第二十一回第二十一回Chapter Twenty-One

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問吉凶廟中求卜解饑渴茅屋棲身

问吉凶庙中求卜解饥渴茅屋栖身

Chapter Twenty-One · The Story of Han Xiangzi

Asking his fortune, Han Yu draws lots in a temple;Easing hunger and thirst, he shelters in a thatched hut

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: inside a ruined village shrine with snow showing through the roof, an official in a fur-trimmed cloak kneels and shakes a bamboo tube of divination sticks, three sticks lying on the floor, while his servant bends over him pointing and a bent old keeper with a stick laughs at the inner door; two clay figures of an old couple sit on the altar behind.

渺渺秦關百二重,車塵馬跡各西東。

渺渺秦关百二重,车尘马迹各西东。

Far and faint, the passes of Qin, the ‘hundred and two’, layer on layer;cart dust and hoofprints go their ways, to west and to east.

懸崖高閣參天柏,古道禪房化石松。

悬崖高阁参天柏,古道禅房化石松。

On the sheer cliff, a high pavilion and cypresses that pierce the sky;by the old road, a meditation hall and pines turned to stone.

半壁虺虯籠曉日,一池萍藻漾清風。

半壁虺虬笼晓日,一池萍藻漾清风。

Half the cliff is wrapped in snake-and-dragon coils that cage the morning sun;a pool of duckweed and pondweed ripples in the clear breeze.

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