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Five-character-regular-verse
Wang Wei
A MESSAGE TO COMMISSIONER LI AT ZIZHOU
From ten thousand valleys the trees touch heaven;
On a thousand peaks cuckoos are calling;
And, after a night of mountain rain,
From each summit come hundreds of silken cascades.
...If girls are asked in tribute the fibre they weave,
Or farmers quarrel over taro fields,
Preside as wisely as Wenweng did....
Is fame to be only for the ancients?
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五言律诗
王维
汉江临眺
楚塞三湘接, 荆门九派通。
江流天地外, 山色有无中。
郡邑浮前浦, 波澜动远空。
襄阳好风日, 留醉与山翁。
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Five-character-regular-verse
Wang Wei
A VIEW OF THE HAN RIVER
With its three southern branches reaching the Chu border,
And its nine streams touching the gateway of Jing,
This river runs beyond heaven and earth,
Where the colour of mountains both is and is not.
The dwellings of men seem floating along
On ripples of the distant sky --
These beautiful days here in Xiangyang
Make drunken my old mountain heart!
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五言律诗
王维
终南别业
中岁颇好道, 晚家南山陲。
兴来美独往, 胜事空自知。
行到水穷处, 坐看云起时。
偶然值林叟, 谈笑无还期。
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Five-character-regular-verse
Wang Wei
MY RETREAT AT MOUNT ZHONGNAN
My heart in middle age found the Way.
And I came to dwell at the foot of this mountain.
When the spirit moves, I wander alone
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