Bronze-cast golden bells upheld the law;
Their sound spread overseas to the frontier tribes.
Ma Yuan's merit was great indeed—
The iron flute need not speak of Zhang Liang.
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Annotation
The second of Baoqin's ten nostalgic quatrains. It commemorates the Han dynasty general Ma Yuan's campaign against Jiaozhi. The riddle answer has multiple interpretations.
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