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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN JIN-LING: A SECOND SERIES ON WATCHING A CHESS GAME: 1, by CH'IEN CH'IEN-YI
First Line: Still and somber, a bare chessboard
Last Line: I see the southern dynasties
Subject(s): Chess; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties; Nanking, China
First Line: Still and somber, a bare chessboard
Last Line: I see the southern dynasties
Subject(s): Chess; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties; Nanking, China
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