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A Quatrain by Yuan Hao-wen (Jin Dynasty)
What heart portrays oft betrays the real face,
How, through verse, discern we true inner grace?
That lofty “Ode”, down the ages, hath veiled —
Pan kissed dust churned by the noble wheels’ pace.
Tr. Ziyuzile
30/07/2025
(To be revised)