Feng Xiaoqing: My Reflection in Spring Waters ~ 冯小青·《春水照影》 with English Translations
冯小青，名玄玄，字小青。明万历年间南直隶扬州（今属江苏）人。嫁杭州豪公子冯通为妾。讳同姓，仅以字称。工诗词，解音律。为大妇所妒，徙居孤山别业。亲戚劝其改嫁，不从，凄怨成疾，命画师画像自奠而卒，年十八。近现代著名学者潘光旦先生曾著同名传记《冯小青》。 冯小青·《春水照影》 新妆竟与画图争，知在昭阳第几名？ 瘦影自怜秋水照，卿须怜我我怜卿。 My Reflection in Spring Waters Feng Xiaoqing After making up I look like a lady in a painting; I wonder what chance I have of becoming a queen. I betake myself to spring waters and look at my lean reflection: Oh my shadow, you must love me as much as I […]
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