Deng mi: "You yan wu zhu fu nei kong" 灯谜："有眼无珠腹內空"
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. 260.
Translations
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David Hawkes (1923–2007): Lantern-riddle: "My 'eyes' cannot see and I'm hollow inside"
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in: Hawkes, David. The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. p. 449.
有眼无珠腹內空，荷花出水喜相逢。 梧桐叶落分离別，恩爱夫妻不到冬。 ——打一用物