廬山記 4.79

4.79

Zhang Liang thought of repaying the Han; / Gong Sheng was ashamed to serve the Xin. / The assassination attempt bitterly failed; / in grief at holding the official sash, he cast away his life. / Alas, Tao Yuanming / abandoned his career to remain a subject of Jin. / A descendant of dukes and chancellors, / he continually brooded on the distress of his ancestral realm. / He inscribed a poem in the gengzi year, / considering himself a man of the sovereign Fuxi. / In hand he held the Classic of Mountains and Seas; / on his head he wore his wine-straining kerchief. / His spirits pursued the distant lonely clouds; / his eloquence ceased along with the returning birds. (The complete poem has not been seen.)