Endless yearning 1 – Li Bai
I am endlessly yearning To be in Changan. ...Insects hum of autumn by the gold brim of the well; A thin frost glistens l
Read MoreHard roads in Shu – Li Bai
Oh, but it is high and very dangerous! Such travelling is harder than scaling the blue sky. ...Until two rulers of this
Read MoreA drawing of a horse by General Cao at Secretary Wei Feng’s horse – Du Fu
Throughout this dynasty no one had painted horses Like the master-spirit, Prince Jiangdu -- And then to General Cao thro
Read MoreA song of wheel tower in farewell to General Feng of the western expedition – Cen Can
On Wheel Tower parapets night-bugles are blowing, Though the flag at the northern end hangs limp. Scouts, in the darknes
Read MoreTo my daughter on her marring into the Yang family – Wei Yingwu
My heart has been heavy all day long Because you have so far to go. The marriage of a girl, away from her parents, Is th
Read MoreOn climbing orchid mountain in the autumn to Zhang – Meng Haoran
On a northern peak among white clouds You have found your hermitage of peace; And now, as I climb this mountain to see y
Read MoreThe beautiful Xi Shi – Wang Wei
Since beauty is honoured all over the Empire, How could Xi Shi remain humbly at home? -- Washing clothes at dawn by a so
Read MoreA green stream – Wang Wei
I have sailed the River of Yellow Flowers, Borne by the channel of a green stream, Rounding ten thousand turns through t
Read MoreAlone in her beauty – Du Fu
Who is lovelier than she? Yet she lives alone in an empty valley. She tells me she came from a good family Which is humb
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