Reading...
Jul 01st 2010 18:12
Last couple of days, I've been reading a famous classical Chinese work "Dream of the Red
Chamber". I had heard about the novel and its author long long time ago, since I was a
child. Quite frankly, I've been trying serveral times to read it but all failed. Perhaps it
was a 18th century work, used classical written language, so it was so tough for me to
comprehend, thus, I had to stop from the first chapter all the time.
Don't know why till now I just could handle it. I still have not read through the work yet
but it was a astonishing novel indeed. It's really a work of artistic merit, really a
worth-reading novel at least with me.
It's a sad story. I'm reading the chapter that it was said to be the among the saddest, it's
really moved. The young girl, the main charaters, her name is Lin Da Yu, after being sick
for a while, still weak but she tried to stroll out for some fresh air. She inadvertently
came into the garden of cherry trees and painfully found that all the flowers were falling,
falling everywhere full on the ground. Feeling so sad for the flower that cause her to
remind to herself. ( as Asian women often be considered flower- beautiful but very sensitive
though). She slowly picked up all the falling flowers, stored them into a bag and prepared
to bury them. Treating them as her old friends and talked to them. The words she talked,
it's a poem. I try to translate here:
"At this moment you die, I collect all of you and bury your body.
But what time when I lose my life, it's hard to predict or say.
Now, I'm burying flower. Everyone will laugh at me and say I'm foolish.
But do you know who would bury me in someday.
Look! Remnants of the glory spring, all the flowers are gradually falling.
Is this the time that a young girl could pass away?
One day the spring of my life passes completely. I'll become old. I'll will put it all
behind, my young adorable appearance, my heart. At that time you will blossom again but I
would have died.
Who will bury you again when you fall and who will bury me like I did for you?"
Chamber". I had heard about the novel and its author long long time ago, since I was a
child. Quite frankly, I've been trying serveral times to read it but all failed. Perhaps it
was a 18th century work, used classical written language, so it was so tough for me to
comprehend, thus, I had to stop from the first chapter all the time.
Don't know why till now I just could handle it. I still have not read through the work yet
but it was a astonishing novel indeed. It's really a work of artistic merit, really a
worth-reading novel at least with me.
It's a sad story. I'm reading the chapter that it was said to be the among the saddest, it's
really moved. The young girl, the main charaters, her name is Lin Da Yu, after being sick
for a while, still weak but she tried to stroll out for some fresh air. She inadvertently
came into the garden of cherry trees and painfully found that all the flowers were falling,
falling everywhere full on the ground. Feeling so sad for the flower that cause her to
remind to herself. ( as Asian women often be considered flower- beautiful but very sensitive
though). She slowly picked up all the falling flowers, stored them into a bag and prepared
to bury them. Treating them as her old friends and talked to them. The words she talked,
it's a poem. I try to translate here:
"At this moment you die, I collect all of you and bury your body.
But what time when I lose my life, it's hard to predict or say.
Now, I'm burying flower. Everyone will laugh at me and say I'm foolish.
But do you know who would bury me in someday.
Look! Remnants of the glory spring, all the flowers are gradually falling.
Is this the time that a young girl could pass away?
One day the spring of my life passes completely. I'll become old. I'll will put it all
behind, my young adorable appearance, my heart. At that time you will blossom again but I
would have died.
Who will bury you again when you fall and who will bury me like I did for you?"
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I had heard about the novel and its author a long long time ago, back when I was a
Quite frankly, I've been trying tried serveral times to read it but all failed.
was that it's a 18th century work, used classical written language, so it was so tough for me to
Don't know why but now I just could handle it.
I still have not read through the whole work yet
really moving.
The young girl, the main character, her name is Lin Da Yu, after being sick
for a while, is still weak but she tries to stroll out for some fresh air.
Now, I'm burying flowers.
But do you know who would bury me in someday?
Remnants of the glorious spring, all the flowers are gradually falling.
I'll will put it all
behind me, my young adorable appearance, my heart.
Thanks so much for kind help.
Oh, could I have a question? Are you studying Chinese too?
So I am gaining karma with the God of learning languages by doing some big correcting first ^^