Terrace of Spirits – Part Two
集靈臺之二 · Three Hundred Tang Poems
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Terrace of Spirits – Part Two
The Lady of Guo received the sovereign's favor,
At dawn she rode her horse through the palace gate.
She disdained cosmetics as sullying her complexion,
And lightly brushed her moth brows to face the august Emperor.
集靈臺之二
虢國夫人承主恩，
平明騎馬入宮門。
卻嫌脂粉污顏色，
淡掃蛾眉朝至尊。