Friday, April 7, 2017

"Every time I read the words of the ancients ..."



Every time I read the words of the ancients, I feel a bond to them.  I sigh and lament, but cannot express more.  I know life and death may come to naught, and that between long life and death there may be no difference.
We in the present look at those in the past; those in the future will look back on us in the same way.  Therefore, I make a record of my contemporaries and their words.  Times will change, yet our feelings will linger.  What will those in the future feel when they read these words?

Wang Xizhi

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