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Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM Retaking the Capital 359 All at once I hear of an edict of remorse1 4 once again coming from our sage court.
I think on Mount Shang?
s old men, supporting the throne,2 his cultured thoughts recall Emperor Yao. I humbly meet a day of our lord? s self-blame, 8 shedding tears I gaze toward the blue wisps of cloud. 3 III Sweating horses retook the palace, in the spring city the rebels? trenches are scraped flat. In reward they will surely sing ? Russet Pear,? 4 4 the return is in time to present cherries. 5 Federate barbarians? brandished pikes are thick,6 the mansions of meritorious officials rise high. Good news is brought often from all quarters, 8 His Majesty has no choice but to personally reward them. After Chang? an and Luoyang were retaken, those who had willingly or unwillingly accepted posts in An Lushan? s government were brought back to Luoyang to face charges. The most serious collaborators were executed; some, like the poet Wang Wei ? ?
s old men, supporting the throne,2 his cultured thoughts recall Emperor Yao. I humbly meet a day of our lord? s self-blame, 8 shedding tears I gaze toward the blue wisps of cloud. 3 III Sweating horses retook the palace, in the spring city the rebels? trenches are scraped flat. In reward they will surely sing ? Russet Pear,? 4 4 the return is in time to present cherries. 5 Federate barbarians? brandished pikes are thick,6 the mansions of meritorious officials rise high. Good news is brought often from all quarters, 8 His Majesty has no choice but to personally reward them. After Chang? an and Luoyang were retaken, those who had willingly or unwillingly accepted posts in An Lushan? s government were brought back to Luoyang to face charges. The most serious collaborators were executed; some, like the poet Wang Wei ? ?
