681 Quotes About Chinese

Je sais juste planter des arbres, l'administration n'est pas mon affaire.

PEACH BLOSSOM AT DALIN TEMPLEAcross the world this June, the petals all have fallen,But the mountain temple's peach blossom has just begun to bloom.I regretted so much that spring had gone without a trace,I didn't know that it had only moved up here.

In old Chinese novels, especially in the Kimpeibai, usually after every ten or twenty pages of innocent description, the author invariably throws in an indecent scene as if he were quite punctually fulfilling a promise.

And now that I think back, I realize the real gap between us lay in the fact that I, who was so proud of coming from the swift-winged world of science, was laughing at an old world where it was possible seriously to believe that men die young of the bad habit of failing to go out on a dangerous river to gaze at the earth when it turns overnight into silver.

STAYING THE NIGHT AT A MOUNTAIN TEMPLEThe high tower is a hundred feet tall,From here one's hand could pluck the stars.I do not dare to speak in a loud voice,I fear to disturb the people in heaven.

QUESTION AND ANSWER ON THE MOUNTAINYou ask for what reason I stay on the green mountain,I smile, but do not answer, my heart is at leisure.Peach blossom is carried far off by flowing water,Apart, I have heaven and earth in the human world.

ATOP THE STORK PAVILION LOOKOUTFrom the pavilion one sees the sun setting behind the mountains,Unrelentingly toward the sea the Yellow River flows;In order to see thousands of miles further afield,To a higher level one must go.

WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF WEST FOREST TEMPLEFrom the side, a whole range; from the end, a single peak:Far, near, high, low, no two parts alike.Why can’t I tell the true shape of Lushan?Because I myself am in the mountain.

VIEWING HEAVEN’S GATE MOUNTAINSThe River Chu cuts through the middle of heaven's gate,The green water flowing east reaches here then swirls.On either bank the blue hills face towards each other,The flatness of a lonely sail comes from by of the sun.