even a few are
valuable?
Du Fu - 5
s aspect changing, 96 sensing how baleful vapors clear all around.
From the Northwest comes a shadowy wind,1 somberly following the Uighurs.
Their king wants them to serve and aid, 100 by custom they excel in the cavalry charge.
They have sent us five thousand troops, and driven along ten thousand horses.
Of this sort a few are valuable,2 104 all the world admires their resolute bravery.
They always use ?
hawk-bounders,?
3 that smash the enemy swifter than an arrow.
His Highness?
s heart prefers to wait, doing nothing, 108 all spirit is virtually lost in current policy debates.
Luoyang can be taken as easily as pointing to the palm,4 the Western Capital is not even worth seizing.
The Imperial Army begs to strike deeply, 112 their stored up sharpness should be unleashed en masse.
1 This is the emanation of Suzong?
s Uighur allies.
2 This can be read politely (?
even a few are valuable? ) or less politely (? the fewer the better. ? ) 3 Xiao Difei suggests that this refers to the cavalry. 4 ? Pointing to the palm? is a set phrase for obviousness or ease. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 342 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
even a few are valuable? ) or less politely (? the fewer the better. ? ) 3 Xiao Difei suggests that this refers to the cavalry. 4 ? Pointing to the palm? is a set phrase for obviousness or ease. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 342 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
