A Seven-character Quatrain
Watching the Sunrise on Mount Tai
By LIU Qinglin
Tr. Yuxin
The fog on the Yu Huang's top is just clear.
All hills big and small line below my knee.
I sit still and lean by the stone desk near;
Before the pine, I call red sun to see.
A Seven-character Quatrain
Sentinels in the North
By LIU Qinglin
Tr. Yuxin
The sentries shift guard after whistles order call.
A frightened bird flies round the forest that'd be seen.
The autumn hill has just lost uniform of green.
But snow touches the soldier's eyebrow first of all.