an, the
soldiers
lit his navel; he was so fat that the fire burned for several days.
Du Fu - 5
The east wind blows on the springtime ice, 24 far and wide the holy soil is wet.
When I think on you, be sparing with your wings, once having eaten your fill, think on folding them.
Be not the eagle that soars through the clouds, 28 when hearing a shout, speeds toward the bird.
5.
2 At the Pond and Terrace of Consort Zheng, Happy to Meet Instructor Zheng [Qian] and Drink with Him I never thought that I would live among war horses, and then who would have known we would share a cup of ale?
Burning navel, the fort at Mei ruined,1 4 holding his standard, the Han officer returned.
2 White hair, a thousand stalks of snow.
loyal heart, one square inch of ash.
3 Parted, we passed through places of dying, 8 suddenly we are climbing a terrace and telling all.
Once again we face Qin?
s pipes playing,4 together we come to visit Ruan?
s house.
5 1 When Dong Zhuo (d.
192) held power, he built a fort at Mei with treasures and provisions to last thirty years.
Later, when he was killed in Chang?
an, the soldiers lit his navel; he was so fat that the fire burned for several days. This may refer to the death of An Lushan, also notoriously fat. 2 *Su Wu. This refers to Zheng Qian, who had been taken to Luoyang by An Lushan? s�troops; according to Du Fu, Zheng remained loyal (? holding his standard? also means ? keeping his integrity? ), though that was not the verdict of�the court. 3 That is, the heart has burned away with cares. 4 *Xiaoshi. This refers to Consort Zheng; imperial son-in-laws were commonly compared to Xiaoshi. 5 Ruan Xian was *Ruan Ji? s nephew; Ruan Ji lived on the south side of the street, while Ruan Xian lived on the north side. This refers to the relation between the Consort Zheng Qianyao and Zheng Qian. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 284 ?
an, the soldiers lit his navel; he was so fat that the fire burned for several days. This may refer to the death of An Lushan, also notoriously fat. 2 *Su Wu. This refers to Zheng Qian, who had been taken to Luoyang by An Lushan? s�troops; according to Du Fu, Zheng remained loyal (? holding his standard? also means ? keeping his integrity? ), though that was not the verdict of�the court. 3 That is, the heart has burned away with cares. 4 *Xiaoshi. This refers to Consort Zheng; imperial son-in-laws were commonly compared to Xiaoshi. 5 Ruan Xian was *Ruan Ji? s nephew; Ruan Ji lived on the south side of the street, while Ruan Xian lived on the north side. This refers to the relation between the Consort Zheng Qianyao and Zheng Qian. Unauthenticated Download Date | 10/1/17 7:36 AM 284 ?
