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– Wen Tianxiang By virtue of the classics, painstakingly I rose to serve my state;Four years of war have passed, with our banners desolate.Our land, torn asunder, drifts like catkins in the gale;My life, adrift and battered, like duckweed in the rain’s assail.At Huangkong Shoal, I sighed for the fears that once prevailed;On Lingding…
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In 279 BCE, following the tense but successful Mianchi Summit – where Lin Xiangru had defended Zhao’s honor against King Zhaoxiang of Qin through sheer courage and wit – King Huiwen of Zhao returned safely after exactly thirty days, as planned.