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Ts'ao Chih Juan Chi Tao Ch'ien Han Yu Ch'ang Chien Su Shih Li Po Lu Chih Yun-K'an Tzu Sun Bu-er Zhou Xuanjing Cui Shaoxuan
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(192-232 A.D) Was born the third son of a mighty warlord and later became a prince. Among his favourite poetic themes are the glitter and luxury of court life, the restless wanderer, the deserted wife and Taoist Immortals. |
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"Roaming Immortal" Human life does not reach a hundred, Year after year there is little joy! I long to soar with six-feathered wings, To cleave the mists and transcend the vermillion void. A cicada sheds its skin : I shall be as Sung and Ch'iao. With a flutter I ascend from Tripod Lake, Glide and drift the Ninth Heaven. I spur myself on to distant spaces : Eastward to view the glittering Fu-sang tree, Westward to overlook the Limpid Water current, Northward stopping at the Dark Heaven Isle, Southward in winged ascent up Cinnabar Hill! |
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