Du Fu Quotes

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• I see shining fish struggling within tight nets, while I hear orioles singing carefree tunes. Even trivial creatures know the difference between freedom and bondage.…
• Could I get mansions covering ten thousand miles, I'd house all the poor scholars and make them beam with smiles
• My heart is in a world of water and crystal, My clothes are damp in this time of spring rains.
• The weeping voices rise straight up and strike the clouds. A passer-by at the roadside asks a conscript why, The conscript answers only that drafting…
• This cream will help one's nature strengthen and grow, The diet gives support in my decline.
• Beneath the light, the river and hills are beautiful, The spring breeze bears the fragrance of flowers and grass. The mud has thawed, and swallows…
• The bitter pinecone may be eaten, The mist on high give nourishment. The whole world takes to go-and-getting; My way alone is difficult.
• O, from the ancient days always there have been travelers. So why should I grieve?
• Blue is the smoke of wrar, white the bones of men.
• This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land.

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