Bamboo and Plum Blossom

Bamboo and Plum Blossom

Bamboo and Plum Blossom

Bamboo and Plum Blossom
Bamboo and Plum Blossom

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Cao Zhi (192-232)

Quatrain of Seven Steps — By Cao Zhi

曹植 《七步诗》
煮豆燃豆萁,
豆在釜中泣。
本是同根生,
相煎何太急?

Quatrain of Seven Steps
By Cao Zhi

People burn the beanstalk to boil beans,
The beans in the pot cry out.
We are born of the selfsame root,
Why should you torment me so much?

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