Tag: chinese
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Wujiang Snow – 6
Translated by Fossilised Firefly. Even armed with both a defence and military testimony, they could not simply sit out this unexpected storm. Feibai was not a complete fool either, and immediately wrote to his fellow-years and teachers, pleading for their aid. These letters he entrusted to his servants to deliver post haste to all corners…
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Wujiang Snow – 5
Translated by Fossilised Firefly. Their stay at the temple lasted half a month. When the city fell, the Prefect1 had fled even faster than Feibai and Su Mo, hightailing it all the way to hide out in neighbouring Xi’an Prefecture; only now that the chaos in Fengxiang had been fully placated and the government offices…
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Wujiang Snow – 1
Unhurriedly fluttering, acting so graceful and light. Rustling outside my window late at night, gathering on bamboo and plum. Raising the vermilion tower’s curtain at dawn, six-petalled flowers flit to me. Helplessly I watch the censer turn them to mist, steaming as they settle on my hairpin of gold.1 - To the tune of “Pure…