an is still
occupied
by rebels.
Du Fu - 5
5.
10 Seeing Off Attendant Censor Zhangsun (9), Setting Off for a Position as Administrative Assistant in Wuwei The hooves of the dappled gray have recently been nailed,5 it has been covered well with a silver saddle.
In brocade robes, a lad with seals yellow and white,6 4 rides off on the Cross Rivers Road.
7 For this journey of ten thousand leagues I ask why do you take leave so hurriedly?
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The Son of Heaven worries about Liangzhou, 8 on a strict schedule I should arrive as soon as I can.
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1 Xiong?
er, ?
Bear-cub,?
was the child name of his son Zongwen.
2 Jizi, ?
Courser,?
was the child name of his son Zongwu.
3 That is, Chang?
an is still occupied by rebels. 4 The sign that autumn is coming. 5 A dappled gray was conventionally associated with an office in the censorate. 6 The brocade robe was a mark of Zhangsun? s office. The ? yellow and white? are gold and silver, the seals of Zhangsun? s office. 7 Cross Rivers ( Yarkhoto) was in the northwestern frontier region; Wuwei (Liangzhou), where Zhangsun is headed, was north of Fengxiang. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 302 ? ? ? ? ? ?
an is still occupied by rebels. 4 The sign that autumn is coming. 5 A dappled gray was conventionally associated with an office in the censorate. 6 The brocade robe was a mark of Zhangsun? s office. The ? yellow and white? are gold and silver, the seals of Zhangsun? s office. 7 Cross Rivers ( Yarkhoto) was in the northwestern frontier region; Wuwei (Liangzhou), where Zhangsun is headed, was north of Fengxiang. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 302 ? ? ? ? ? ?
