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王司徒巧使连环计,董太师大闹凤仪亭 - Wang Yun Prepares The Chaining Scheme; Dong Zhuo Rages At Phoenix Pavilion

13 王司徒巧... :
允拜谢。堂中点上画烛,止留女使进酒供食。允曰:“教坊之乐,不足供奉;偶有家伎,敢使承应。”卓曰:“甚妙。”允教放下帘栊,笙簧缭绕,簇捧貂蝉舞于帘外。有词赞之曰:原是昭阳宫里人,惊鸿宛转掌中身,只疑飞过洞庭春。按彻梁州莲步稳,好花风袅一枝新,画堂香暖不胜春。又诗曰:
Wang Yun Prepares The...:
Wang Yun bowed. Then lights were brought in and all the attendants were dismissed, save the serving maids to hand the wine. So the evening went on.
Presently Wang Yun said, "The music of these everyday musicians is too commonplace for your ear, but there happens to be in the house a little maid that might please you."
"Excellent!" said the guest.
Then a curtain was lowered. The shrill tones of reed instruments rang through the room, and presently some attendants led forward Diao Chan, who then danced on the outside of the curtain.
A poem praises her:
For a palace this maiden was born,
So timid, so graceful, so slender,
Like a tiny bird flitting at morn
Over the dew-laden lily buds tender.
Were this exquisite maid only mine,
For never a mansion I'd pine.
Another poem runs thus:
红牙催拍燕飞忙,一片行云到画堂。眉黛促成游子恨,脸容初断故人肠。榆钱不买千金笑,柳带何须百宝妆。舞罢隔帘偷目送,不知谁是楚襄王。

The music falls, the dancer comes, a swallow gliding in,
A dainty little damsel, soft as silk;
Her beauty captivates the guest yet saddens him within,
For he must soon depart and leave her there.
She smiles; no gold could buy that smile, no other smiled so,
No need to deck her form with jewels rare.
But when the dance is over and coy glances come and go,
Then who shall be the chosen of the fair?

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