This nation's oldest poetry collection begins with the sound of ospreys and describes a "modest, retiring, virtuous young lady."
This nation's oldest poetry collection begins with the sound of ospreys and describes a "modest, retiring, virtuous young lady." In David Hinton's translation, another poet from this nation notes that "A son's birth means tragedy now," after describing how "horses stomp and splutter" and "war-carts clatter and creak." Another poet from this nation described thinking that moonlight at his bed was (*) frost on the ground. Ezra Pound's "The River-Merchant's Wife" is based on a work from this nation, by the author of poems that have been titled "Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon" and "Thoughts in Night Quiet." For 10 points, name this nation, home to poets like Du Fu and Li Bai.
This nation's oldest poetry collection begins with the sound of ospreys and describes a "modest, retiring, virtuous young lady."
China [or Zhongguo; accept any answer including either of those, e.g. "People's Republic of China" or "Tang China"]