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Introduction
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Five-character-ancient-verse
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Five-character-quatrain
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Five-character-ancient-verse
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Folk-song-styled-verse
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Seven-character-ancient-verse
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Seven-character-quatrain
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Folk-song-styled-verse
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Five-character-regular-verse
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Seven-character-regular-verse
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Five-character-regular-verse
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Seven-character-regular-verse
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Folk-song-styled-verse
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Five-character-quatrain
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Folk-song-styled-verse
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Seven-character-quatrain
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Folk-song-styled-verse
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Five-character-quatrain
Xibiren GENERAL GE SHU
This constellation, with its seven high stars,
Is Ge Shu lifting his sword in the night:
And no more barbarians, nor their horses, nor cattle,
Dare ford the river boundary.