Du Fu — "At the grand vermillion gates, wine and meat spoils, while the road outside is p…"
At the grand vermillion gates, wine and meat spoils, while the road outside is paved with frozen bones.
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From the poem 'The Grandeur of the Imperial Concubine', widely translated
Date: c. 755 AD (approximate)
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