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Climbing the Leyou Plateau

李商隐 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

Toward evening my mood is out of sorts; I drive the carriage up to the ancient plain. The setting sun is boundlessly fine— it is only that dusk is near.

登乐游原

Poetry

Seeing Off Xin Jian at Hibiscus Tower

王昌龄 · Tang dynasty · seven-character quatrain

Cold rain merged with the river as we entered Wu by night; at first light I see my friend off, and the Chu hills stand alone. If kin and friends in Luoyang should ask about me, say a single piece of ice-clear heart is in a jade vessel.

芙蓉楼送辛渐

Poetry

Written on Coming Home

贺知章 · Tang dynasty · seven-character quatrain

I left home young and come back old; my home accent unchanged, the hair at my temples thinned. The children see me and do not know me; laughing, they ask where the guest has come from.

回乡偶书

Poetry

Hearing a Flute by Night on the Shouxiang Wall

李益 · Tang dynasty · seven-character quatrain

Before Huile Peak the sand is like snow; beyond the Shouxiang wall the moon is like frost. No one knows where a reed pipe is being blown— all night the campaigning men gaze toward home.

夜上受降城闻笛

Poetry

Chang'e

李商隐 · Tang dynasty · seven-character quatrain

On the mica screen the candle's shadow deepens; the River of Heaven sinks lower, the dawn star goes down. Chang'e must regret having stolen the elixir— green sea, blue sky, and night after night that heart.

嫦娥

Poetry

Mooring for the Night on the Jiande River

孟浩然 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

I move the boat and moor by a misted sandbar; the sun sets, and a traveler's sorrow is new again. The plain is wide, the sky hangs below the trees; the river is clear, and the moon comes close to a person.

宿建德江

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Mooring on the Qinhuai

杜牧 · Tang dynasty · seven-character quatrain

Mist wraps the cold water, moonlight wraps the sand; at night I moor on the Qinhuai, close by the wine houses. The singing women do not know the grief of a fallen state; across the water they are still singing 'Flowers of the Rear Courtyard.'

泊秦淮

Poetry

Gazing at the Remaining Snow on Zhongnan

祖咏 · Tang dynasty · five-character quatrain

The northern ridge of Zhongnan stands out fine; its banked snow floats at the edge of the clouds. Above the treetops the clearing sky brightens, and in the city the evening cold increases.

终南望余雪