The mercy of the Sainted Lord is far greater than that of Han Wên Ti.
The Princely One had pity, and did not appoint you to the station of the Unending Sands.
The allusion is to an incident which occurred in the Second Century B.C. when a famous scholar named Chia was sent to Ch'ang Sha, literally "Unending Sands" (see map), and died there of the damp vapours.
[ON THE SUBJECT OF OLD TAI'S WINE-SHOP]
Note 93.
Old Tai is gone down to the Yellow Springs.
The Yellow Springs lie in the nether world, where spirits go after death.
Note 94.
There is no Li Po on the terrace of Eternal Darkness.
This world is known as the World of Light, and below it lies the World of Shades, where the sun never shines.