Wednesday 12 November 2014

宮詞(其二) 林洪


宮詞(其二)     林洪 ()

殿上袞衣明日月, 硯中旗影動龍蛇。  
縱橫禮樂三千字, 獨對丹墀日未斜。  

A Palatial Verse (No. 2)       Lin Hong (Song Poet)

In the palace the heavenly bodies of the sun and the moon on the Emperor’s robe glitter,
On the ink stone images of the imperial banners flutter,
Consolidated in three thousand words candidates have to cover all codes of rites and musical metres,
All to be finished beneath the vermillion steps of the palace before the sun retires.

 

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