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emperor)

look away

outrageous

favour (with the emperor)

China

this kind of thing

badthe realm

terrible, awful

occasion for suffering

Yookihi (Ch. Yang Guifei) so infatuated the Tang Emperor Xuanzong

that his neglect of the state provoked a rebellion, and his army forced him to have her

executed. The story was extremely popular in Heian Japan, as told by the Chinese poet

Bai Juyi (J. Hakurakuten, 772-846) in his long poem entitled "The Song of Unending

Sorrow" (Ch. Changhenge, J. Choogonka ).

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awkward, embarrassing

(excessively) gracious (favour)

(the emperor's) favour, devotion, love)

unexampled

mingle (in company)