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The Nine Domains should submit to the King's virtue,
The Three Spiritual Lights accord with his sagacious plan.
How did it happen that men like Pen-ch'u
Brought death upon themselves like Ch'u-li?
There was more than "weeping before the imperial carriage";
Therefore some were made to "rush from the hall."
Was this "reporting to the throne on the color of clouds"?
It was more like destroying the bandits of Reedy Marsh!
Arrets were made on the evidence of secret letters;
Lives were lost for guilt by association.
All this because the premier of Han was esteemed,
But the Barbarian Lad was not discovered in time!
The register of ghosts reduced the ranks of Court officials;
The beacons of war shone in the noble capital.
Dare one say this deserves loud lament?
Still, one cannot help blaming the Huge Furance!
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