Famous old Chinese poems we translate,Whose versions are the nicest down to date．
Just like you,we love genuine beauty,And we read literature Of first rate．For the West to enjoy Chinese poetry,Wehavemademuch effortto openthe gate．
Time may bury our youth without mercy,But our desire for leaming will not abate．Poetry is the refinement of human language,composed in regular rhymed forms．It isused like other literary genres to express human thoughts and feelings,and reflectsalmost all the aspects of social life．It has in it the beauty of language,of artisticconception and of music．Since the appearance of literature,written or oral,in thehuman community,poetry,as a finer part of it,has been used for relentless pursuit oftruth,goodness and beauty,and for merciless denouncement of falsehood,evil andugliness as well．Chinese poetry has a comparatively long history and has spread farand wide．In fact,we might say,poetry is above all else the summing up of daily life．
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