I have always been gratified by the imperial power, and I have always been thinking about the gods. -Du Fu's "Washing Military Forces"
I have seen handsome pines and cypresses destroyed into firewood, and I heard that mulberry fields have become the sea. -Liu Xiyi "A Generation of Sad Pulsatilla"
Body and mind have agreed to live and die. -Bai Juyi's Farewell
Guo is known to be involved, and selling customers in Chengjiang is even more worrying. -Du Fu's Buju
She said that land rent and forced taxes have become poor, and she thought of the current situation and tears of chaos. -Du Fu's "Wu Lang Again"