A Picture of Nanjing, Wei Zhuang (Tang Shi #308)
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lnhammerThe river rain is heavy on level river grasses.
Six Dynasties are like a dream—bird calls in sky.
The most unfeeling is this willow in Taicheng.
Unchanging mist still covers the three miles of dyke.
金陵图
江雨霏霏江草齐，
六朝如梦鸟空啼。
无情最是台城柳，
依旧烟笼十里堤。
The Six Dynasties were, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period between the Han and Sui empires, the southern ones all having their capital at what’s now Nanjing. Taicheng (which is an alternate title in some editions) was the imperial palace for most of the six. The 3 miles (5 km) is literally 10 li.
—L.
Six Dynasties are like a dream—bird calls in sky.
The most unfeeling is this willow in Taicheng.
Unchanging mist still covers the three miles of dyke.
金陵图
江雨霏霏江草齐，
六朝如梦鸟空啼。
无情最是台城柳，
依旧烟笼十里堤。
The Six Dynasties were, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period between the Han and Sui empires, the southern ones all having their capital at what’s now Nanjing. Taicheng (which is an alternate title in some editions) was the imperial palace for most of the six. The 3 miles (5 km) is literally 10 li.
—L.
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