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Tune:’Crows’ crying at night’

Silent, I go to west tower alone

And see the hook like moon

The 2X4 Sudoku

lonesome and drear

Lock in the standard autumn clear

Cut, it won’t break

Ruled, it will make

A mess to wake

An unspeakable taste in the circle

Such is the grief to exclude

Spoiler rules (highlight to see)

you actually think I think you need the spoilers. Fine. It’s under the puzzle

the number inside the circle also formed a 8X8 Sudoku, black and white only there to clear the box border. The number in the circle does not appear in its surrouded 4 cells

This puzzle is made by Old Miles from China in 2017. The original poem is from Li Yu, the last emperor of Southern Tang kingdom in the Five Dynasty and Ten Kingdom period (902-979), originally translated by Yuanchong Xu. It’s a good poem and good translation. BTW, this one is going to be a little bit tedious. there are a lot of numbers in such a smalll place. Trypophobia alert.

Yeah, this is not that kind of holiday poem. I just come up with the idea of changing poem into rules. That is so much fun. It’s just a preview of what will come. Feel free to guess what comes next. If you like this kind of rule presentation, you can also check the biggest longest Sudoku, which is harder. Don’t worry, I will not write that much poem, maybe I will write a story.