Garden of the Inept Administrator: The Bamboo Bank by Wen Zhengming
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Garden of the Inept Administrator: The Bamboo Bank by Wen Zhengming
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Garden of the Inept Administrator: The Bamboo Bank by Wen Zhengming
China, dated 1551
Bamboo are planted around the low mound Forming a bank of bamboo around the edge. In full summer it already seems to be autumn, So deep is the wood, one cannot tell when it is noon. In its midst is one who has abandoned the world, Enjoying himself with a lute and a goblet. When a wind stirs, he too wakes from drunkenness To sit and listen to the rain on the bamboo leaves
Garden of the Inept Administrator: The Canglang Pavillon by Wen Zhengming
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Garden of the Inept Administrator: The Canglang Pavillon by Wen Zhengming
China, dated 1551
Once a smal pavillion was built by Canglang pond, The green water still surrounds its empty railings; Here there are always wind and moon to offer to the fisherman. And boys, too, singing "Wash your cap strings!" Rivers and lakes fill the whole land, enough for my enjoyment, For a hundred years the fish and birds have forgotten them selves; Shunjing [Su Zimie, 1008-1048] is dead, Du Ling [Du Fu, 712-770] far away- As a paragon of hermits who will compete with me.
