Category: Chinese Reading

Carol on the Minor Fairy of the Fate

Qu Yuan was a Chinese scholar and minister to the King from the southern Chu during the Warring States Period. His works are mostly found in an anthology of poetry known as Chu Ci. His death is traditionally commemorated on the occasion of the Duanwu Festival , which is commonly known in English as the Dragon Boat Festival or Double Fifth

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Autumn Thoughts

Rotten vines, aged trees, and a wailing crow;A tiny bridge, rippling stream, and dwellings low;A lean horse in west wind on an ancient way;A dying heart farther and farther away In a vanishing sun’s ray.

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