Jin ling shi er chai fu ce "Gen bing he hua yi jing xiang" 金陵十二釵副册 "根并荷花一茎香"
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. 56.
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David Hawkes (1923–2007): Jinling, Twelve Beauties of, Supplementary Register No. 1: "Your stem grew from a noble lotus root"
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in: Hawkes, David. The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. p. 133. -
Yang Gladys 戴乃迭 (1919–1999) and Yang Xianyi 杨宪益 (1915–2009): Second Register of Twelve Beauties of Chinling: "Sweet is she as the lotus in flower"
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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. 74.
根并荷花一茎香，平生遭际实堪伤； 自从两地生孤木，致使香魂返故乡。