Deng mi: "Nan mian er zuo" 灯谜："南面而坐"
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. 259.
Translations
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David Hawkes (1923–2007): Lantern-riddle: "Southward you stare"
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in: Hawkes, David. The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. p. 449.
南面而坐，北面而朝。 「象忧亦忧，象喜亦喜。」 ——打一用物。