第二十三回第二十三回Chapter Twenty-Three

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苦修行退之覺悟甘守節林氏堅貞

苦修行退之觉悟甘守节林氏坚贞

Chapter Twenty-Three · The Story of Han Xiangzi

Cultivating the Way through bitter toil, Han Yu awakens;Gladly keeping her chastity, Lady Lin stands firm and true

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: on a steep mountain trail among crags and pines, a bearded official in a torn robe clings to a hanging vine with one hand and throws out the other, having just flung a folded letter onto the path, while a large tiger turns its head down and pads away; a small hermitage sits on a distant peak above the mist.

暑往寒來春復秋,總知天地一虛舟。

暑往寒来春复秋,总知天地一虚舟。

Summer goes and winter comes, spring and autumn come round again;we know heaven and earth are but an empty boat adrift.

雖然墮落埃塵裡,自有蓬壺在那頭。

虽然堕落埃尘里,自有蓬壶在那头。

Though we have fallen into the dust of this world,Penglai is there all the same, waiting at the far end.

花上露,水中漚,人生能得幾時留?

花上露,水中沤,人生能得几时留?

Dew on the flower, foam on the water — how long can a human life remain?

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