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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.
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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.
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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.
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The imperial tomb winds along a deserted bend, troops like bears protect the mountain greenery.
Again I peer at the road through cypress and pine 12 and still see five-colored clouds flying.
1 5.
30 Pengya: A Ballad I recall back when we first fled the rebels, through hardship and danger we hurried north.
The night was deep on Pengya road, 4 the moon shone on Whitewater Mountain.
The whole household had traveled long on foot, and most of those we met were shamelessly unfeeling.
Valley birds droned here and there, 8 we saw no travelers going back the way we came. My baby daughter bit at me in her hunger, I feared tigers and wolves would hear her cries. I held her to my chest and covered her mouth, 12 she twisted and turned, her voice even more upset. My little son pretended he knew what to do, he kept seeking bitter plums to eat. 1 Auspicious clouds. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 350 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 20 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 24 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 28 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 32 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 36 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Pengya: A Ballad 351 Half the past ten days it had thundered and rained, 16 we pulled each other along through the mud and mire. Having made no provision against the rain, the path was slippery and our clothes were cold. At times we went through particular hardship, 20 a whole day spent covering just a few leagues. Wild fruits served as our provisions, low branches became the beams of our roof. Early we walked through water on rocks, 24 at dusk we would stay at hearth-smoke seen on the horizon. We remained for a while in Tongjia Swamp, about to go through Luzi Barrier. Among my old friends there was one Steward Sun, 28 whose high sense of right touched tiered clouds. He welcomed us as night? s blackness fell, lit lanterns and opened his gates. He warmed waters to bathe our feet, 32 and cut paper streamers to call back our souls. After this he brought in his wife and children, whose tears streamed down on seeing us. All my brood was sleeping soundly, 36 he woke them and graced them with a meal. I vow that together with you, sir, we shall form the bond of brothers forever. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 352 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 40 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Valley birds droned here and there, 8 we saw no travelers going back the way we came. My baby daughter bit at me in her hunger, I feared tigers and wolves would hear her cries. I held her to my chest and covered her mouth, 12 she twisted and turned, her voice even more upset. My little son pretended he knew what to do, he kept seeking bitter plums to eat. 1 Auspicious clouds. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 350 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 20 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 24 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 28 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 32 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 36 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Pengya: A Ballad 351 Half the past ten days it had thundered and rained, 16 we pulled each other along through the mud and mire. Having made no provision against the rain, the path was slippery and our clothes were cold. At times we went through particular hardship, 20 a whole day spent covering just a few leagues. Wild fruits served as our provisions, low branches became the beams of our roof. Early we walked through water on rocks, 24 at dusk we would stay at hearth-smoke seen on the horizon. We remained for a while in Tongjia Swamp, about to go through Luzi Barrier. Among my old friends there was one Steward Sun, 28 whose high sense of right touched tiered clouds. He welcomed us as night? s blackness fell, lit lanterns and opened his gates. He warmed waters to bathe our feet, 32 and cut paper streamers to call back our souls. After this he brought in his wife and children, whose tears streamed down on seeing us. All my brood was sleeping soundly, 36 he woke them and graced them with a meal. I vow that together with you, sir, we shall form the bond of brothers forever. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 352 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 40 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
