I sent the author an email asking him the original text by Li Ba

I doubt but hopefully he will respond and tell us what poem he translated from.  BTW, his book is a good read about Chang Jiang at the time of early 90s. 

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• Great! Plz keep us posted. What's the name of his book? -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/23/2021 postreply 16:20:06

• The River at the center of the world. by Simon Winchester -wxc501- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/23/2021 postreply 16:51:44

• Thanks for sharing. ：） -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/23/2021 postreply 19:25:27