If wealth and rank were long constant,
Then indeed might the water of the Han River flow Northwest.
SEPARATED BY IMPERIAL SUMMONS FROM HER WHO LIVES WITHIN
BY LI T'AI-PO
I
The Emperor commands; three times the summons. He who left has not yet returned.
To-morrow, at sunrise, he will go out by the Pass of Wu.
From the upper chamber of white jade, I shall gaze far off; but I shall be able to make out nothing.