Dongtinghu sunset at Yueyanglou, Hunan

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Commiserating with Gentleman-in-Waiting Wang on Dongting Lake

Zhang Wei 720-770 Through Dngting Lake in the middle of fall The waters of the Xiao and Xiang flow north But home is a thousand-mile dream away And a guest greets dawn with sorrow There's no need to open a book Far better to visit an inn Chang'an and Luoyang are full of old friends But when will we join them again

Tóng Wáng Zhēngjūn Dòngtíng Yǒu Huái

Zhāng Wèi 720-770 Bāyuè Dòngtíng qiū， Xiāoxiāng shuǐ běi liú. Huán jiā wàn lǐ mèng， Wéi kè wǔ gēng chóu. Bú yòng kāi shū zhì， Piān yí shàng jiǔlóu. Gùrén Jīng Luò mǎn， Hérì fù tóng yóu.

Translator:

Red Pine-Bill Porter 赤松

Notes: From the book Poems of the Masters, China's Classic Anthology of Tang and Song Dynasty verse. One of the best, if not "the best", books of general translations of Chinese poetry. Wonderfully detailed notes on each poem and all poems are displayed in the original Chinese. Translated by Red Pine, published by Copper Canyon Press.

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