Changjiang viewed from Fengjie in the Three Gorges

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Looking Toward Heaven's Gate

Li Bo 699-762 From the middle of Heaven's Gate         breaks forth the river of Chu, Emerald waters' eastward flow  touches         north and then returns. On either shore a mountain green,         emerging face to face, Beside the sun a lonely sail: one single         sheet approaching.

Wànɡ Tiānménshān

Lǐ Bái 701-762 Tiānmén zhōnɡ duàn chǔjiānɡ kāi, Bìshuǐ dōnɡ liú zhí cǐ huí. Liǎnɡ’àn qīnɡshān xiānɡ duì chū, Gūfān yí piàn rì biān lái.

Translator:

Paula Varsano 翻譯者

Notes: Li Bo composed this poem in Dangtu, Dānɡtú, Anhui Province. Translation from Paula Varsano's great book on Li Bo, Tracking the Banished Immortal, The Poetry of Li Bo and Its Critical Reception, University of Hawaii Press, 2003.

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