, is an
attribute
of autumn, the season of war and punishment.
Du Fu - 5
I think back to when the panic first began, what happened was different from all precedent.
The corrupt minister at last was chopped to mince,4 124 and his evil partners were then swept away.
We would never have heard of Xia or Yin?
s decline had they executed Bao and Da midway.
5 Zhou and Han achieved a second rising?
128 Xuan and Guang were truly discerning and wise.
6 Undaunted was General Chen Xuanli,7 with spear and axe, he exercised loyal ardor.
Were it not for you, the people would all be gone, 132 yet the dynasty still lives unto this day.
1 Qingzhou and Xuzhou were two prefectures in the east, deep in An Lushan?
s territory.
2 Heng and Jie are mountains in the northeast.
3 ?
Stern deadliness,?
susha ?
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, is an attribute of autumn, the season of war and punishment. The qi (? atmosphere? ) is both the weather and the spiritual force of the season. 4 The reference is to Yang Guozhong. 5 Daji ? ? was the consort of Zhou, the last Shang king. To Da and Bao were attributed the fall of the Shang ( Yin) and Western Zhou respectively. The analogy here is clearly to Lady Yang the Noble Consort, who, in contrast, was ordered to commit suicide, by which, to Du Fu? s mind, the dynasty was saved. 6 The references are to King Xuan, who restored the Western Zhou? s power, and to Guangwudi, the founder of the Eastern Han. The comparison is to Suzong. 7 Chen Xuanli, the general of the guard who compelled the execution of Yang Guozhong and Lady Yang the Noble Consort. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 344 ?
, is an attribute of autumn, the season of war and punishment. The qi (? atmosphere? ) is both the weather and the spiritual force of the season. 4 The reference is to Yang Guozhong. 5 Daji ? ? was the consort of Zhou, the last Shang king. To Da and Bao were attributed the fall of the Shang ( Yin) and Western Zhou respectively. The analogy here is clearly to Lady Yang the Noble Consort, who, in contrast, was ordered to commit suicide, by which, to Du Fu? s mind, the dynasty was saved. 6 The references are to King Xuan, who restored the Western Zhou? s power, and to Guangwudi, the founder of the Eastern Han. The comparison is to Suzong. 7 Chen Xuanli, the general of the guard who compelled the execution of Yang Guozhong and Lady Yang the Noble Consort. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 344 ?
