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| Searching... Subject: CHINA - CIVIL WARS Matches Found: 17 BENDING RIVER: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When a single petal falls away Last Line: What use to let hopes of tenuous glory %fetter this body of mine? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CHINESE BALLAD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Now he has seen the girl hsiang-hsiang Last Line: Come back, in a few days.' Subject(s): Children; China - Civil Wars ESCAPING THE FIGHTING: 5, by WU WEI-YEH Poem Source First Line: The moon came out, the village ahead turned white Last Line: Wearing hemp sandals and used to flight, %on hard times fallen, a simple common man Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) ESCAPING THE FIGHTING: 6, by WU WEI-YEH Poem Source First Line: Marauders came when I rose at dawn Last Line: Go show the enemy your daring -- %don't use it to frighten folks like us Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) FOR MY SONS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Dying now, I know full well Last Line: Forget not in our family rites %to let this old man know Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Death LAMENT BY THE RIVER, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Am old man, a countryman from shao-ling Last Line: I am on my way to south of the city %but turn and gaze to the north Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAMENT FOR CHEN-TAO, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In winter's first month, from ten provinces Last Line: For loyalist armies to come Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAMENT FOR GREENSLOPE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Our army was at greenslope Last Line: Hold on and wait until next year, %don't act rashly! Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAMENT FOR MY DAUGHTER: 1, by WU WEI-YEH Poem Source First Line: You were born amid death and destruction Last Line: State's rise and fall affects all the world, %but when I think back, my distress is doubled Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Daughters OFFICER AT TONG PASS, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Such bustling hubbub, as our troops Last Line: Do instruct the general guarding the pass %not to follow the model of ge-shu han Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Soldiers RHYME-PROSE ON THE DESOLATE CITY, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: Broad and far-reaching, the level plain Last Line: All end thus - %what is there to say? Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; Kuang-ling, China SONG OF P'ENG-YA, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I remember when we first fled the rebels Last Line: And I think how it would be to have strong wings %that would carry me away, set me down before you Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars SONGS OF HU-ZHOU: 3, by WANG YUAN-LIANG Poem Source First Line: In the palace halls crowds of officials Last Line: While thousands of horsemen with wild hair ride %in circles before the hall Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WU (1), by WEI WEN-TI Poem Text First Line: My charioteer hastens to yoke my carriage Last Line: Gladly enough would I go to my country's aid. Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WU (2), by WEI WEN-TI Poem Text First Line: In the north-west there is a floating cloud Last Line: This being abroad and always living in dread. Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) VIEW IN SPRING, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A kingdom smashed, its hills and rivers still there Last Line: Fingers run through white hair until it thins, %cap-pins will almost no longer hold Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON PARTING FROM MR. TING, by TS'AO CHIH Poem Source First Line: On foot I climb pei-mang slope Last Line: Thinking of the place I used to live, %my breath chokes up and will not let me speak Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-chien Subject(s): China - Civil Wars |
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