Chinese & Japanese

Emperor Hsüan-tsung

AD 685–761; reigned 713–755


Emperor Hsüan-tsung (AD 685–761), known as Ming Huang, reigned from 713 to 755.

The poems here are Witter Bynner’s versions, from the texts of Kiang Kang-hu, in The Jade Mountain (1929).

  1. I Pass through the Lu Dukedom with a Sigh and a Sacrifice for Confucius

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