摘要:"The north-eastern border of China was dark with smoke and dust./To repel the savage invaders,our generals,leaving their families,/Strodeforth together,looking as heroes should look/And having received from the Emperor his most gracious favour,/Until white swords can be seen again,spattered with red blood./When death becomes a duty,who stops to think offame?/Yet in speaking of the rigors of warfare on the desert/We name to this for day Li,the great General,who lived long ago?Reputedas a masterpiece themed on frontier life in the flourishing age of the Tang Dynasty(AD 618-907),"A Song of the Yan Country"stllenjoys popularity among poetry enthusiasts today.