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Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM At the Pond and Terrace of Consort Zheng, Happy to Meet Instructor Zheng 283 At the end of my rope, I see how a real friend behaves, the age is blocked, I grieve at the hard ways.
The east wind blows on the springtime ice, 24 far and wide the holy soil is wet.
When I think on you, be sparing with your wings, once having eaten your fill, think on folding them.
Be not the eagle that soars through the clouds, 28 when hearing a shout, speeds toward the bird.
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2 At the Pond and Terrace of Consort Zheng, Happy to Meet Instructor Zheng [Qian] and Drink with Him I never thought that I would live among war horses, and then who would have known we would share a cup of ale?
Burning navel, the fort at Mei ruined,1 4 holding his standard, the Han officer returned.
2 White hair, a thousand stalks of snow.
loyal heart, one square inch of ash.
3 Parted, we passed through places of dying, 8 suddenly we are climbing a terrace and telling all.
Once again we face Qin?
s pipes playing,4 together we come to visit Ruan?
s house.
5 1 When Dong Zhuo (d.
192) held power, he built a fort at Mei with treasures and provisions to last thirty years.
Later, when he was killed in Chang?
an, the soldiers lit his navel; he was so fat that the fire burned for several days.
This may refer to the death of An Lushan, also notoriously fat.
2 *Su Wu.
This refers to Zheng Qian, who had been taken to Luoyang by An Lushan?
s�troops; according to Du Fu, Zheng remained loyal (?
holding his standard?
also means ?
keeping his integrity?
), though that was not the verdict of�the court.
3 That is, the heart has burned away with cares.
4 *Xiaoshi.
This refers to Consort Zheng; imperial son-in-laws were commonly compared to Xiaoshi.
5 Ruan Xian was *Ruan Ji?
s nephew; Ruan Ji lived on the south side of the street, while Ruan Xian lived on the north side.
This refers to the relation between the Consort Zheng Qianyao and Zheng Qian.
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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.
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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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
