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 robe ! Her black hair in masses like clouds, No false locks does she descend to. There are her earplugs of jade, Her comb-pin of ivory, And her high forehead, so white. She appears like a visitant from heaven! She appears like a goddess.

The state of Wei was reduced to extremity by an irruption of some northern hordes in 660, and had nearly disappeared from among the states of Kâu. Under the marquis Wei, known in history as duke Wăn, its fortunes revived, and he became a sort of second founder of the state.

When undefined culminated (at night-fall) , He began to build the palace at Khû , Determining