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A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems

Note 59 — PART II Po Chü-i (A.D. 772-846)

Arthur Waley translation

The grave of Chao-chün, a Chinese girl who in 33 B.C. was “bestowed upon the Khan of the Hsiung-nu as a mark of Imperial regard” (Giles). Hers was the only grave in this desolate district on which grass would grow.

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