Ch'en T'ao, 'Lung-Hsi Song'

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Lung-Hsi Song

They vowed to sweep away the barbarians without regard of self;
Five thousand in their furs and brocades perished in the Tartar dust.
Alas! Their bones lay beside the Wu-ting river;
They still live in their ladies' dreams in Springtime.

by Ch'en T'ao (9th-10th centuries)