Sake Cup translation

[Paul G]

Hello everyone,
I am interested to see what is written on this sake cup. It appears to me to have very stylized writing or possibly "grass style" writing, which I know is very hard to read. Any parts would be helpful to identify if this fits my area of interest. Thank you in advance for your help

PG-

[GHP]

It’s from a Chinese poem. I found it in Chinese, but am on an iPhone and cannot multitask. Hopefully tomorrow I can get to Wiki Translate and convert the simplified Chinese into Japanese:

大君不夺志，命锡忽以崇


天子坐法宫，诏书下江东。懿此嘉遁士，蒲车赴丘中。
褐衣入承明，朴略多古风。直道侍太子，昌言沃宸聪。
岩居四十年，心与鸥鸟同。一朝受恩泽，自说如池龙。
乞骸归故山，累疏明深衷。大君不夺志，命锡忽以崇。
旭旦出国门，轻装若秋蓬。家依白云峤，手植丹桂丛。
竹斋引寒泉，霞月相玲珑。旷然解赤绶，去逐冥冥鸿。

I THINK it is this poem.....

— Guy

[Paul G]

Thanks Guy, dont work too hard. A general feeling is good. I appreciate your time and talent! I don't know how you can even make out a single Kanji, its soo stylized!
Thanks again,

PG-

[GHP]

Before I get everything lost in a jumble, the rest of your cup reads:

• 歩六七 67th Infantry
• 記念 Commemoration/memento
• 西尾 Nishio [soldier's surname]

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I'm still unsure that I found the correct poem.

全唐詩/卷 323
Tang Poems/Volume 323. #323 comprises 34 stanzas (translated as 'volumes').

This particular line comes from Stanza #25
卷323_25 《送崔諭德致政東歸》權德輿
Volume 323_25 "Send Cui Yude to Politics and Return to the East" Quan Deyu

The kanji I can clearly see on your cup are bolded gold; the one that I can "understand" is bolded in white; everything else is just a series of squiggles to me:
大君不志奪，命錫忽以崇。
The Emperor did not want to plunder/disposes, so he ordered the worship of tin/copper.

Stanza 25:
天子坐法宮，詔書下江東。懿此嘉遁士，蒲車赴丘中。
褐衣入承明，樸略多古風。直道侍太子，昌言沃宸聰。
岩居四十年，心與鷗鳥同。一朝受恩澤，自說如池龍。
乞骸歸故山，累疏明深衷。大君不奪志，命錫忽以崇。
旭旦出國門，輕裝若秋蓬。家依白雲嶠，手植丹桂叢。
竹齋引寒泉，霞月相玲瓏。曠然解赤綬，去逐冥冥鴻。

I wonder if the follow-on stanza is on the cup? It sounds perfect for a Japanese soldier! Besides, the cup appears to have 15 kanji;
旭旦出國門
In Chinese, the machine-translation is "Xu Dan goes abroad."

Just playing around, I could envision this meaning
旭旦出國門
The rising sun dawns at the Nation's gate.

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-- Guy

[Paul G]

Thats really Cool Guy! Thank you for the translations. Like I said, the fact that you can read any of the squiggles makes you a wizard in my opinion. Thanks again!

PG-