You lamented Yang Yu’s death just for his one sharp word,
Who has inherited your fine style of taking advice today?
Small as it was, Kingdom of Shu could confront Wu and Wei,
Without an open mind how could you win over the great talents?
恸哭杨顒为一言，余风今日更谁传。
区区庸蜀支吴魏，不是虚心岂得贤。
By Wang Anshi
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