Wu ti "Wei bu san sheng yuan" 無題 "未卜三生愿"
by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹 (ca. 1715–ca. 1763)
Dynasty: Qing 清 (1644–1911)
Included in: Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹. Gao E 高鶚 (ed.). Hongloumeng 红楼梦 Beijing: Renmin wenxue chubanshe, 1973. 8.
Translations
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David Hawkes (1923–2007): No title ("Ere on ambition's path my feet are set")
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in: Hawkes, David. The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. p. 58f. -
Yang Gladys 戴乃迭 (1919–1999) and Yang Xianyi 杨宪益 (1915–2009): No title ("Not yet divined the fate in store for me")
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in: Yang Gladys 戴乃迭 and Yang Xianyi 杨宪益. A Dream of Red Mansions: Volume 1. Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1978. p. 12.
未卜三生愿，頻添一段愁； 悶來时歛額，行去几回头。 自顾风前影，誰堪月下儔？ 蟾光如有意，先上玉人楼。