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MOORING BY THE MAPLE BRIDGE AT NIGHT
Zhang Ji (around 750)
The moon's setting amid the caws of crows,
the sky frosted over in whole;
Fronting riverside maples
and fishing fires1 lies a sad soul.
The Cold Mountain Temple
is outside the Gusu City2 -
To the guest boat comes its midnight toll.
1 Fishermen in the old days lit fires when they fished at night time to lure fish into the net.
2 The old name of Suzhou City in Jiangsu Province.
Background:
The poet fled his home during the An Lushan Rebellion (�w�v���� A.D.755-A.D.763). He spent a night in a boat by a river in Suzhou City while he was on his way to Central Wu (�d��) in today's Jiangsu Province. Worrying about his war-torn country, he felt sad and had a sleepless night.
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