夕陽、黃昏|sUNSET, dUSK

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夕陽、黃昏|sUNSET, dUSK

面對不變現實,
美好確是短暫,既無奈也惋惜。
Facing uNCHANGING rEALITY,
sETTING sUN is indeed sHORT-lIVED, It is both hELPLESS and rEGRETFUL.

李商隱(約八一三年至八五八年,晚唐詩人及官員)-《登樂遊原》:
Li Shangyin*₁ (ca. 813-858, poet and official of the late Tang Dynasty) – “A visit to Leyou Garden”*₂:

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向晚意不適,
驅車登古原。
夕陽無限好,
只是近黃昏。
fEELING not well in the eVENING,
Took a carriage to aNCIENT gARDEN.
Setting sUN is infinitely bEAUTIFUL,
Just it is aLMOST dUSK.

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柔、堅|dELICATE, sTRONG

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柔、堅|dELICATE, sTRONG

平衡,就是若剛能制柔,柔也能克剛。
BALANCE, that is, if the sTRONGNESS can rESTRAIN the sOFTNESS, then the sOFTNESS can also rESTRAIN the sTRONGNESS.

《道德經》—— 第七十六章:
“Tao Te Ching”*₁- Chapter 76 (original written in Classical Chinese):

人之生也[柔弱₁],其死也[堅強₂]。草木之生也[柔脆₃],其死也[枯槁₄]。故堅強者死之徒,柔弱者生之徒。是以[兵₅]強則[滅₆],[木₇]強則[折₈]。強大處[下₉],柔弱處[上₁₀]。
People are [sOFT and dELICATE₁] when born, and they become [hARD and sTIFF₂] after death. When the plants and trees are alive, they are also [sOFT and fRAGILE₃], once they are dead, they become [wITHERED and dRY₄]. So the hardness and stiffness are on the side of dEATH, while the softness and delicacy are on the side of lIFE. Therefore, the [sOLDIERS₅] will be [aNNIHILATED₆] as they are strong, the [tREES₇] will be [cUT dOWN₈] as they are strong. The sTRONG one will be in the [lOW₉] position, the dELICATE one will be in the [uP₁₀] position.

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對、雪|wATCH, sNOW

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對、雪|wATCH, sNOW

到底是人的心融化了雪,還是雪融化了人的心?
Does actually human hEART melt the snow, or does the snow mELT human heart?

子蘭(唐末僧侶及詩人)-《對雪》:
Zilan*₁ (Monk and poet of late Tang Dynasty) – “Watching Snow”:

密密無聲墜碧空,霏霏有韻舞微風。
幽人吟望搜辭處,飄入窗來落硯中。
(sNOW) fall sILENTLY from the blue green sky, twirl and dance rHYTHMICALLY with the breeze.
rECLUSE sighs and looks for a place to hIDE, (but sNOW) dRIFT into the window and fALL onto the ink slab.

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眼、感、角、一七、十二|eYE, fEEL, cORNER, 17, 12

眼、感、角、一七、十二|eYE, fEEL, cORNER, 17, 12

本月之照
pHOTO of the mONTH

#堅 #心 #定 #志 #aDAMANT #hEART #sTRONG #wILL – #fIRM #cOLOUR #dISCOVER #sTABLE #cONTRAST #eXPLORE #wALNUT #pOSITIVE #gUTS #wORLD #dAYDREAM #gOOD #bRAVE #tOUGH #lIFE #fEEL #lOVE #hARD #iDIOM #gREAT #sTEADY #cORNER

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