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 STONE FISH LAKE

By Yüan Chieh [flourished circa A. D. 740–770].

''Yüan Chieh, a contemporaycontemporary [sic] of Li Po, has not hitherto been mentioned in any European book. "His subjects were always original, but his poems are seldom worth quoting," is a Chinese opinion of him.''

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