The memory of the spring colors of the Brocade River following one
To the Wu Gorge where countless ravines are mourning in the clear
autumn. I remember how the late Governor General Yen Wu and I
Received the Court messenger on the Nostalgia Terrace. Imperial
grace gave His Excellency Yen a generalship thrice; His discipline was
so strict that even cups of wine for the staff officiers were numbered.
Western Shu is the most strategic seciton of the Empire; Peace and
order will depend on just such extraordinary talent.