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TO A PORTRAIT PAINTER WHO DESIRED HIM TO SIT by PO CHU-YI

First Line: YOU, SO BRAVELY SPLASHING REDS AND BLUES!
Last Line: WHAT CAN I DO WITH A PORTRAIT SUCH AS THAT?
Subject(s): CHINA - TANG DYNASTY (618-905); PAINTINGS AND PAINTERS; PORTRAITS;
@3You@1, so bravely splashing reds and blues!
Just when @3I@1 am getting wrinkled and old.
Why should you waste the moments of inspiration
Tracing the withered limbs of a sick man?
Tall, tall is the Palace of Ch'i-lin;
But my deeds have not been frescoed on its walls.
Minutely limned on a foot of painting silk --
What can I do with a portrait such as @3that?@1



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