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Celebrating A Spring Dawn

  Chūn Xiǎo 春晓 Mèng Hàorán (Táng) 孟浩然(唐) Chūn mián bù jué xiǎo, 春眠不觉晓, chùchù wén tí niǎo. 处处闻啼鸟。 Yè lái fēngyǔshēng, 夜来风雨声, huā luò zhī duō-shǎo? 花落知多少?   “春晓(chūnxiǎo)” refers to a Spring Dawn. The Tang Dynasty poet, Meng Haoran (689-740) describes how in his deep slumber on a spring night, day has broken…