Author: CHUNG Yoon-Ngan
Date: 12-17-03 18:57
The Tang poet - Du Mu (杜牧 803AD to 852AD)
Du Mu, a poet, was born in the county of Wan Nian (萬年縣 in the present day province of Jiangxi 江西省). He was a Palace Graduate (進士) and an official. In comparison to another poet Du Fu people called Du Mu "Xiao Du 小杜 or the Little Du." This isone of his many poems:
長空澹澹孤鳥沒, =Chang kong dan dan gu niao mei,
萬古銷沈向此中. =Wan gu xiao shen xiang ci zhong.
看取漢家何事業? =Kan qu han jia he shi ye?
五陵無樹起秋風! =Wu ling wu shu qi qiu feng.
A lonely bird flies up and disappears in the boundless lonely sky,
The history since time immemorial disappears in the universe..
Look at the glory of the Han Dynasty, where is it now?
But the five tombs** in the wilderness with withered trees!.
*Han Dynasty=(206BC to 220AD)
** Five tombs are situated near the city of Xi An (西安)=
(1) Tomb Chang Ling (長陵) where Emperor Gao Zu Liu Bang (高祖皇帝劉邦 206BC to 195BC) was buried.
(2) Tomb An Ling (安陵) where Emperor Hui Di Liu Ying (惠皇帝 194BC to 188BC) was buried.
(3) Tomb Yang Ling (陽陵) where Emperor Jing Di Liu Liu Qi (景皇帝劉啟 145BC to 141BC) was buried.
(4) Tomb Mao Ling (茂陵) where Emperor Wu Di Liu Che (武皇帝劉徹 140BC to 87BC) was buried.
(5) Tomb Ping Ling (平陵) where Emperor Zhao Di Liu Fu Ling (昭皇帝劉弗陵 86BC to 74BC) was buried.
CHUNG Yoon-Ngan (鄭永元)
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