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Article: Yuan Hong: a case of premature death by historians?
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (1)
'Tis night: and on the Western Stream here swims the Cattle Isle.
No cloud to fleck the spotless sky that stretches mile on mile.
Within my skiff I float away the Autumn Moon to view
In idle dreams of General Xie who raised to fame a poet new.
A lofty strain I too can lift. But what will that avail?
There is no patron now to hear my heart-string's sobbing wail.
Our matting sails we raise again to meet to-morrow's sun,
As from the tree the maple leaves are dropping one by one. (2)
This is one of the best-known poems by one of China's greatest poets, namely Li Bai [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] ...