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Chen Zi'ang is one of the early masters of Tang poetry. Now you can
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I find it pretty hard to read this poem without a sense of how extraordinary it is, that it was written in China
during the 9th century and not France during the 19th century.
Remembering the Plum
by Li Shang Yin
Stuck here
In this remote spot
Thinking of China's
Distant splendor
The poor plum blossom
Bothers me most
The stubborn flower
Of yesteryear
忆梅
定定住天涯
依依向物华
寒梅最堪恨
常作去年花
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