Po Chü-I: Reading Chuang Tzu ~ 白居易·《读庄子》 with English Translations

白居易(772年-846年),字乐天,号香山居士,又号醉吟先生,祖籍山西太原,到其曾祖父时迁居下邽,生于河南新郑 。白居易是唐代伟大的现实主义诗人,唐代三大诗人之一。白居易与元稹共同倡导新乐府运动,世称”元白”,与刘禹锡并称”刘白”。

白居易·《读庄子》

去国辞家谪异方,中心自怪少忧伤。

为寻庄子知归处,认得无何是本乡。

Reading Chuang Tzu

Po Chü-I

Leaving home and homeland, banished to some far-off place,

I wonder how it is I’m nearly free of grief and pain. Puzzled

and searching Chuang Tzu for insight on returning to dwell,

I realize it’s a place beyond questions: that’s our native land.

(David Hinton 译)

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