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alone would be insufficient for conveying feelings <strong>of</strong> nostalgia; other methods were required if only to<br />
stave <strong>of</strong>f repetition. Another common means was through dreams <strong>of</strong> home or distant places close to the<br />
poet's heart:<br />
溪 流 与 松 风<br />
静 夜 相 飕 飗<br />
别 家 赖 归 梦<br />
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山 塞 多 离 忧<br />
Flowing creek and pine winds,<br />
Babble and blow together through the still night.<br />
Relying on dreams to return home,<br />
The frontier mountains are full <strong>of</strong> the sadness <strong>of</strong> departure!<br />
(“Passing Through Long Mountain for the First Time”, lines 25-26)<br />
愁 里 难 消 日<br />
In sorrow I pass the days with great difficulty,<br />
归 期 尚 隔 年<br />
The date <strong>of</strong> return is still separated by years.<br />
阳 关 万 里 梦<br />
In dreams <strong>of</strong> ten thousand li at Yang Pass<br />
29<br />
知 处 杜 陵 田 I know that I am at Duling's fields 30 .<br />
(“Passing Jiuquan I Recall My Villa at Duling”, lines 5-8)<br />
塞 迥 心 常 怯<br />
乡 遥 梦 亦 迷<br />
31<br />
The frontier is at such a great distance my heart<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten recoils in fright,<br />
My hometown is so far away that even in dreams I lose<br />
my way.<br />
(“Staying at the West Inn <strong>of</strong> Iron Gate Pass”, lines 5-6)<br />
乡 路 眇 天 外<br />
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归 期 如 梦 中<br />
The road home stretches beyond the sky,<br />
The date <strong>of</strong> return seems like a dream.<br />
(“At the Anxi Guesthouse and Thinking <strong>of</strong> Chang'an”, lines 13-14)<br />
终 日 见 征 战<br />
All day I see armies set out on campaigns,<br />
recognition for one's service to one's country, feelings <strong>of</strong> homesickness thickened. Also, see the end <strong>of</strong> this chapter for<br />
the selection <strong>of</strong> Cen Shen's poems used throughout the chapter to illustrate the relationship between homesickness and<br />
the frontier landscape <strong>of</strong> great distance.<br />
28<br />
CSJJZ, p. 73.<br />
29<br />
“Guo Jiuquan yi Duling bieye” 过 酒 泉 忆 杜 陵 别 业 . See CSJJZ, p. 76.<br />
30<br />
Duling 杜 陵 was located southeast on the outskirts <strong>of</strong> Chang'an.<br />
31<br />
“Su tieguan xi guan” 宿 铁 关 西 馆 . See CSJJZ, p. 81.<br />
32<br />
“Anxi guan zhong xi chang'an” 安 西 馆 中 思 长 安 . See CSJJZ, p. 84.