A climb on the mountian holiday to the terrace whence one sees the magician – Cui Shu
A poem sent to vice-prefect Lu The Han Emperor Wen bequeathed us this terrace Which I climb to watch the coming dawn. Cl
Read MorePassing through Huayin – Cui Hao
Lords of the capital, sharp, unearthly, The Great Flower’s three points pierce through heaven. Clouds are parting above
Read MoreOn a moonlight night – Du Fu
Far off in Fuzhou she is watching the moonlight, Watching it alone from the window of her chamber- For our boy and girl,
Read MoreThoughts of old time from a night-mooring under Mount Niuzhu – Li Bai
This night to the west of the river-brim There is not one cloud in the whole blue sky, As I watch from my deck the autum
Read MoreOn hearing jun the buddhist monk from Shu play his lute – Li Bai
The monk from Shu with his green silk lute-case, Walking west down Omei Mountain, Has brought me by one touch of the str
Read MoreBidding a friend farewell at Jingmen ferry – Li Bai
Sailing far off from Jingmen Ferry, Soon you will be with people in the south, Where the mountains end and the plains be
Read MoreInscribed on the wall of an inn north of Dayu Mountian – Song Zhiwen
They say that wildgeese, flying southward, Here turn back, this very month.... Shall my own southward journey Ever be re
Read MoreFarewell to vice-prefect Du setting out for his official post in Shu – Wang Bo
By this wall that surrounds the three Qin districts, Through a mist that makes five rivers one, We bid each other a sad
Read MoreI pass through the Lu dukedom with a sigh and a sacrifice for confucius – Tang Xunzong
O Master, how did the world repay Your life of long solicitude? -- The Lords of Zou have misprized your land, And your h
Read MoreA song of a prince deposed – Du Fu
Along the wall of the Capital a white-headed crow Flies to the Gate where Autumn Enters and screams there in the night,
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