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Wang Zhihuan Liangzhou Song: The Chanyu Looks North 涼州詞二首（其二） The second Liangzhou song stages sacrifice, a request for alliance, and an emperor’s refusal in four compressed lines. Li Bai Song of the Moon over Mount Emei 峨眉山月歌 Moonlight and place-names accompany a journey downstream from the Emei region. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Zhihuan A Song at the Farewell Feast 宴詞 A river boat’s departing rhythm meets an impossible plea about shallow water in Wang Zhihuan’s banquet quatrain. Liu Yuxi Stone City 石頭城 Tides and moonlight revisit a ruined capital. Watch the landscape continue its familiar movements while the city's former power remains absent. Su Shi West Lake in Sunshine and Rain 飲湖上初晴後雨·其二 Su Shi’s West Lake quatrain in Chinese and English, with pinyin and notes on sunshine, misty rain, Xi Shi, and the comparison with light and rich adornment. Wang Zhihuan A Farewell on the Ninth Day 九日送別 A Double Ninth gathering shares chrysanthemum wine before tomorrow’s separation in Wang Zhihuan’s autumn farewell. Su Shi Huichong’s Spring River Scene 惠崇春江晚景·其一 A painted river scene leads beyond visible flowers and ducks to warmth felt in the water. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Liu Yuxi Thinking of the Past at Mount Xisai 西塞山懷古 Warships, broken defenses, and a quiet riverside frame a vanished kingdom. Trace the poem's movement from military conquest to an ordinary present. Wang Han Liangzhou Song: The Luminous Cup 涼州詞二首（其一） Wang Han sets a beautiful wine cup beside the uncertainty of returning from war in the first of his Liangzhou songs. Liu Zongyuan River Snow 江雪 Birds and travelers disappear from a snowy landscape, leaving one fisherman. Read how repeated absences make that solitary figure newly visible. Su Shi To Liu Jingwen 贈劉景文 Withered lotus and chrysanthemums lead to an unexpectedly affirmative view of the year’s late colors. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Liu Zongyuan An Old Fisherman 漁翁 An unseen fisherman becomes audible among hills and water. Follow all six lines as smoke, song, sunlight, and a drifting boat reshape the scene. Wang Han Liangzhou Song: Remembering Chang’an 涼州詞二首（其二） Flowers should already be fading near the capital, while a frontier listener remains in cold sand and hears a willow tune. Li Qingzhao Summer Quatrain: Remembering Xiang Yu 夏日絕句 Li Qingzhao looks back to Xiang Yu through a forceful judgment of heroic stature. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Liu Zongyuan After Rain, Walking to the River Ferry 雨晴至江渡 After rain, a walker follows a path uncovered by receding water. Read how driftwood caught high in the trees reveals the force of the vanished flood. Li Qingzhao Ru Meng Ling: The Streamside Pavilion 如夢令·常記溪亭日暮 A remembered evening outing ends with a wrong turn into lotus flowers and a burst of startled wings. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Wang Han Spring Thoughts of Home 春日歸思 Spring blossoms make Wang Han’s traveler imagine singing women and boats on Ruoye Stream, with glosses and notes on the final question. Meng Haoran A Night on the Tonglu River, Sent to Old Friends 宿桐廬江寄廣陵舊遊 River sounds surround a solitary boat while the traveler sends his thoughts toward old companions in Guangling. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Zhang Xu Peach Blossom Stream 桃花谿 A bridge, a fishing boat, and drifting petals lead Zhang Xu’s speaker to ask where the hidden entrance lies. Liu Zongyuan Viewing Mountains with the Monk Haochu 與浩初上人同看山寄京華親故 Sharp coastal mountains bring thoughts of distant home. Read the startling wish to turn one body into many figures watching from separate peaks. Liu Zongyuan Banyan Leaves Fall in Liuzhou 柳州二月榕葉落盡偶題 Spring in Liuzhou brings falling leaves instead of familiar renewal. Explore how an unexpected local season deepens the speaker's unsettled feeling. Zhang Xu Keeping a Guest in the Mountains 山行留客 Zhang Xu answers a guest’s fear of rain with a playful reason to remain in the spring mountains. Meng Haoran Taking Leave of Wang Wei 留別王侍御維 A disappointed visitor turns toward home while regretting the loss of a rare understanding friend. Read the Chinese, pinyin, word meanings, and original English translation. Zhang Xu A Spring Outing Meets Rain 春遊值雨 An evening rain postpones Zhang Xu’s garden outing, and the east wind receives a request to make tomorrow possible.