Title:
Lyric by Su Shi
Literary Content / Inscription:
The great gushing Yangtze with piling waves flows towards the east, away it carries gallant souls of the remote bygone days.The ancient fort on the west is said to be. The Crimson Cliff, where Zhou of the Three Kingdoms era Wei's navy defeated.Stones were hurled into the sky indiscriminatingly, mighty waves must have crushed onto shores hurling high snow-like foam.The river and mountains today's landscapes paint, where once there were many courageous and heroic men. Picture Zhou in his prime, dressed in plain clothes together with his young bride, gallant he must have been. Topped with a silk crest, he held in his hand a fan of feathers, with humour he helped see to that the masts and sculls of Wei's navy go up in smoke and ashes turn into.My mind wanders in the history vested hither, my sentimentality no doubt has caused my early grey.Life is a dream, allow me to libate a drink to the river, the moon and its reflection. Tseng, Betty. (2011). 074 SU Shi – Lyrics to Remembering Your Charm (Remembrance of the Tale of the Crimson Cliff). [online] English Translation of Chinese Poetry. Available at: https://28utscprojects.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/s074/ [Accessed 22 Feb. 2019].
Script / Format:
Clerical script／Album leaves
Collector / Year:
Dr. Daniel Chak Kwong Lau／1999
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