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Tang poetry 689World poetry 136Idioms 4Fables & stories 353Proverbs 667Maxims 8Book of Songs 97Song ci 5Yuan qu 4
王之涣 · 唐

On the Stork Tower

白日依山尽，黄河入海流。 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼。

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《全唐诗》
佚名 · 战国故事

Drawing Legs on a Snake

一人蛇先成，引酒且饮之，乃左手持卮，右手画蛇，曰：“吾能为之足。” 未成，一人之蛇成，夺其卮曰：“蛇固无足，子安能为之足。”遂饮其酒。

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《战国策》