SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

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  • Seeing Yuan the Second off to Anxi [Tang Poems]

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    Ana

    — Wang Wei No dust is raised on the road wet with morning rain; The willows by the hotel look so fresh and green. I invite you to drink a cup of wine again; West of the Sunny Pass no more friends will be seen.

  • To the Willow Tree [Tang Poems]

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    Ana

    — Li Shangyin Having caressed the dancers in the vernal breeze, You’re ravished amid the merry-making trees. How can you wail until clear autumn days are done To shrill like poor cicadas in the setting sun?

  • To the Willow [Tang Poems]

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    Ana

    — Luo Yin By riverside you see lovers part on fine day; They cling together but they cannot make spring stay. Your catkins waft in the breeze when your branches sway, Could you retain those who are going far away?

  • Scholar Liu

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    Ana

    In the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Qingzhou and Yanzhou areas of Shandong Province were infested with swarms of locusts. The locusts gradually moved to Yixian County. The county magistrate was very worried about the matter.