Small boat on the water between Leizhou Peninsula and Hainan

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Sending Zhang Sima Off to The South Seas

Du Fu 712-770 Ma Yuan forged to the southern extremities, Carved his proclamation upon a terrace. To these Imperial command in three halls, Hundreds of barbarian tribes submit. To wild huts laden with tropical scents, In spring mist you sail away.  On the blue ocean          no one knows where,                 or when  Heaven will send you back again...

Sòng Hánlín Zhang Sīmǎ Nánhǎi

Sòng Hánlín Zhang Sī Mǎ Nánhǎi Qín Lèshíbēi Dù Fǔ 712-770 Guānmiǎn tōng Nánjī, Wénzhāng luò shàng tái. Zhào hòu sān diàn qù, Bēi dào bǎi mán kāi. Yé guǎn nóng huā fā, Chūn fān xìyǔ lái. Bùzhī cānghǎi shàng, Tiān qiǎn kǐshí huí.

Translator:

Dongbo 東波

Notes: Ma Yuan was the famous Han Dynasty general who subdued the barbarians on the empire's southern borders.

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