Cao Cao 曹操
warlord · poet · end of the Later Han, China · 155–220
Warlord and statesman at the end of the Later Han. He wrote poems between battles.
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AD 207 · At fifty-three
An old steed lies in the stable, but his heart is set on a thousand miles. A man of purpose in his last years: his bold heart does not stop.
老驥伏櫪，志在千里。
烈士暮年，壯心不已。"Though the Tortoise Lives Long"
c. AD 208
Facing the wine, let us sing. How long is a life? It is like the morning dew, and the days gone by are bitterly many. My heart swells with feeling, but the cares are hard to forget. What can undo my sorrow? Only wine.
對酒當歌，人生幾何！
譬如朝露，去日苦多。
慨當以慷，憂思難忘。
何以解憂？唯有杜康。"Short Song"
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