2 This is a figure for
imperial
authority, which failed to prevent the rebellion of An Lushan.
Du Fu - 5
having made it, I pity myself for the first time.
I can still catch sight of Mount Taibai?
s snow 4 I joyously meet the heavens over Wugong.
1 My shadow is stilled among the thousand officials, the heart is healed before the Seven Guard units.
This morning the dynastic altars of Han 8 will begin a new count: the Restoration years.
In early summer of 757 Du Fu escaped from the rebel-held capital and made his way west to Fengxiang, where Suzong had set up court.
There he was appointed a Reminder, an official who stayed close to the ruler and ?
reminded?
him of important issues he had overlooked.
At the time Suzong was sending out his own officials to key positions in the region he controlled.
5.
6 Seeing Off Attendant Censor Fan (23) on his Way to a Post as Administrative Assistant in Hanzhong The Bow that overawes could not be strung,2 since then there have been no peaceful years.
In river valleys the blood floods wildly, 4 wolves and jackals bubble up and bite.
The Son of Heaven came from the north, galloping long, to rouse us from ruin.
1 Taibai Mountain and Wugong county were near Fengxiang.
2 This is a figure for imperial authority, which failed to prevent the rebellion of An Lushan. The Bow is a constellation pointed at the Wolf, the constellation�governing insurrection. If the Bow does not point at the Wolf, rebellion will follow. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 288 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2 This is a figure for imperial authority, which failed to prevent the rebellion of An Lushan. The Bow is a constellation pointed at the Wolf, the constellation�governing insurrection. If the Bow does not point at the Wolf, rebellion will follow. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 288 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
