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  62. 			<h1><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Zongzi </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">粽子</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
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  63. 						Qu Yuan </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">屈原</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">  <br>
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  71. 								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The mood of most of Qu Yuan's poems was one of sorrow and regret. In <em>The Lament</em> he tells his own story. Born to an aristocratic family and taught to honor the great kings of the past, he always tried to live a pure life. He describes the jealousy and greed of the court, the politics and dishonesty of the nobles, and his disappointment in the king.</font></p>
    72. 

  72. 								<p align="center"><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><em>The Lament</em> (<em>Li Sao</em> </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">離騷</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Lí Sāo)</font></p>
    73. 

  73. 								<blockquote><blockquote><p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A prince am I of ancestry renowned,<br>
    74. 

  74. 										Illustrious name my royal sire hath found.<br>
    75. 

  75. 										When Sirius did in spring its light display,<br>
    76. 

  76. 										A child was born, and Tiger marked the day.<br>
    77. 

  77. 										When first upon my face my lord's eye glanced,<br>
    78. 

  78. 										For me auspicious names he straight advanced,<br>
    79. 

  79. 										Denoting that in me Heaven's marks divine<br>
    80. 

  80. 										Should with the virtues of the earth combine.<br>
    81. 

  81. 										With lavished innate qualities indued,<br>
    82. 

  82. 										By art and skill my talents I renewed;<br>
    83. 

  83. 										Angelic herbs and sweet selineas too,<br>
    84. 

  84. 										And orchids late that by the water grew,<br>
    85. 

  85. 										I wove for ornament; till creeping Time,<br>
    86. 

  86. 										Like water flowing, stole away my prime.<br>
    87. 

  87. 										Magnolias of the glade I plucked at dawn,<br>
    88. 

  88. 										At eve beside the stream took winter-thorn.<br>
    89. 

  89. 										Without delay the sun and moon sped fast,<br>
    90. 

  90. 										In swift succession spring and autumn passed;<br>
    91. 

  91. 										The fallen flowers lay scattered on the ground,<br>
    92. 

  92. 										The dusk might fall before my dream was found.</font></p>
    93. 

  93. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Had I not loved my prime and spurned the vile,<br>
    94. 

  94. 										Why should I not have changed my former style?<br>
    95. 

  95. 										My chariot drawn by steeds of race divine<br>
    96. 

  96. 										I urged; to guide the king my sole design.</font></p>
    97. 

  97. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Three ancient kings there were so pure and true<br>
    98. 

  98. 										That round them every fragrant flower grew;<br>
    99. 

  99. 										Cassia and pepper of the mountain-side<br>
    100. 

  100. 										With melilotus white in clusters vied.<br>
    101. 

  101. 										Two monarchs then, who high renown received,<br>
    102. 

  102. 										Followed the kingly way, their goal achieved.<br>
    103. 

  103. 										Two princes proud by lust their reign abused,<br>
    104. 

  104. 										Sought easier path, and their own steps confused.<br>
    105. 

  105. 										The faction for illict pleasure longed;<br>
    106. 

  106. 										Dreadful their way where hidden perils thronged.<br>
    107. 

  107. 										Danger against myself could not appal,<br>
    108. 

  108. 										But feared I lest my sovereign's sceptre fall.</font></p>
    109. 

  109. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Forward and back I hastened in my quest,<br>
    110. 

  110. 										Followed the former kings, and took no rest.<br>
    111. 

  111. 										The prince my true integrity defamed,<br>
    112. 

  112. 										Gave ear to slander, high his anger flamed;<br>
    113. 

  113. 										Integrity I knew could not avail,<br>
    114. 

  114. 										Yet still endured; my lord I would not fail.<br>
    115. 

  115. 										Celestial spheres my witness be on high,<br>
    116. 

  116. 										I strove but for his sacred majesty.<br>
    117. 

  117. 										Twas first to me he gave his plighted word,<br>
    118. 

  118. 										But soon repenting other counsel heard.<br>
    119. 

  119. 										For me departure could arouse no pain;<br>
    120. 

  120. 										I grieved to see his royal purpose vain.</font></p>
    121. 

  121. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nine fields of orchids at one time I grew,<br>
    122. 

  122. 										For melilot a hundred acres too,<br>
    123. 

  123. 										And fifty acres for the azalea bright,<br>
    124. 

  124. 										The rumex fragrant and the lichen white.<br>
    125. 

  125. 										I longed to see them yielding blossoms rare,<br>
    126. 

  126. 										And thought in season due the spoil to share.<br>
    127. 

  127. 										I did not grieve to see them die away,<br>
    128. 

  128. 										But grieved because midst weeds they did decay.</font></p>
    129. 

  129. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Insatiable in lust and greediness<br>
    130. 

  130. 										The faction strove, and tired not of excess;<br>
    131. 

  131. 										Themselves condoning, others they'd decry,<br>
    132. 

  132. 										And steep their hearts in envious jealousy.</font></p>
    133. 

  133. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Insatiably they seized what they desired,<br>
    134. 

  134. 										It was not that to which my heart aspired.<br>
    135. 

  135. 										As old age unrelenting hurried near,<br>
    136. 

  136. 										Lest my fair name should fail was all my fear.<br>
    137. 

  137. 										Dew from magnolia leaves I drank at dawn,<br>
    138. 

  138. 										At eve for food were aster petals borne;<br>
    139. 

  139. 										And loving thus the simple and the fair,<br>
    140. 

  140. 										How should I for my sallow features care?<br>
    141. 

  141. 										With gathered vines I strung valeria white,<br>
    142. 

  142. 										And mixed with blue wistaria petals bright,<br>
    143. 

  143. 										And melilotus matched with cassia sweet,<br>
    144. 

  144. 										With ivy green and tendrils long to meet.<br>
    145. 

  145. 										Life I adapted to the ancient way,<br>
    146. 

  146. 										Leaving the manners of the present day;<br>
    147. 

  147. 										Thus unconforming to the modern age,<br>
    148. 

  148. 										The path I followed of a bygone sage.</font></p>
    149. 

  149. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Long did I sigh and wipe away my tears,<br>
    150. 

  150. 										To see my people bowed by griefs and fears.<br>
    151. 

  151. 										Though I my gifts enhanced and curbed my pride,<br>
    152. 

  152. 										At morn they'd mock me, would at eve deride;<br>
    153. 

  153. 										First cursed that I angelica should wear,<br>
    154. 

  154. 										Then cursed me for my melilotus fair.<br>
    155. 

  155. 										But since my heart did love such purity,<br>
    156. 

  156. 										I'd not regret a thousand deaths to die.</font></p>
    157. 

  157. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I marvel at the folly of the king,<br>
    158. 

  158. 										So heedless of his people's suffering.<br>
    159. 

  159. 										They envied me my mothlike eyebrows fine,<br>
    160. 

  160. 										And so my name his damsels did malign.<br>
    161. 

  161. 										Truly to craft alone their praise they paid,<br>
    162. 

  162. 										The square in measuring they disobeyed;<br>
    163. 

  163. 										The use of common rules they held debased;<br>
    164. 

  164. 										With confidence their crooked lines they traced.</font></p>
    165. 

  165. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In sadness plunged and sunk in deepest gloom,<br>
    166. 

  166. 										Alone I drove on to my dreary doom.<br>
    167. 

  167. 										In exile rather would I meet my end,<br>
    168. 

  168. 										Than to the baseness of their ways descend.<br>
    169. 

  169. 										Remote the eagle spurns the common range,<br>
    170. 

  170. 										Nor deigns since time began its way to change;<br>
    171. 

  171. 										A circle fits not with a square design;<br>
    172. 

  172. 										Their different ways could not be merged with mine.<br>
    173. 

  173. 										Yet still my heart I checked and curbed my pride,<br>
    174. 

  174. 										Their blame endured and their reproach beside.<br>
    175. 

  175. 										To die for righteousness alone I sought,<br>
    176. 

  176. 										For this was what the ancient sages taught.</font></p>
    177. 

  177. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I failed my former errors to discern;<br>
    178. 

  178. 										I tarried long, but now I would return.<br>
    179. 

  179. 										My steeds I wheeled back to their former way,<br>
    180. 

  180. 										Lest all too long down the wrong path I stray.<br>
    181. 

  181. 										On orchid-covered bank I loosed my steed,<br>
    182. 

  182. 										And let him gallop by the flow'ry mead<br>
    183. 

  183. 										At will. Rejected now and in disgrace,<br>
    184. 

  184. 										I would retire to cultivate my grace.<br>
    185. 

  185. 										With cress leaves green my simple gown I made,<br>
    186. 

  186. 										With lilies white my rustic garb did braid.<br>
    187. 

  187. 										Why should I grieve to go unrecognised,<br>
    188. 

  188. 										Since in my heart fragrance was truly prized?<br>
    189. 

  189. 										My headdress then high-pinnacled I raised,<br>
    190. 

  190. 										Lengthened my pendents, where bright jewels blazed.<br>
    191. 

  191. 										Others may smirch their fragrance and bright hues,<br>
    192. 

  192. 										My innocence is proof against abuse.<br>
    193. 

  193. 										Oft I looked back, gazed to the distance still,<br>
    194. 

  194. 										Longed in the wilderness to roam at will.<br>
    195. 

  195. 										Splendid my ornaments together vied,<br>
    196. 

  196. 										With all the fragrance of the flowers beside;<br>
    197. 

  197. 										All men had pleasures in their various ways,<br>
    198. 

  198. 										My pleasure was to cultivate my grace.<br>
    199. 

  199. 										I would not change, though they my body rend;<br>
    200. 

  200. 										How could my heart be wrested from its end?</font></p>
    201. 

  201. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">My handmaid fair, with countenance demure,<br>
    202. 

  202. 										Entreated me allegiance to abjure:<br>
    203. 

  203. 										&quot;A hero perished in the plain ill-starred,<br>
    204. 

  204. 										Where pigmies stayed their plumage to discard.<br>
    205. 

  205. 										Why lovest thou thy grace and purity,<br>
    206. 

  206. 										Alone dost hold thy splendid virtue high?<br>
    207. 

  207. 										Lentils and weeds the prince's chamber fill:<br>
    208. 

  208. 										Why holdest thou aloof with stubborn will?<br>
    209. 

  209. 										Thou canst not one by one the crowd persuade,<br>
    210. 

  210. 										And who the purpose of our heart hath weighed?<br>
    211. 

  211. 										Faction and strife the world hath ever loved;<br>
    212. 

  212. 										Heeding me not, why standest thou removed?&quot;</font></p>
    213. 

  213. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I sought th'ancestral voice to ease my woe.<br>
    214. 

  214. 										Alas, how one so proud could sink so low!<br>
    215. 

  215. 										To barbarous south I went across the stream;<br>
    216. 

  216. 										Before the ancient I began my theme:<br>
    217. 

  217. 										&quot;With odes divine there came a monarch's son,<br>
    218. 

  218. 										Whose revels unrestrained were never done;<br>
    219. 

  219. 										In antics wild, to coming perils blind,<br>
    220. 

  220. 										He fought his brother, and his sway declined.<br>
    221. 

  221. 										The royal archer, in his wanton chase<br>
    222. 

  222. 										For foxes huge, his kingdom did disgrace.<br>
    223. 

  223. 										Such wantonness predicts no happy end;<br>
    224. 

  224. 										His queen was stolen by his loyal friend.<br>
    225. 

  225. 										The traitor's son, clad in prodigious might,<br>
    226. 

  226. 										In incest sinned and cared not what was right.<br>
    227. 

  227. 										He revelled all his days, forgetting all;<br>
    228. 

  228. 										His head at last in treachery did fall.<br>
    229. 

  229. 										And then the prince, who counsels disobeyed,<br>
    230. 

  230. 										Did court disaster, and his kingdom fade.<br>
    231. 

  231. 										A prince his sage in burning cauldrons tossed;<br>
    232. 

  232. 										His glorious dynasty ere long was lost.</font></p>
    233. 

  233. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&quot;But stern and pious was their ancient sire,<br>
    234. 

  234. 										And his successor too did faith inspire;<br>
    235. 

  235. 										Exalted were the wise, the able used,<br>
    236. 

  236. 										The rule was kept and never was abused.<br>
    237. 

  237. 										The august heaven, with unbiassed grace,<br>
    238. 

  238. 										All men discerns, and helps the virtuous race;<br>
    239. 

  239. 										Sagacious princes through their virtuous deed<br>
    240. 

  240. 										The earth inherit, and their reigns succeed.<br>
    241. 

  241. 										The past I probed, the future so to scan,<br>
    242. 

  242. 										And found these rules that guide the life of man:<br>
    243. 

  243. 										A man unjust in deed who would engage?<br>
    244. 

  244. 										Whom should men take as guide except the sage?<br>
    245. 

  245. 										In mortal dangers death I have defied,<br>
    246. 

  246. 										Yet could look back, and cast regret aside.<br>
    247. 

  247. 										Who strove, their tool's defects accounting nought,<br>
    248. 

  248. 										Like ancient sages were to cauldrons brought.&quot;<br>
    249. 

  249. 										Thus I despaired, my face with sad tears marred,<br>
    250. 

  250. 										Mourning with bitterness my years ill-starred;<br>
    251. 

  251. 										And melilotus leaves I took to stem<br>
    252. 

  252. 										The tears that streamed down to my garment's hem.<br>
    253. 

  253. 										Soiling my gown, to plead my case I kneeled;<br>
    254. 

  254. 										Th'ancestral voice the path to me revealed.</font></p>
    255. 

  255. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Swift jade-green dragons, birds with plumage gold,<br>
    256. 

  256. 										I harnessed to the whirlwind, and behold,<br>
    257. 

  257. 										At daybreak from the land of plane-trees grey,<br>
    258. 

  258. 										I came to paradise ere close of day.<br>
    259. 

  259. 										I wished within the sacred brove to rest,<br>
    260. 

  260. 										But now the sun was sinking in the west;<br>
    261. 

  261. 										The driver of the sun I bade to stay,<br>
    262. 

  262. 										Ere with the setting rays we haste away.<br>
    263. 

  263. 										The way was long, and wrapped in gloom did seem,<br>
    264. 

  264. 										As I urged on to seek my vanished dream.</font></p>
    265. 

  265. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The dragons quenched their thirst beside the lake<br>
    266. 

  266. 										Where bathed the sun, whilst I upon the brake<br>
    267. 

  267. 										Fastened my reins; a golden bough I sought<br>
    268. 

  268. 										To brush the sun, and tarred there in sport.<br>
    269. 

  269. 										The pale moon's charioteer I then bade lead,<br>
    270. 

  270. 										The master of the winds swiftly succeed;<br>
    271. 

  271. 										Before, the royal blue bird cleared the way;<br>
    272. 

  272. 										The lord of thunder urged me to delay.<br>
    273. 

  273. 										I bade the phoenix scan the heaven wide;<br>
    274. 

  274. 										But vainly day and night its course it tried;<br>
    275. 

  275. 										The gathering whirlwinds drove it from my sight,<br>
    276. 

  276. 										Rushing with lowering clouds to check my flight;<br>
    277. 

  277. 										Sifting and merging in the firmament,<br>
    278. 

  278. 										Above, below, in various hues they went.</font></p>
    279. 

  279. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The gate-keeper of heaven I bade give place,<br>
    280. 

  280. 										But leaning on his door he scanned my face;<br>
    281. 

  281. 										The day grew dark, and now was nearly spent;<br>
    282. 

  282. 										Idly my orchids into wreaths I bent.<br>
    283. 

  283. 										The virtuous and the vile in darkness merged;<br>
    284. 

  284. 										They veiled my virtue, by their envy urged.<br>
    285. 

  285. 										At dawn the waters white I left behind;<br>
    286. 

  286. 										My steed stayed by the portals of the wind;<br>
    287. 

  287. 										Yet, gazing back, a bitter grief I felt<br>
    288. 

  288. 										That in the lofty crag no damsel dwelt.</font></p>
    289. 

  289. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I wandered eastward to the palace green,<br>
    290. 

  290. 										And pendents sought where jasper boughs were seen,<br>
    291. 

  291. 										And vowed that they, before their splendour fade,<br>
    292. 

  292. 										As gift should go to grace the loveliest maid.<br>
    293. 

  293. 										The lord of clouds I then bade mount the sky<br>
    294. 

  294. 										To seek the steam where once the nymph did lie;<br>
    295. 

  295. 										As pledge I gave my belt of splendid sheen,<br>
    296. 

  296. 										My councillor appointed go-between.<br>
    297. 

  297. 										Fleeting and wilful like capricious cloud,<br>
    298. 

  298. 										Her obstinacy swift no change allowed.<br>
    299. 

  299. 										At dusk retired she to the crag withdrawn,<br>
    300. 

  300. 										Her hair beside the stream she washed at dawn.<br>
    301. 

  301. 										Exulting in her beauty and her pride,<br>
    302. 

  302. 										Pleasure she worshipped, and no whim denied;<br>
    303. 

  303. 										So fair of form, so careless of all grace,<br>
    304. 

  304. 										I turned to take another in her place.</font></p>
    305. 

  305. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To earth's extremities I sought my bride,<br>
    306. 

  306. 										And urged my train through all the heaven wide.<br>
    307. 

  307. 										Upon a lofty crag of jasper green<br>
    308. 

  308. 										The beauteous princess of the west was seen.<br>
    309. 

  309. 										The falcon then I bade entreat the maid,<br>
    310. 

  310. 										But he, demurring, would my course dissuade;<br>
    311. 

  311. 										The turtle-dove cooed soft and off did fly,<br>
    312. 

  312. 										But I mistrusted his frivolity.<br>
    313. 

  313. 										Like whelp in doubt, like timid fox in fear,<br>
    314. 

  314. 										I wished to go, but wandered ever near.<br>
    315. 

  315. 										With nuptial gifts the phoenix swiftly went;<br>
    316. 

  316. 										I feared the prince had won her ere I sent.<br>
    317. 

  317. 										I longed to travel far, yet with no bourn,<br>
    318. 

  318. 										I could but wander aimless and forlorn.<br>
    319. 

  319. 										Before the young king was in marriage bound,<br>
    320. 

  320. 										The royal sisters twain might still be found;<br>
    321. 

  321. 										My suit was unauspicious at the best;<br>
    322. 

  322. 										I knew I had small hope in my request.</font></p>
    323. 

  323. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The world is dark, and envious of my grace;<br>
    324. 

  324. 										They veil my virture and the evil praise.<br>
    325. 

  325. 										Thy chamber dark lies in recesses deep,<br>
    326. 

  326. 										Sagacious prince, risest thou not from sleep?<br>
    327. 

  327. 										My zeal unknown the prince would not descry;<br>
    328. 

  328. 										How could I bear this harsh eternity?</font></p>
    329. 

  329. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">With mistletoe and herbs of magic worth,<br>
    330. 

  330. 										I urged the witch the future to show forth.<br>
    331. 

  331. 										&quot;If two attain perfection they must meet,<br>
    332. 

  332. 										But who is there that would thy virtue greet?<br>
    333. 

  333. 										Far the nine continents their realm display;<br>
    334. 

  334. 										Why here to seek thy bride doth thou delay?<br>
    335. 

  335. 										Away!&quot; she cried, &quot;set craven doubt aside,<br>
    336. 

  336. 										If beauty's sought, there's none hath with thee vied.<br>
    337. 

  337. 										What place is there where orchids flower not fair?<br>
    338. 

  338. 										Why is thy native land thy single care?</font></p>
    339. 

  339. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&quot;Now darkly lies the world in twilight's glow,<br>
    340. 

  340. 										Who doth your defects and your virtue know?<br>
    341. 

  341. 										Evil and good herein are reconciled;<br>
    342. 

  342. 										The crowd alone hath nought but is defiled.<br>
    343. 

  343. 										With stinking mugwort girt upon their waist,<br>
    344. 

  344. 										They curse the others for their orchids chaste;<br>
    345. 

  345. 										Ignorant thus in choice of fragrance rare,<br>
    346. 

  346. 										Rich ornaments how could they fitly wear?<br>
    347. 

  347. 										With mud and filth they fill their pendent bag;<br>
    348. 

  348. 										Cursing the pepper sweet, they brawl and brag.&quot;<br>
    349. 

  349. 										Although the witches counsel I held good,<br>
    350. 

  350. 										In foxlike indecision still I stood.<br>
    351. 

  351. 										At night the wizard great made his descent,<br>
    352. 

  352. 										And meeting him spiced rice I did present.<br>
    353. 

  353. 										The angels came, shading with wings the sky;<br>
    354. 

  354. 										From mountains wild the deities drew nigh.<br>
    355. 

  355. 										With regal splendour shone the solemn sight,<br>
    356. 

  356. 										And thus the wizard spake with omens bright:</font></p>
    357. 

  357. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&quot;Take office high or low as days afford,<br>
    358. 

  358. 										If one there be that could with thee accord;<br>
    359. 

  359. 										Like ancient kings austere who sought their mate,<br>
    360. 

  360. 										Finding the one who should fulfill their fate.<br>
    361. 

  361. 										Now if thy heart doth cherish grace within,<br>
    362. 

  362. 										What need is there to choose a go-between?<br>
    363. 

  363. 										A convict toiled on rocks to expiate<br>
    364. 

  364. 										His crime; his sovereign gave him great estate.<br>
    365. 

  365. 										A butcher with his knife made roundelay;<br>
    366. 

  366. 										His king chanced there and happy proved the day.<br>
    367. 

  367. 										A prince who heard a cowherd chanting late<br>
    368. 

  368. 										Raised him to be a councillor of state.<br>
    369. 

  369. 										Before old age o'ertake thee on thy way,<br>
    370. 

  370. 										Life still is young; to profit turn thy day.<br>
    371. 

  371. 										Spring is but brief, when cuckoos start to sing,<br>
    372. 

  372. 										And flowers will fade that once did spread and spring.&quot;</font></p>
    373. 

  373. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On high my jasper pendent proudly gleamed,<br>
    374. 

  374. 										Hid by the crowd with leaves that thickly teemed;<br>
    375. 

  375. 										Untiring they relentless means employed;<br>
    376. 

  376. 										I feared it would through envy be destroyed.<br>
    377. 

  377. 										This gaudy age so fickle proved its will,<br>
    378. 

  378. 										That to what purpose did I linger still?<br>
    379. 

  379. 										E'en orchids changed, their fragrance quickly lost,<br>
    380. 

  380. 										And midst the weeds angelicas were tossed.<br>
    381. 

  381. 										How could these herbs, so fair in former day,<br>
    382. 

  382. 										Their hue have changed, and turned to mugworts grey?<br>
    383. 

  383. 										The reason for their fall, not far to seek,<br>
    384. 

  384. 										Was that to tend their grace their will proved weak.</font></p>
    385. 

  385. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I thought upon the orchids I might lean;<br>
    386. 

  386. 										No flowers appeared, but long bare leaves were seen;<br>
    387. 

  387. 										Their grace abandoned, vulgar taste to please,<br>
    388. 

  388. 										Content with lesser flowers to dwell at ease.<br>
    389. 

  389. 										To boasts and flattery the pepper turned;<br>
    390. 

  390. 										To fill the pendent bag the dogwood yearned;<br>
    391. 

  391. 										Thus only upon higher stations bent,<br>
    392. 

  392. 										How could they long retain their former scent?<br>
    393. 

  393. 										Since they pursued the fashion of the time,<br>
    394. 

  394. 										Small wonder they decayed e'en in their prime.<br>
    395. 

  395. 										Viewing the orchids' and the peppers' plight<br>
    396. 

  396. 										Why blame the rumex and selinea white?</font></p>
    397. 

  397. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">My jasper pendent rare I was beguiled<br>
    398. 

  398. 										To leave, and to this depth then sank defiled.<br>
    399. 

  399. 										It blossomed still and never ceased to grow;<br>
    400. 

  400. 										Like water did its lovely fragrance flow:<br>
    401. 

  401. 										Pleasure I took to wear this bough in sport,<br>
    402. 

  402. 										As roaming wild the damsel fair I sought.<br>
    403. 

  403. 										Thus in my prime, with ornaments bedecked,<br>
    404. 

  404. 										I roved the earth and heaven to inspect.</font></p>
    405. 

  405. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">With omens bright the seer revealed the way,<br>
    406. 

  406. 										I then appointed an auspicious day.<br>
    407. 

  407. 										As victuals rare some jasper twigs I bore,<br>
    408. 

  408. 										And some prepared, provision rich to store;<br>
    409. 

  409. 										Then winged horses to my chariot brought<br>
    410. 

  410. 										My carriage bright with jade and ivory wrought.</font></p>
    411. 

  411. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">How might tow hearts at variance accord?<br>
    412. 

  412. 										I roamed till peace be to my mind restored.<br>
    413. 

  413. 										The pillar of the earth I stayed beside;<br>
    414. 

  414. 										The way was long, and winding far and wide.<br>
    415. 

  415. 										In twilight glowed the clouds with wondrous sheen,<br>
    416. 

  416. 										And chirping flew the birds of jasper green.<br>
    417. 

  417. 										I went at dawn high heaven's ford to leave;<br>
    418. 

  418. 										To earth's extremity I came at eve.<br>
    419. 

  419. 										On phoenix wings the dragon pennons lay;<br>
    420. 

  420. 										With plumage bright they flew to lead the way.<br>
    421. 

  421. 										I crossed the quicksand with its treach'rous flood,<br>
    422. 

  422. 										Beside the burning river, red as blood;<br>
    423. 

  423. 										To bridge the stream my dragons huge I bade,<br>
    424. 

  424. 										Invoked the emperor of the west to aid.</font></p>
    425. 

  425. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The way was long, precipitous in view;<br>
    426. 

  426. 										I bade my train a different path pursue.<br>
    427. 

  427. 										There where the heaven fell we turned a space,<br>
    428. 

  428. 										And marked the western sea as meeting-place.<br>
    429. 

  429. 										A thousand chariots gathred in my train,<br>
    430. 

  430. 										With axles full abreast we drove amain;<br>
    431. 

  431. 										Eight horses drew the carriages behind;<br>
    432. 

  432. 										The pennons shook like serpents in the wind.<br>
    433. 

  433. 										I lowered flags, and from my whip refrained;<br>
    434. 

  434. 										My train of towering chariots I restrained.<br>
    435. 

  435. 										I sang the odes. I trod a sacred dance,<br>
    436. 

  436. 										In revels wild my last hour to enhance.<br>
    437. 

  437. 										Ascending where celestial heaven blazed,<br>
    438. 

  438. 										On native earth for the last time we gazed;<br>
    439. 

  439. 										My slaves were sad, my steeds all neighed in grief,<br>
    440. 

  440. 										And gazing back, the earth they would not leave.</font></p>
    441. 

  441. 								<p><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Epilogue<br>
    442. 

  442. 										Since in that kingdom all my virtue spurn,<br>
    443. 

  443. 										Why should I for the royal city yearn?<br>
    444. 

  444. 										Wide though the world, no wisdom can be found.<br>
    445. 

  445. 										I'll seek the stream where once the sage was drowned</font>. 
    446. 

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