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             Sun Yün-Fêng (1764-1814)
Translated by Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) and
                      Ling Chung (1945- )

                 STARTING AT DAWN

First Line:   Under the waning moon

The above poem appeared in 1972 collection The Orchid Boar. As such, it is protected by copyright and should not be printed out or stored in any permanent form without permission of the copyright holder. It can be found in:

  • Rexroth, Kenneth and Ling Chung, trans. The Orchid Boar: Women Poets of China. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972.