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 To Tung Tsao-Chiu

��of Chin is located near the city of Taiyuan-fu. This locality was also called Pe-Liang.

The Ode of the Long Willows was composed by the celebrated scholar and philosopher, Yang-Hsiung (B. C. 63 — A.D. 18) of the Han dynasty. Here Li Po re- fers metaphorically to his own verse. The passage tells of his failure at the court.

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