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 Li Po the Chinese Poet

��Now my family has a villa,

Situated on the north side of Mount Sung.

One sees the bright moon rise over the peak,

And the chaste beams silver the transparent stream.

The clouds scatter, and the house is quiet;

The passing wind bears the aroma of pine and cassia.

If you will deign to make a visit thither with me,

I will not forget the honor for a thousand years.

Tsui Tsung-chi.

��Tsui Tsung-chi, the handsome man and the fourth of the Immortals in Tu Fu's poem. He was a good friend of Li Po, and there are a number of poems extant, that were written by the latter to him. See the Introduction.

Mount Sung, one of the five sacred mountains, is to the southeast of Honan-fu, Honan.

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