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Jueju — Page 4
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Du Fu Seeking Flowers Alone by the River: VI 江畔獨步尋花七絕句·其六 A flower-heavy path becomes a place of lingering butterflies and repeated birdsong. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Changling Army Song: The Watchtower at Dusk 從軍行七首（其一） A dusk climb and a familiar flute tune connect a frontier watchtower to a distant woman's chamber in Wang Changling’s first army song. Li Shangyin Frost and Moon 霜月 An autumn night becomes a contest between frost and moonlight. Follow the poem's transformation of cold brightness into a meeting of celestial women. Du Fu Meeting Li Guinian in Jiangnan 江南逢李龜年 A musician met again among falling blossoms brings earlier halls and audiences back into view. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Changling Army Song: New Music, Old Parting 從軍行七首（其二） New pipa music cannot exhaust an old feeling of separation, and Wang Changling ends the song beneath a high autumn moon. Li Shangyin Jia Yi 賈生 An emperor leans forward to question a gifted adviser. Discover how the final line turns apparent recognition into a criticism of misplaced curiosity. Du Fu Presented to Hua Qing 贈花卿 Music in Chengdu seems divided between river wind and clouds, too rare for ordinary earthly hearing. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Changling Army Song: The Vow at Qinghai 從軍行七首（其四） Clouded mountains and armor worn through by battle lead to an uncompromising vow in Wang Changling’s fourth army song. Li Shangyin Because There Is Such Beauty 為有 A woman finds that marriage to a high official brings lonely nights. Read how his prestigious rank becomes a rival to intimacy when morning court calls. Du Fu The Eight Formations 八陣圖 A riverside formation associated with Zhuge Liang becomes a meditation on achievement and failure. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Changling Army Song: The Report Arrives 從軍行七首（其五） Wang Changling begins with troops moving into dust, then lets an earlier battle arrive as a report before the march is complete. Wen Tingyun Lament of the Jade Zither 瑤瑟怨 A luxurious bed offers no rest beneath a clear night sky. Follow the movement from indoor cold to passing geese and moonlight beyond the sleepless room. Wang Changling Regret in the Chamber 閨怨 A young wife’s spring outing becomes regret for the ambition that sent her husband away in Wang Changling’s sudden-turn quatrain. Wang Wei Remembering My Brothers on the Double Ninth 九月九日憶山東兄弟 Wang Wei’s Double Ninth poem in Chinese, pinyin, and English: an imagined family gathering turns the distant speaker into the person missing from the group. Wang Wei Bird Calls in the Ravine 鳥鳴澗 Wang Wei’s Bird Calls in the Ravine, with pinyin and English notes on spring gui blossoms, moonrise, and the intermittent calls that make stillness audible. Cen Shen Meeting a Messenger Bound for the Capital 逢入京使 A chance meeting on horseback lets Cen Shen send home a spoken reassurance when no paper or brush is available. Cen Shen In the Stony Desert 磧中作 Two full moons measure Cen Shen’s westward journey, but the desert gives no answer to where he will sleep tonight. Wang Wei Magnolia Hollow 辛夷塢 Magnolia blossoms open and fall in a ravine without an audience. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Wei In the Mountains 山中 A rainless mountain path seems to wet the traveler through the density of its green. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Cen Shen Spring at the Mountain Room: Open to the Season 山房春事二首（其一） Bees, butterflies, willow branches, and falling blossoms cross into Cen Shen’s room on a warm spring day. Wang Wei A Question about the Plum Tree 雜詩三首·其二 All the news of home narrows to one question about blossoms beside a window. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wen Tingyun Crossing the Watershed 過分水嶺 A stream has accompanied a traveler for three days through the mountains. Read how its sound through the night becomes a voice at their parting. Cen Shen Spring at the Mountain Room: Liang Garden 山房春事二首（其二） Cen Shen’s trees repeat their flowering in Liang Garden without knowing that the people are gone, in a text with a consequential variant. Wang Wei Autumn Night Song 秋夜曲 A musician keeps playing in the cold because returning to an empty room is harder. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation.