Peach Blossoms in Xuzhou, Jiangsu

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Seeing Off Cui the Ninth

Pei Di 716-? Return to the mountains         deeper still deeper, Exhaust every beauty         of hill and vale. Don't imitate          those old fishermen, Who roamed          only fleetingly                  in Peach Blossom Gorge.

Sòng Cuī Jiǔ

Péi Dí 716-? Guī shān shēnqiǎn qù, Xū jìn qiū hè měi. Mò xué wǔ líng rén, Zàn yóu Táoyuán lǐ.

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: The last couplet of this poem refers to Wang Wei's poem about two fishermen who discovered utopia in a mountain river valley, only to leave it and never be able to return. We are guessing Pei Di wrote this poem while he was prefect of Xuzhou.

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