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An Outing in the Rain to Merciful Guanyin Hall in Tianzhu Monastery

Su Shi 1036-1101 As the silkworms mature     and the wheat turns half yellow, On hills in front and hills behind      rain pours down. Farmers abandon their plows,      girls leave their mulberry baskets, While the white-robed goddess      stays in her lofty hall.

Yǔzhōng Yóu Tiānzhú Línggǎn Guānyīn Yuàn

Sū Shì 1036-1101 Cán yùlǎo, mài bàn huáng, Qián shān hòu shān yǔ lànglàng. Nóngfū chuò lěi nǚ fèi kuāng, Báiyī xiānrén zài gāo táng.

Translator:

Ron Egan 艾朗諾

Notes: There are three Tianzhu temples in Hazngzhou, in a gentle stream valley next to the large Lingyin Temple. They are the Lower, Middle and Upper Tianzhu temples. From Ron Egan's definitive book on Su Shi (Su Dongpo), Word Image and Deed In The Life Of Su Shi, Harvard University Press. Used with permission. Professor Egan teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

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