1. Li Po, «A Farewell to Li Yun in the Xie Tiao Pavilion», in Xianyi Yang and Gladys Yang, trans., Poetry and Prose of the Tang and Song (1984), p. 31; Michael, p. 116.

2. Wang Wei, «Seeing Yuan the Second off on a Mission to Anxi», in Yang and

Yang, p. 16; Roberts, p. 122.

3. Roberts, p. 92.

4. Li Po, «Fighting South of the City», in Yang and Yang, pp. 22–23.

5. Hans J. Van de Ven, Warfare in Chinese History (2000), pp. 132–133; Roberts, p. 103.

6. Roberts, p. 93.

7. Ibid.; Van de Ven, pp. 137–138.

8. Michael, p. 144; Bai Juyi, «Song of Eternal Sorrow», in Yang and Yang, pp. 111–115.

9. Charles D. Benn, China’s Golden Age (2004), p. 10.

10. Van de Ven, p. 139.

11. Michael, p. 114; Roberts, p. 107.

12. Roberts, p. 108.

13. Lee, New History of Korea, p. 72; Roberts, pp. 110–111.

14. Michael, p. 114; Van de Ven, p. 144.