A View of the Han River

Portrait of Wang Wei
Wang Wei 699–761

With its three southern branches reaching the Chu border, And its nine streams touching the gateway of Jing, This river runs beyond heaven and earth, Where the colour of mountains both is and is not. The dwellings of men seem floating along On ripples of the distant sky -- These beautiful days here in Xiangyang Make drunken my old mountain heart!

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