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五言絕句 杜甫 八陣圖

功蓋三分國, 名成八陣圖。
江流石不轉, 遺恨失吞吳。

Five-character-quatrain
Du Fu THE EIGHT-SIDED FORTRESS

The Three Kingdoms, divided, have been bound by his greatness.
The Eight-Sided Fortress is founded on his fame;
Beside the changing river, it stands stony as his grief
That he never conquered the Kingdom of Wu.