Ill see if I can find the Chinese character equivalent of this poem
and maybe see who it is attributed too. Ill let you know one way or
the other in the next day or so.

Jim

On Mar 29, 7:33 pm, dogma_i > wrote:
> Just watched the stunning if inscrutable film "The Magus." Quite a
> contrast to Senor Quinn in Requiem for a Heavyweight, and just as
> brilliantly acted.
>
> In it, he cites as a T'ang Dynasty poem:
>
> "Here on the frontier, there are falling leaves
> although my neighbors are all barbarians
> and you, you are a thousand miles away
> there are always two cups on my table."
>
> These lines are quoted all over the web, but without more definitive
> attribution. Does anyone here have more precise information?
>
> Thanks-
>
> DM