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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 132 ? ? ? ? ? ? Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Journey North 343 With this move we can clear Qingzhou and Xuzhou,1 then we can immediately swallow Heng and Jie. 2 Frost and dew gather in the vast heavens, 116 there is stern deadliness in the atmosphere of justice. 3 Disaster turns to the Year for Destroying the Hu; the situation produces the Month for Seizing the Hu. How can the Hu? s fated span last long? ? 120 it is not fitting that Imperial Rule be cut off. I think back to when the panic first began, what happened was different from all precedent. The corrupt minister at last was chopped to mince,4 124 and his evil partners were then swept away. We would never have heard of Xia or Yin? s decline had they executed Bao and Da midway. 5 Zhou and Han achieved a second rising? 128 Xuan and Guang were truly discerning and wise. 6 Undaunted was General Chen Xuanli,7 with spear and axe, he exercised loyal ardor. Were it not for you, the people would all be gone, 132 yet the dynasty still lives unto this day. 1 Qingzhou and Xuzhou were two prefectures in the east, deep in An Lushan? s territory. 2 Heng and Jie are mountains in the northeast. 3 ? Stern deadliness,? susha ? ? , is an attribute of autumn, the season of war and punishment. The qi (? atmosphere? ) is both the weather and the spiritual force of the season. 4 The reference is to Yang Guozhong. 5 Daji ? ? was the consort of Zhou, the last Shang king. To Da and Bao were attributed the fall of the Shang ( Yin) and Western Zhou respectively. The analogy here is clearly to Lady Yang the Noble Consort, who, in contrast, was ordered to commit suicide, by which, to Du Fu? s mind, the dynasty was saved. 6 The references are to King Xuan, who restored the Western Zhou? s power, and to Guangwudi, the founder of the Eastern Han. The comparison is to Suzong. 7 Chen Xuanli, the general of the guard who compelled the execution of Yang Guozhong and Lady Yang the Noble Consort. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 344 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 136 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 140 ? ? ? ? ? ? 5. 28 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Reaching Zhaoling on My Travels 345 Cold and dreary is Datong Palace, desolate is the White Beast Gate. 1 The people in the capital gaze for the Kingfisher Glory,2 136 auspicious vapors head toward the gilded palace turrets. Truly divinity hangs about the imperial tombs, rites of sweeping and sprinkling will not be omitted. Glorious is the legacy of Taizong? 140 what he established is exceedingly vast and enduring. 5. 28 Reaching Zhaoling on My Travels3 Olden ways were worn down by undistinguished rulers, a host of heroes called the Lone Man to account. 4 Prophecies pointed to one of dragon and phoenix nature,5 4 his might settled the capital with its tigers and jackals. 6 His blood relations revered the ? Canon of Yao,? 7 in divine achievement he assisted in ? The Plan of Yu. ? 8 Wind and clouds followed the fleetest feet,9 8 sun and moon continued on the high streets of Heaven. In cultural matters he often followed antiquity,10 half of his court were old Confucian scholars. 1 Datong Palace was a hall in the Tang palace compound of Chang? an. White Beast Hall is properly White Tiger Hall, renamed because of the taboo on Tang Taizu? s name. This was a hall (and gate) in the Han palace; Han palace names were liberally transferred to places in the Tang palace.
2 The kingfisher feathers mark the imperial standards and would be a sign of the emperor? s return to Chang? an. 3 Zhaoling was the tomb of Taizong. 4 The ? Lone Man? is the emperor, in this case, Sui Yangdi. 5 Li Shimin, Taizong. 6 Chang? an. 7 In the ? Canon of Yao? in the Classic of Documents, Yao yields the throne to Shun, and Shun to Yu. This refers to Taizong? s father Li Yuan abdicating to Taizong. 8 The ? Plan of Yu? in the Classic of Documents, praises the achievements of Yu. 9 The ? fleetest feet? is Taizong as a fine horse. The clouds follow the dragon, and the wind follows the tiger, referring to Taizong? s ? dragon and tiger? qualities. 10 Ritual and music, sometimes particularly involving ceremonial robes. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 346 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 12 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 20 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 24 ? ? ? ? ? ? 5. 29 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 4 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Once Again on Passing by Zhaoling 347 He never shamed or killed those who criticized him directly, 12 the road for the virtuous was not hard-going. Back then disasters still descended,1 the gasps of the common folk were not yet relieved. His directions settled all the land. 16 washing all clean, he soothed the Vast Forge. 2 The bold man is saddened at his tomb mound, the recluse bows at Tripod Lake. 3 In his jade burial suit he ascended in the morning, 20 the armored horses sweat, ever charging. 4 Among cypress and pine I gaze on the empty halls, in dust and sand I stand on the darkened road. Vast distance now from the day he founded the dynasty, 24 my flowing resentment fills the folds of the mountains. 5. 29 Once Again on Passing by Zhaoling In those dark beginnings a hero arose, the imperial succession came with chants and songs. A three-foot sword in dust of war, 4 altars of Earth and Grain, one man in armor. To assist his glory, he entrusted men of civil virtue, in grand continuation he withdrew war? s majesty. 1 Drought and locusts. 2 Heaven and Earth. 3 Where the dragon carried the Yellow Emperor to Heaven after he cast the famous tripods. Here it refers to Zhaoling. 4 These are the stone funerary horses. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 348 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 8 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?