文/宋.蘇軾(1036~1101)
若言琴上有琴聲,放在匣中何不鳴?
若言聲在指頭上,何不於君指上聽?
──選自《東坡詩集》
The Topic Falls on Your Zither
Su Shi (1036 - 1101, Song Dynasty)
English translation:Venerable Miao Guang
If the sound of a zither comes from the instrument itself, then why doesn’t it sound when placed inside a case?
If that the sound of a zither comes from your fingers, then why don’t we just listen to your fingers?
── from Dongpo Shiji
(Collected Poems of Su Shi)