第二十回第二十回Chapter Twenty

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美女莊漁樵點化雪山裡牧子醒迷

美女庄渔樵点化雪山里牧子醒迷

Chapter Twenty · The Story of Han Xiangzi

At the Manor of Beauties a fisherman and a woodcutter try to enlighten him;In the snowy mountains a herd boy tries to wake him from delusion

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: on a snowbound mountainside under an old pine, a bearded statesman in a long robe dangles face-down in mid-air from a high bough, held up only by his own broad belt looped over the branch around his waist, his arms flung out and his mouth open in alarm; below him one servant in a snow cape reaches up with both hands to catch him and the other clutches his head in dismay, a carrying pole with two bundles lying on the snow.

御氣餐霞伴老君,服形厭世出蒼垠。

御气餐霞伴老君,服形厌世出苍垠。

He rides the air and dines on rosy clouds, companion to Lord Lao;tempering his body, weary of the world, he leaves the blue bounds behind.

五行顛倒成金鼎,三景皈依凌紫氛。

五行颠倒成金鼎,三景皈依凌紫氛。

With the Five Phases turned upside down, the golden cauldron is made;the Three Luminaries come home to him as he soars through the purple air.

焦尾漫調仙侶曲,錦囊應有玉虛文。

焦尾漫调仙侣曲,锦囊应有玉虚文。

On Scorched Tail he idly plays the tunes of immortal companions;his brocade bag must surely hold writings from the Jade Void.

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