Deng mi: "Da ge you jiao zhi ba ge" 灯谜："大哥有角只八个"
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. 257.
Translations
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David Hawkes (1923–2007): Lantern-riddle: "Big brother with eight"
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in: Hawkes, David. The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. p. 445. -
Yang Gladys 戴乃迭 (1919–1999) and Yang Xianyi 杨宪益 (1915–2009): Lantern-riddle: "First Brother has eight corners"
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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. 322.
大哥有角只八个，二哥有角只两根。 大哥只在床上坐，二哥爱在房上蹲。