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Ling'r-o-ling'ring, the seven-string zither chimes;

Silent, I hear the bleak notes of Windswept Pines.

This tune of old, although myself I love, yet

Folks of the day, now rarely play these lines.

(Hearing the) Zither Played in Tune by Liu Changqing (714-790)

Footnote: Liu Changqing (Chinese: 劉長卿, 709–785), courtesy name Wenfang (文房) was a Chinese poet and politician during the Tang dynasty. Eleven of his poems were collected in the popular anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems. Liu's poems did not receive much praise during his lifetime although he was one of the representative poets during the reign of Emperor Dezong of Tang. However, he was gradually acknowledged by later generations. Liu was especially skillful on the writing of poems with 5 characters.