T'ang Cosmopolitanism:  The Silk Road in Poetry



 


 
 





"Bamboo from the southern hills was used to make this pipe.
And its music, that was introduced from Persia first of all,
Has taken on new magic through later use in China.
And now the Tartar from Langzhou, blowing it for me,
Drawing a sigh from whosoever hears it, "

~Li Qi, from "On Hearing an Wanshan Play the Reed-Pipe"
 
 
 
 
 
 

Poets in T'ang China


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