Xia zhou ou zuo 夏晝偶作

by Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元 (773–819)

Dynasty: Tang 唐 (618–907)

Included in: Peng Dingqiu 彭定求 (ed.). Quan Tang shi 全唐詩 (Complete Tang Poems) Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985. 352.3948.

Translations

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  • Raffael Keller (1970–) and Jürgen Theobaldy (1944–): Sommerbild aus dem Stegreif –
    in: Keller, Raffael and Theobaldy, Jürgen. Am Törichten Bach. Prosa und Gedichte. Berlin: Friedenauer Presse, 2005. p. 5.
    Part of the title appears to have been inadvertently rendered as "xiahua" 夏畫 (German: Sommerbild), likely due to its graphic similarity to "xiazhou" 夏晝 (German: Sommertag).

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