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jùn
zhāi
yǔ
zhōng
yǔ
zhū
wén
shì
yān



Entertaining literary men in my official residence on a rainy day
bīng
wèi
sēn
huà


yàn
qǐn
níng
qīng
xiāng


hǎi
shàng
fēng
yǔ
zhì

xiāo
yáo
chí
gé
liáng


fán

jìn
xiāo
sǎn

jiā
bīn
fù
mǎn
táng



cán
jū
chǔ
chóng

wèi
dǔ

mín
kāng



huì
shì
fēi
qiǎn

xìng
dá
xíng

wàng


xiān
féi
shǔ
shí
jīn

shū
guǒ
xìng
jiàn
cháng


fǔ
yǐn

bēi
jǐu

yǎng
líng
jīn
yù
zhāng


shén
huān


qīng


yù

fēng
xiáng


wú
zhōng
shèng
wén
shǐ

qún
yàn
jīn
wāng
yáng


fāng
zhī
dà
fān
dè


yuē
cái
fù
qiáng



Outside are insignia, shown in state;

But here are sweet incense-clouds, quietly ours.

Wind and rain, coming in from sea,

Have cooled this pavilion above the lake

And driven the feverish heat away

From where my eminent guests are gathered.

...Ashamed though I am of my high position

While people lead unhappy lives,

Let us reasonably banish care

And just be friends, enjoying nature.

Though we have to go without fish and meat,

there are fruits and vegetables aplenty.

...We bow, we take our cups of wine,

We give our attention to beautiful poems.

When the mind is exalted, the body is lightened

And feels as if it could float in the wind.

...Suzhou is famed as a centre of letters;

And all you writers, coming here,

Prove that the name of a great land

Is made by better things than wealth.

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