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s abilities and how crucial the post is?
ensuring the transport of tax revenues to the throne.
1 The sleeve was grasped in parting.
2 This refers to the famous visit of the Prince of Wu to Lu, recounted in the Zuo Tradition (Xiang 29).
The prince listened to the Classic of Poetry, commenting on each section.
His response to the Airs of Tang was that ?
their brooding was deep,?
and that they must be ?
people left over from Tao and Tang.
?
Tao and Tang were the fiefs of Yao, hence referring to that sage-king.
The allusion is based on ?
longing for Tang,?
as both Yao and the current dynasty.
3 That is, as the Eastern Han continued the dynasty after the usurpation of Wang Mang, so the Tang will continue after the An Lushan Rebellion.
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