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长门赋
cháng​mén​fù

Ode to Tall Gate Palace

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长门赋 長門賦 cháng​mén​fù
Ode to Tall Gate Palace
A famous Han Dynasty poetic essay composed by 司马相如 sī​mǎ​xiāng​rú on behalf of Empress Chen, who had lost the favor of Emperor Wu and was living in the Changmen (Tall Gate) Palace; the work expresses the sorrow and resentment of a woman discarded by her husband.