History & Politics
General Ke-shu
Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu (1929) · From The Jade Mountain (1929)
History & Politics
This constellation, with its seven high stars,
Is Ké-shu lifting his sword in the night:
And no more barbarians, nor their horses, nor cattle,
Dare ford the river boundary.
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Codex Note
By an unnamed soldier, called in Bynner “One at the Western Front”.
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Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “General Ke-shu.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/41/.
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Anonymous (Classical Chinese). “General Ke-shu.” Translated by Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-hu. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/classical-chinese-anonymous/41/.
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