第十九回第十九回Chapter Nineteen

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貶潮陽退之赴任渡愛河湘子撐船

贬潮阳退之赴任渡爱河湘子撑船

Chapter Nineteen · The Story of Han Xiangzi

Banished to Chaoyang, Han Yu sets out for his post;On the River of Love, Xiangzi poles the ferry

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: on a ferry crossing a rough river, a bare-footed boatman with a head cloth stands at the stern working the sweep and smiling, an official sits under the matting canopy with a hand on his chest in surprise, two servants sit among the luggage, and a saddled horse stands at the bow.

睠彼東門禽,傷弦惡曲木。

睠彼东门禽,伤弦恶曲木。

Look back at that bird by the eastern gate: hurt once by the bowstring,it dreads the crooked bough.

金縢功不刊,流言枉布毒。

金縢功不刊,流言枉布毒。

The merit sealed in the Metal-Bound Coffer can never be effaced;in vain the rumours spread their poison.

拔木偃秋禾,皇天恩最渥,

拔木偃秋禾,皇天恩最渥,

Trees torn up by the roots, the autumn grain laid flat —the grace of mighty Heaven was never richer;

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