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文／晉．陶淵明（365～427）

結廬在人境，而無車馬喧。

問君何能爾？心遠地自偏。

採菊東籬下，悠然見南山，

山氣日夕佳，飛鳥相與還。

此中有真意，欲辯已忘言。

──選自《陶淵明集》

On Drinking Wine (Excerpt)

Tao Yuanming (365 - 427, Jin Dynasty)

English translation: Venerable Zhi Yue

My home, I build in the world of men,

But sounds of horse and carriage are none;

Ask me how this quiet is achieved?

A detached mind keeps my place alone.

Plucking chrysanthemums

under the Eastern hedge,

I rest my gaze upon Mount Nan;

The mountain air, lovely at sunset,

The birds flock homeward to their nests.

In this, a true meaning revealed,

As much as I wish to argue,

words would fail me.

── from Tao Yuanming Ji

（Complete Works of Tao Yuanming）