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The tale of Genji

Note 17 — Chapter VII · THE FESTIVAL OF RED LEAVES

Arthur Waley translation

The poem referred to is not the famous Lute Girl’s Song, but a much shorter one (Works x. 8) on a similar theme. O-chou is the modern Wu-ch‘ang in Hupeh.

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