Yu qian seng lü yun xuan 於潛僧綠筠軒

by Su Shi 蘇軾 (1037–1101)

Dynasty: Song 宋 (960–1279)

Year of creation: 1073

Notes: Source for year of creation: https://sou-yun.cn/Query.aspx?type=poem1&id=134609.

Included in: Wang Shihou 王世厚 and Zhang Houhou 張弘泓 (eds.). Quan Song shi 全宋詩 (Complete Song Poems), Beijing daxue guwenxian yanjiu suo Beijing: Beijing daxue chubanshe, 1998. 792.9176.

Translations

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可使食無肉,不可使居無竹。 無肉令人瘦,無竹令人俗。 人瘦尚可肥,俗士不可醫。 旁人笑此言,似高還似癡。 若對此君仍大嚼,世間那有揚州鶴。