寄董卿嘉荣十韵闻道君牙帐防秋近赤霄下临千雪岭-DeGruyter.PDF

2 寄董卿嘉榮十韻 14.1 寄董卿嘉榮十韻 聞道君牙帳， 防秋近赤霄。 下臨千雪嶺， 4 卻背五繩橋。 海內久戎服， 京師今晏朝。 犬羊曾爛熳， 8 宮闕尚蕭條。 猛將宜嘗膽， 龍泉必在腰。 黃圖遭污辱， 12 月窟可焚燒。 會取干戈利， 無令斥候驕。 居然雙捕虜， 16 自是一嫖姚。 落日思輕騎， 高天憶射雕。 © 2016, Stephen Owen. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives Unauthenticated 3.0 License. Download Date | 1/21/19 11:43 PM Sent to Sir Dong Jiarong 3 14.1 Sent to Sir Dong Jiarong: Ten Couplets I have heard that your ivory-pole tent,1 guards the west near high russet wisps.2 You look out on a thousand snowy peaks, 4 with your back to Five Rope Bridge.3 In this seagirt world, long in uniform, in the capital court now goes on until late. Those dogs and sheep ran amok,4 8 the palace gate-towers are still dismal. It is fitting for a fierce general to taste gall,5 Dragon-spring must be at his waist.6 The Yellow Plan has been fouled and shamed,7 12 the moon-cave should be burnt up.8 You should seize the advantage of arms, don’t let their scouts act with impunity. At last, a pair of Barbarian-Snatching Generals,9 16 you are naturally a Fleet Huo Qubing.10 I think on you, light rider in the setting sun, recalling shooting eagles under high autumn skies.11 1 The mark of a commander. 2 Literally “guards against autumn,” autumn being associated with the west and further being the season for raids. Dong Jiarong is clearly a commander of an army high in the mountains, defending against Tibetan incursions. 3 A suspended bridge, perhaps over the Min River. 4 This refers to the Ti