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Yuan Zhen: Early Spring Fondly Remember Li Jiao’s Work

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Author lrelderPosted on August 27, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Family and Friends, Selected Poems of Nature and Seasons, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Yuan Zhen

Yuan Zhen: Send This As a Return Gift to Li Xiaofu

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Author lrelderPosted on August 24, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Arete and Beauty, Selected Poems: Quatrains, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Yuan Zhen

Yuan Zhen: Emerging Early Spring

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Author lrelderPosted on August 4, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Nature and Seasons, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Yuan Zhen

Yuan Zhen: Early Return

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Author lrelderPosted on July 28, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Nature and Seasons, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Yuan Zhen

Yuan Zhen: Spring of 811 AD: Express My Losses: No. 5

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Author lrelderPosted on July 23, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Family and Friends, Selected Poems: Quatrains, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Yuan Zhen

Yuan Zhen: Spring of 811 AD: Express My Losses: No. 4

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Author lrelderPosted on July 20, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Family and Friends, Selected Poems: Quatrains, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Yuan Zhen

Yuan Zhen: Spring of 811 AD: Express My Losses: No. 2

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Author lrelderPosted on July 14, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Family and Friends, Selected Poems: Quatrains, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Yuan Zhen

Yuan Zhen: Try to Dispel Sorrows and Heartache: Three Poems: No. 3

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Author lrelderPosted on July 7, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Family and Friends, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Transitory Life

Yuan Zhen: Try to Dispel Sorrows and Heartache: Three Poems: No. 2

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Author lrelderPosted on July 3, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Family and Friends, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Transitory Life, Yuan Zhen

Yuan Zhen: Try to Dispel Sorrows and Heartaches: Three Poems: No. 1

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Author lrelderPosted on June 26, 2026Categories Selected Poems of Family and Friends, The Selected and Best of Yuan Zhen, Transitory Life, Yuan Zhen

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    • Oar Strokes: Sunset Colors
      Sunset Colors Sunset colors across the vast sky and lagoon water Sky and water one and the same Two mirrors reflecting each other. Black silhouettes of fish jumping into the air Fishermen going home Whirlpools and eddies wind and unwind on the water of oranges, yellows and grays Behind each oar as they are lifted […]
    • Oar Strokes: Introduction
      Oar Strokes This is a new category I am adding to my website. The name “Oar Strokes” comes from one of the poems I wrote a number of years ago. It along with many of the others, were influenced by my readings and personal experiences of Eastern philosophies that show up on this website. As […]
    • Yuan Zhen: Full Moonlit Night
      Full Moonlit Night, First Lunar Month, Fifteenth Day 明 月 三 五 夜 待 月 西 厢 下 迎 风 户 半 开。 拂 墙 花 影 动 疑 是 玉 人 来。 Ming Yue San Wu Ye Dai yue xi xiang xia Ying feng hu ban kai. Fu qiang hua yin dong Yi shi […]
    • Yuan Zhen: Spring Daybreak
      Spring Daybreak 春 晓 半 欲 天 明 半 明 醉 闻 花 气 睡 闻 莺。 娃 儿 撼 起 钟 声 动 二 十 年 前 晓 寺 情。 Chun Xiao Ban yu tian ming ban ming Zui wen hua qi shui wen ying. Wa er han qi zhong sheng dong Er shi […]
    • Yuan Zhen: Liu and His Wife Ruan
      Liu and His Wife Ruan 刘 阮 妻 芙 蓉 脂 肉 绿 云 鬟 罨 画 楼 台 青 黛 山。 千 树 桃 花 万 年 药 不 知 何 事 忆 人 间? Liu Ruan Qi Fu rong zhi rou lu yun huan Yan hua lou tai qing dai shan. Qian shu […]
    • Yuan Zhen: Song of Ancient and Unique Decisions
      Song of Ancient and Unique Decisions 古 决 绝 词 乍 可 为 天 上 牵 牛 织 女 星 不 愿 为 庭 前 红 槿 枝。 七 月 七 日 一 相 见 相 见 故 心 终 不 移。 那 能 朝 开 幕 飞 去 一 任 东 西 南 北 […]
    • Yuan Zhen: Farming Households
      Farming Households 田 家 词 牛 吒 吒, 田 确 确 早 块 敲 牛 蹄 趵 趵 种 得 官 仓 珠 颗 谷。 六 十 年 来 兵 蔟 蔟 月 月 食 粮 车 辘 辘 一 日 官 军 收 海 服 驱 牛 驾 车 食 牛 肉; 归 来 […]
    • Yuan Zhen: Song For the Weavers of Embroidery
      Song For the Weavers of Embroidery 织 妇 词 织 妇 何 太 忙 蚕 经 三 卧 行 欲 老; 蚕 神 女 圣 早 成 丝 今 年 丝 税 抽 征 早; 早 征 非 是 管 人 恶 去 岁 官 家 事 戎 索。 征 人 战 苦 束 刀 […]
    • Yuan Zhen: Men Far Away On a Long Journey
      Men Far-Away On a Long Journey 夫 远 征 赵 卒 四 十 万 尽 为 坑 中 鬼 赵 王 未 信 赵 母 言 犹 点 新 兵 更 填 死。 填 死 之 兵 兵 气 索 秦 强 赵 破 括 敌 起 括 虽 专 命 起 尚 轻 何 […]
    • Yuan Zhen: Again Talk of My Kuazhou House
      Again Talk of My Kuazhou House With It’s Colorful Dawn and Sunset Scenery 重 夸 州 宅 旦 暮 景 仙 都 难 画 亦 难 书 暂 合 登 临 不 合 居。 绕 郭 烟 岚 新 雨 后 满 山 楼 阁 上 灯 初。 人 声 晓 动 千 门 辟 […]
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