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Traditional Chinese poethood derived meaning from the expression of what the ruler's subjects would have had to say about the way they were ruled,had they been poets themselves.
Traditional Chinese poethood derived meaning from the expression of what the ruler's subjects would have had to say about the way they were ruled, had they been poets themselves.

传统的中国诗人揣测统治者所表达的意思而不得不用诗歌去描述被统治下的一些事情,他们是*的诗人吗?