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Besides, the music Huns pipe blows is "Moon <strong>of</strong> Barrier Mountain".<br />

I can not control my grief <strong>for</strong> the innumerable miles from my wife's room.] 98<br />

A large mural entitled Shijiu qinqi tu 詩酒琴棋圖 [Diagram <strong>of</strong> poem, wine, qin and chess]<br />

is found <strong>at</strong> the top <strong>of</strong> the entrance wall in the right side bay (Fig. 110). It is depicting a scene in the<br />

idyllic landscape where learned men playing chess, doing Chinese calligraphy, playing qin, and<br />

drinking wine, which expresses scholarly qualities and accomplishment. On the left side bay is a<br />

large piece <strong>of</strong> mural entitled wugui tu 五桂圖 depicting five students learning from a liter<strong>at</strong>us in<br />

the idyllic landscape, which express the wish <strong>for</strong> scholarly achievement.<br />

Beside these paintings are pieces <strong>of</strong> Chinese calligraphy and paintings depicting bamboo,<br />

symbol <strong>of</strong> integrity, and bundles <strong>of</strong> flower, all enclosed by a brocaded border <strong>of</strong> red and white<br />

floral p<strong>at</strong>terns.<br />

98 A Soldier <strong>at</strong> the front, Retrieved 1 March 2007, Website: http://bbs.zju.edu.cn/cgibin/bbsanc?p<strong>at</strong>h=/groups/GROUP_3/ClassicalPoem/D6A52D995/essence/trans/M.940852601.A<br />

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