Su Dongpo: Send As a Gift to Wang Zhizhi

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Send As a Gift to Wang Zhizhi, Who Passed the County Level Imperial Exams

 

 

赠 王 子 直 秀 才
万 里 云 山 一 破 裘
杖 端 闲 挂 百 钱 游。
五 车 书 已 留 儿 读
二 顷 田 应 为 鹤 谋。
水 底 笙 歌 蛙 两 部
山 中 奴 婢 橘 千 头。
幅 巾 我 欲 相 随 去
海 上 何 人 识 故 侯。

 

Zeng Wang Zi Zhen Xiu Cai

Wan li yun shan yi po qiu
Zhang duan xian gua bai qian you.
Wu che shu yi liu er du
Er qing tian ying wei he mou.

Shui di sheng ge wa liang bu
Shan zhong nu bi ju qian tou.
Fu jin wo yu xiang sui qu
Hai shang he ren shi gu hou.

 

Send As a Gift to Wang Zhizhi Who Passed the County Level Imperial Exams

Hundreds of miles of clouds and mountains, one worn-out fur coat
At the tip of his cane hangs one hundred coins of travel money.
His cart full of books, stops to read aloud for the children
With fields of about two hundred mu he can feed himself.

Mountain stream makes for water sounds and frogs singing their songs
Amid the mountains, hundreds of tangerines bow and bob together.
Hope to tie up my hair simply and follow your ways
But I am afraid no one here would know who is this former high-level official.

 

Notes:

Mu: An area of about 1/6 of an acre, therefore about 33 acres in all.

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