"A Ballad of Mount Lu: For Censor Lu Xuzhou" by Li Bai - Limited Edition Giclée Print on Bamboo Paper

Giclée print of an original ink calligraphy by Ming Ge.

Edition of: 75

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书法（行书）唐李白诗(庐山谣寄卢侍御虚舟) —Calligraphy (Semi-Cursive Script) of a poem by Li Bai (701-762) of Tang Dynasty

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I am the madman of Chu, singing the phoenix song, laughing at Confucius. Green jade staff in hand, at dawn I take leave of Yellow Crane Tower.

Seeking immortals across the Five Peaks, I never tire of the distance — all my life drawn toward the great mountains worth entering.

Mount Lu rises magnificently beside the Southern Dipper, its nine-fold peaks unfurling like cloud-embroidered silk. Its shadow falls on the bright lake in waves of blue-black, the Twin Peaks stand tall before the Golden Gate. The Milky Way hangs inverted over the Three Stone Bridge, while the Incense Burner waterfall gazes across the gorge. Cliff upon cliff, peak upon peak, pressing into the vast blue — emerald shadows and crimson clouds meet the morning sun. No bird flies this high; Wu's sky stretches without end.

From such heights the world opens — immense and boundless. The great river surges on and never returns, yellow clouds spread ten thousand miles and stir the wind's color. White waves pour down nine channels like rivers of snow.

I gladly sing this ode to Mount Lu, my spirit roused by Mount Lu itself. Idly gazing into the stone mirror, my mind grows clear — the path where Xie Gong once walked is buried now in moss.

Taking the elixir early, I shed all worldly concern. In three-layered meditation, the Way begins to take shape. From afar I see immortals riding colored clouds, lotus blossoms in hand, journeying toward the Jade Capital.

They have gone ahead to wander the boundless nine heavens — I too wish to follow Lu Ao beyond the farthest sky.

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庐山谣寄卢侍御虚舟
李白

我本楚狂人，凤歌笑孔丘。
手持绿玉杖，朝别黄鹤楼。
五岳寻仙不辞远，一生好入名山游。

庐山秀出南斗傍，屏风九叠云锦张，
影落明湖青黛光。
金阙前开二峰长，银河倒挂三石梁。
香炉瀑布遥相望，回崖沓嶂凌苍苍。
翠影红霞映朝日，鸟飞不到吴天长。

登高壮观天地间，大江茫茫去不还。
黄云万里动风色，白波九道流雪山。

好为庐山谣，兴因庐山发。
闲窥石镜清我心，谢公行处苍苔没。
早服还丹无世情，琴心三叠道初成。
遥见仙人彩云里，手把芙蓉朝玉京。
先期汗漫九垓上，愿接卢敖游太清。