Question

One of these places called “Wheel” titles a collection of twenty quatrains depicting a poet’s family estate, (15[1])each with responses by a fellow poet. Poets tried to write a poem before receiving a cup of wine in a “party” (15[1])named for these places, such as the Orchid Pavilion Gathering. (-5[1])After his exile, the patriotic poet of “Encountering Sorrow” took his life at one of these places. (-5[1])The speaker resolves to “meet (-5[1])at (15[1])last (15[1])on the Cloudy” (15[3]-5[1])one (15[2])of these places (15[1]-5[1])“of the (15[1])sky” (15[1])in (15[1])(*) Arthur (-5[1])Waley’s translation (10[1])of a poet who legendarily died (-5[2])in one of them. (-5[2])This sort of (10[1])place, which partly titles a poem that begins, (10[1]-5[1])“While my hair was still cut straight (10[1])across (10[1])my forehead,” (10[1]-5[1])is paired with “mountains” in a style of Chinese (10[1])poetry and painting. (10[2])For (10[1])10 (10[2])points, (10[1])a poem attributed by Ezra Pound (10[1])to Li Bai is narrated by the (-5[1])wife of a merchant on what (10[1])natural (10[2])feature? (10[2])■END■ (10[12])

ANSWER: rivers [or streams; accept chuān or or shuǐ; accept winding stream party or contest; accept “The River-Merchant’s Wife”; accept Wang River Collection or Wheel River Collection or Wangchuan ji; prompt on body of water; prompt on boat] (The Wheel River Collection is by Wang Wei and Pei Di. “Encountering Sorrow” is by Qu Yuan. The poem in the fourth line is "Drinking Alone By Moonlight" by Li Bai.)
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