Thanks for taking the trouble to explain the layers of allusion here! I liked the poem on first reading, but now appreciate its depths as well as its immediacy.
I'm so glad! Du Fu is fabulous, and has such a broad range of moods and interests. All of his poetry is available in English in translations by Stephen Owen, who is perhaps the greatest reader of Tang Poetry.
Thanks for taking the trouble to explain the layers of allusion here! I liked the poem on first reading, but now appreciate its depths as well as its immediacy.
Thanks for introducing me to Du Du. I bought an anthology of his poems because of this one-and it wasn't in there! Plenty of other good stuff tho".
I'm so glad! Du Fu is fabulous, and has such a broad range of moods and interests. All of his poetry is available in English in translations by Stephen Owen, who is perhaps the greatest reader of Tang Poetry.
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