Liu Xijun - Song of Sadness

Chinese Literature Podcast - A podcast by Lee Moore - Saturdays

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Liu Xijun was a princess. Her father and mother were executed when they rebelled against the emperor, her great uncle. Liu was sent to marry a king of the distant Wusun, a group of Central Asian herders that the emperor was trying to curry favor with. This is her poem. 

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