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Bai Juyi On the Pool: A Child in a Boat 池上二絕（其二） A child tries to keep a lotus-gathering trip secret, but the duckweed preserves the route. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Bai Juyi Song of the River at Dusk 暮江吟 Sunset divides the river into colors; night brings a crescent moon and pearl-like dew. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Bai Juyi Flower, Yet Not a Flower 花非花 A fleeting presence is compared to flowers, mist, dreams, and clouds without being named. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Bai Juyi Snow at Night 夜雪 A cold quilt, bright windows, and the snap of bamboo reveal snow to someone indoors. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Bai Juyi Cherishing the Peonies: I 惜牡丹花二首（其一） Only two peony branches remain; fear of tomorrow’s wind sends their admirer out with a light. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Bai Juyi A Question for the Huai River 問淮水 A weary pursuer of reputation and advantage asks why the river, too, can never rest. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Bai Juyi Parting at the Southern Bank 南浦別 An autumn farewell ends with a painful request: go safely, but do not turn back again. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Bai Juyi Yiai Temple 遺愛寺 Playing with stones, seeking flowers, and listening to water make an unhurried temple visit. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Chen Zi’ang On Youzhou Terrace 登幽州臺歌 Looking toward both past and future, a solitary speaker feels the immense duration of the world. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Chen Zi’ang Seeing Wei Da Off to Military Service 送魏大從軍 A farewell urges a departing friend to measure himself against the remembered achievements of earlier warriors. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. He Zhizhang Ode to the Willow 詠柳 A willow becomes jade and silk before a question reveals spring wind as its imagined craftsperson. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. He Zhizhang Returning Home: I 回鄉偶書二首（其一） A returning traveler keeps his home accent, but a new generation recognizes him only as a visitor. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Luo Binwang Ode to Geese 詠鵝 Repeated calls give way to curved necks, white feathers, and red feet moving through green water. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Luo Binwang A Farewell by the Yi River 於易水送人 A present farewell recalls Jing Ke’s departure; the people are gone, but the river remains cold. Read the original Chinese with pinyin, word meanings, an original English translation, and notes. Li Bai Leaving White Emperor City at Dawn 早發白帝城 Li Bai’s White Emperor City departure, with pinyin and English notes on the return to Jiangling, continuing gibbon cries, swift passage, and textual variants. Wang Zhihuan On the Stork Tower 登鸛雀樓 Wang Zhihuan’s tower poem turns a sunset and the Yellow River into a desire to see farther, with a note on the transmitted attribution. Liu Yuxi Wuyi Lane 烏衣巷 Swallows return to an old lane, but its great families have vanished. Follow how a familiar bird turns an ordinary street into a scene of historical change. Liu Yuxi Looking at Lake Dongting 望洞庭 Moonlight smooths Lake Dongting into a vast mirror. Read the changing scale as distant landscape becomes a green shell resting on a silver plate. Li Bai Viewing Heaven’s Gate Mountain 望天門山 A river opens a mountain gateway, and a solitary sail approaches from the sun. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Zhihuan Willows at a Farewell 送別 Willow branches along an imperial waterway reveal repeated departures in Wang Zhihuan’s twenty-character farewell. Liu Yuxi Autumn Poem, I 秋詞二首·其一 Liu Yuxi’s first Autumn Poem, with pinyin and English notes on its argument against autumn sadness and the crane that carries poetic feeling upward. Li Bai Laolao Pavilion 勞勞亭 Spring itself seems reluctant to supply willow branches for another farewell. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Zhihuan Liangzhou Song: Beyond the Pass 涼州詞二首（其一） A remote city, a flute tune, and spring stopped at Jade Gate Pass shape the first of Wang Zhihuan’s two Liangzhou songs. Liu Yuxi Bamboo-Branch Song, I 竹枝詞二首·其一 A song drifts across a river under uncertain skies. Discover how a pun on fair weather lets a young speaker wonder whether affection is returned.