Nothing More Than A Pipedream

This was inspired while I was doodling with pen and paper while listening to Noel Quinland’s Terracotta Warriors…

1 長安曾經天國華 Once the City Of Eternal Peace was the splendor of the Celestial Empire,
2 洛陽遷都鏡中花 Moving the capital to Luoyang is but a pipedream.
3 貞觀神龍開元夢 Dreams of the Virtuous Observer, the Divine Dragon and Beginning of a New Era
4 三百水流雲烟化 After the flowing of time in three hundred years are now but mists and clouds.

1 The capital city of the Tang Dynasty, Changan, now known as Sian, Western Peace.

2 This refers to Empress Wu moving of the Tang capital to Luoyang, North of the River.

3 The reign names of Li Shih Ming, the second Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, when Empress Wu ascending to the throne Changing the dynasty to Chou and Tang Hsuan Tsung. These periods were considered the golden ages of the Tang Dynasty. For Li Shih Ming, to see his dynasty flourish under his virtuous rule. For Empress Wu who did the unthinkable by being the first female to ascend to the dragon throne and established a new dynasty and as for Tang Hsuan Tsung, the continuation of his dynasty to the greatest heights. However, at the end of these eras, the Tang Dynasty was being usurped by a woman, her dreams of establishing a new dynasty went up in smoke and the beginning of the decline of the once mighty empire.

4 The Tang dynasty lasted a little over 300 years if Empress Wu’s dynasty was to be discounted.

Monday, February 7, 2022