Selected Poems and Prose of Dongpo (Chinese-English Parallel)

Author: Lin Yutang
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Envoi. To inherit the profound knowledge left by the sages after a hundred generations, to explore the subtle words within the Six Classics. To rise and revive culture, to cherish and remember the elders. Though the model of conduct may not be seen, the classic texts can still be sought. To reveal it as the foundation of Confucianism, to bestow the honor of imperial teacher. Thus, Su Shi, the Minister of Rites, Academician of the Endowment Hall, Academician of the Palace of Worthies, posthumously titled Wen Zhong. To cultivate his spirit with greatness and magnanimity, to respect what is heard and achieve brilliance. To broadly read the transmission of books, nearly as vast as the sea and as fertile as the earth.