Visiting Princess Yongle's entry into Tibet with Li Shaofu in Luoyang
Sun Ti? [Tang Dynasty]
There are few orioles in the border areas, and they have not seen new ones in recent years.
The beauty falls from the sky, and the dragon plug begins to welcome the spring.
Translation and Notes
Translation
There are no flowers blooming in the frontier, no birds singing, and the New Year has passed but there is no spring scenery.
Princess Yongle married outside the Great Wall, just like a beauty falling from the sky, which should make this bitter cold land begin to have that beautiful spring.
Notes
Princess Yongle: In the fifth year of Kaiyuan in 717 AD, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty named Yang, the granddaughter of King Dongping, as Princess Yongle. She married Khitan King Li and died.
Entering Tibet: Refers to marrying into an ethnic minority area.
Longsai: Longting, a frontier fortress, refers to the place where the Khitan king lived.
Sun Ti (696～761), a minister and historian of the Tang Dynasty, was a native of Shazhen, Dongchangfu District. He has been able to write since he was a child and has a quick mind. He once served as Minister of Justice, Prince Zuo Shuzi, and Shao Zhanshi. There are works such as "Suyunmen Temple Pavilion", "Gift to Shangshu Youpu She" and "Huiri Hutang" handed down to the world.