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A Spring Letter: Just Suddenly, I Felt Like writing… for a Friend
Does spring truly return, or do we simply find ourselves remembering it again and again? Drunk Among Flowers By Feng Yansi (Five Dynasties, 10th Century AD, China) In the clear snow, the small garden has yet to see spring, Yet by the pond, the plum blossoms have already bloomed early. High in the trees, magpies…
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Apologia
A Poem At the end of this term, I found myself drawn to the Late Tang, that Late Tang of China, of the ninth century. What kind of feeling is the Late Tang? And to whom am I speaking? Beneath the moon, a luminous stone, like the fading thrill of that time, cool, yet steeped…
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Earthen . Taste
SournessIs an enduring invocationA primal keeness to foodOf an old civilizationFermentation, fervereTo seethe. Sourness, leading the taste of springIn the cosmology of Chinese medicineThe four directions in orderThe five tastes find homeSour rests in the east, draws on spring’s woodUpward, thrust into life Saying,In the springtimeAll over, the hills covered with azaleasAmidst the clustered peaks…
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Two, Speaking of the World
A Poem Words worth saying Tender longing Two souls in this world What bond could there possibly be? You arrive suddenly Speaking of pines and laurels By the mountain stream Here, my place Ravine vast and drifting mists Letters to be written On pages, moonlight now brims over You come, the night has hushed itself…
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The Long Night Falls: The Empire and Her End – Chapter 1
The empire is dying. And so am I. Mawei Slope. This is not the first time I have heard this name. This post station leads from the capital, Chang’an, to Sichuan. When I was a child, my father said Sichuan was a good place. It hides deep in the heart of the empire, surrounded by…