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What does corruption look like?
They'll tell you not to believe what you can see with your own eyes
Feb 9
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Phil H
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The Song of Eternal Suffering
The entire poem in one post: epic, agonising separation
Feb 4
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Phil H
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Divided they fall, divided they remain
Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Suffering (6)
Feb 2
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Phil H
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January 2026
Emotion pierces the barriers between worlds
Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Suffering (5)
Jan 31
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Phil H
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Grief
Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Suffering (4)
Jan 28
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Phil H
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Disaster strikes, for the country and the lovers
Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Suffering (3)
Jan 25
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Phil H
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The emperor gives in to his lust
Song of Eternal Suffering (2)
Jan 22
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Phil H
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The Song of Eternal Pain
Bai Juyi's epic masterpiece
Jan 19
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Phil H
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Dai Shulun's night is darker than dark
A Chance Meeting with an Old Acquaintance One Night Far from Home Dai Shulun The moon is full, the sky is autumn, Walls and rooves are waves of night…
Jan 15
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Phil H
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The Restoration Quartet together
Four poems to glorify the return of the (new) king
Jan 13
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Phil H
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Du Fu's dawn court poem is more fantastical
But curiously more honest
Jan 11
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Phil H
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Where once was peace
Now all is blood
Jan 8
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Phil H
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