Esoteric Taoism: Li Bai and Du Fu - Assignment Example

Spring Night in Lo-yang Hearing a Flute In what house, the jade flute that sends these dark notes drifting,scattering on the spring wind that fills Lo-yang? Autumn Meditations (3)A mountain suburb of a thousand homes in the quiet morning light,All-day I sit by the river in my tower on the green hill.For two nights the fishermen have stayed there floating, floating,In the clear autumn still, the swallows fly and fly.Kuang Heng submitted memorials; I've won little praise,Liu Xiang passed on the classics; my wishes are not realized.

The schoolmates of my early years mostly are not poor,In the five tomb towns their furs and horses light and fat.             This poem, unlike many of Du Fu’s writings, does not concern the poor of society or even his own misery. This poem is more of an observation than a social condemnation.