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Lu Lun Border Song, III: Snow on Bows and Blades 塞下曲六首·其三 An enemy leader flees under a dark sky as cavalry prepare to pursue. Watch the poem pause on snow-covered weapons before any outcome is known. Qian Qi Sending a Monk Back to Japan 送僧歸日本 A monk's sea journey becomes Qian Qi's meditation on dreamlike travel, moonlit water, chanting, and a lamp held in the mind across distance. Lu Lun Border Song, IV: The Victory Banquet 塞下曲六首·其四 A field banquet celebrates a returning army with guests, armored dancing, and drums. Follow the festive movement as it seems to shake the landscape. Qian Qi From My Valley Study, to Yang the Reminder 谷口書齋寄楊補闕 Qian Qi's valley retreat offers rain-washed bamboo, evening mountains, and late flowers before a swept path reveals an expected friend's arrival. Lu Lun Border Song, V: The Hunt 塞下曲六首·其五 Arrows and a hunting hawk display a commander's exceptional skill. Read the quick movement from preparation to fleeing prey and a sweeping final boast. Qian Qi Returning to My Mountain Cottage in Late Spring 暮春歸故山草堂 Returning after the spring flowers, Qian Qi finds the bamboo's steady shade waiting outside his mountain window. Lu Lun Border Song, VI: Honor in the Portrait Gallery 塞下曲六首·其六 A commander is promised lasting honor in a portrait gallery. Discover why leaving his personal name unwritten becomes the poem's highest compliment. Qian Qi Returning Geese 歸雁 Qian Qi gives geese a mythic reason to leave the beautiful Xiao-Xiang region: moonlit zither music whose sorrow is too much to bear.