Chinese Literature is among the most imaginative and interesting in the world. https://www.worldhistory.org/Chinese_Literature/ #History #BaiJuyi #ChineseLiterature #Confucius
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To each his folly / Mine is writing verses (Bai Juyi, “Singing Madly in the Mountains”, tr. Wong May) #Poetry #Translation #BaiJuyi #WongMay
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花非花
雾非雾
夜半来
天明去
来如春梦几多时
去似朝云无觅处
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#midTang
The bloom is not a bloom,
The mist not mist.
At midnight she comes,
And goes again at dawn.
She comes like a spring dream - how long will she stay?
She goes like morning cloud, without a trace.
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