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Villages In The Hills, Five Quatrains, No. 4

Su Shi 1036-1101 With bramble staff and bundles of cooked rice         he hurried off, Yet the copper coins passed through         his hands in a flash. What's he's won is a son         whose accent has improved, More than half the year         they've spent in town!

Shān Cūn Wǔ Jué Qí Sì

Sū Shì 1036-1101 Zhàng lí guǒ fàn qù chōngchōng, Guò yǎn qīng qián zhuǎn shǒu kōng. Yíng dé értóng yǔ yīn hǎo, Yì nián qiáng bàn zài chéng zhōng.

Translator:

Ron Egan 艾朗諾

Notes: 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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