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• Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist Priest Bound Homeward - Qian Qi Read

  上國隨緣住，
  來途若夢行 ...

  You were foreordained to find the source.
  Now, tracing your way as in ...

• Toward the Temple of Heaped Fragrance - Wang Wei Read

  不知香積寺，
  數里入雲峰 ...

  Not knowing the way to the Temple of Heaped Fragrance,
  Under miles of ...

• To a Friend Bound North After the Rebellion - Sikong Shu Read

  世亂同南去，
  時清獨北還 ...

  In dangerous times we two came south;
  Now you go north in safety ...

• The Temple of the Premier of Shu - Du Fu Read

  丞相祠堂何處尋？
  錦官城外柏森森 ...

  Where is the temple of the famous Premier? –
  In a deep pine grove ...

• My Retreat at Mount Zhongnan - Wang Wei Read

  中歲頗好道，
  晚家南山陲 ...

  My heart in middle age found the Way.
  And I came to dwell ...

• There Is Only One - Li Shangyin Read

  為有雲屏無限嬌，
  鳳城寒盡怕春宵 ...

  There is only one Carved-Cloud, exquisite always-
  Yet she dreads the spring, blowing ...