bird.
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3 Yan Wu was the Supervising Secretary ( jishi zhong) in the Chancellery; Du Fu?
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