No.1 “Guan Guan, the ospreys cry,
in an islet of the Yellow River.
A gentleman is courting a girl,
who is attractive and clever. ...
with drums and bells may they marry forever.”
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No.3 “A tall and slender beauty she is,
wearing linen coat over brocade clothes.
She is the daughter of the Duke of Qi state;
the would-be wife of the Duke of the Wei state. ...”
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No.5 “Big fat vole, big fat vole, do not gobble our millet.
Big fat vole, big fat vole, do not gobble our wheat. ...
Big fat vole, big fat vole, do not gobble our young crops.
We have served you for years; you never comfort us once.
We swear to leave you to seek the happy country.
Oh, country, happy country, where who will sigh or cry?”
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No.10 “The physical body of the heart can keep itself
full of vigor and vitality automatically,
and grow and develop naturally.
This kind of natural character would lose in case of
anxiety, happiness, pleasure, anger, desire or greed.”
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No.11 “The ‘Collection of poems’ is able to inspire
people; to observe the decline and rise
of states; to be sociable with the masses,
and to give expression to sorrow and resentment.
At home they may be used to serve one’s parents,
on the outside to serve one’s colleagues, and may
gain knowledge of birds, beasts, trees and plants.”
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No. 14 “As the saying goes “ The foolish person,
even after a thing is well-done, still remains in confusion;
the wise men, on the contrary, can predict the event in advance.”
So you shouldn’t counsel ordinary people about the reform;
you can only share the positive results with them after success.”
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No.16 “...Those birds that are living in captivity,
vigorous and sleek without worrying
about their stomachs empty,
yet lost their liberty.”
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No. 35 “...Milky Way moves to the west, night never over,
Cowherd and Girl Weaver look at each other,
why should they be separated by this silvery river?”
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No.56 “It was only the seventh day of January,
yet the second year since I left for my mission.
My return home lags behind the geese’s migration.
Seeing flowers, I long for my dear wife and children.”
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No. 60 “Do not treasure your luxurious clothes please,
cherish the time of years when you’re blooming.
Gather fresh flowers when they are blossoming,
do not wait too long only to break empty sprays.”
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No.62 “From a thousand hills no bird in flight,
on ten thousand paths no man in sight.
An old man in straw cape and reed hat,
in a lonely cold boat angles snow white.”
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No.64 “...With night her voice fades away;
I seem to hear still, sob and sigh.
At dawn again I depart on my way,
and only bid my old host goodbye.”
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No.71 “...Officials demand cash now; they will not take grain;
guarding the northwest border requires more money.
Less wise men filling the court make things ruin,
I’d be better to drown myself in the river someday.”
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No.81 “...Here and there lie ghastly white bones higgledy-piggledy,
a few years only, homes have become a wasteland sandy.
Hardly any folks remain alive around the Hebai region,
few broken cottages with smoke of cooking can be seen.”
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No.84 “In rambling groups cattle and sheep roam in the sunset,
forage grass radiates fragrant sweet, cheese smells nice.
The sands fly and fall in flakes, when north winds rise
and the felt door at each yurta is lowered down in a trice.
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No.92 “...Widowed sister-in-law and brother-in-law loved each other.
Sister received an engagement emerald hairpin yesterday,
in the coming night would be due the wedding ceremony.
Anxiously and hopelessly they could not get any sympathy,
both of them swore to sink into the pond together.
They became mandarin ducks unable to fly underwater,
nor could set the rootage for twin trees hugging each other.”
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No.95 “Riding the wind I cross once again the East Sea,
alone I take but the spring thunder inside of me.
How can I bear to see our map changing its hue?
nor can I suffer our land turned to ashes in view!
With muddy wine we can’t erase our bitter tears,
to turn the tide around we need many pioneers.
Even it takes one hundred thousand men’s blood
we should do our best to stem the rising flood.”
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No.100 “Dark clouds, poisonous fog hang over this mountain city,
one war dispatch suddenly brightens people’s eyes today.
As the Red Army moves east to aid its friends,
people may celebrate our victory in the West.
The tyrant’s dying flames will be quenched,
democracy and prosperity will be ours forever.
If warhorses would be sent straight down Ulan Bator
that would forge a link of ten thousand Li distance
between it and Yenan, our Base of Resistance!”
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No.107 “...Seventeen years is a long long duration,
successfully I finished college education.
Trained in the huge knowledge ocean,
I only want to repay my dear country.
Armed with Marxism-Leninism doctrine,
aiming in a socialist-minded profession.
Learning is also for the revolution,
to reach peaks one needs to sacrifice.
Graduated in the Great-Leap-Forward,
swore to work in the remote region.”
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No.108 “China, with its 5000-year history,
inherited from Xia Dynasty,
had several splendors.
Back to the late Shang Dynasty.
the inscriptions on tortoise shells
are the earliest characters of the human race. ...

There is no doubt that the Chinese delegates
will stand in eye-catching contest arenas,
and show the rising of China with their medals.
This will be the most successful Olympiad,
the generous gift the Chinese presented to the World.
We are leaving the shadow and darkness behind
as we strive for further progress.
In the meantime, we have to prepare
for the worst for the coming disaster in 2020.
Looking forward, China, a great rising nationality
is full of hope and eternity.