Chapter 29: 2), sometimes a donkey really jumps out of the pigsty

2), sometimes a donkey really jumps out of the pigsty

2), sometimes a donkey really jumps out of the pigsty

Liu Guozong

Preface: The pigsty might really be able to jump out a donkey, for God once said: "The sun shines on the good and also on the bad; the rain falls on the righteous and also on the unrighteous." —

Chen Sheng, these fellow countrymen and brothers in hardship, do not know many characters; how could he know: "The humble dwelling, empty hall; once the beds were full; withered grass and dead poplars, once were a song-and-dance venue; spider webs fill the carved beams; green gauze is now pasted on the thatched window. What's the point of saying the pomade is rich and the powder fragrant, when the sideburns have turned white? Yesterday, white bones were buried under the yellow earth ridge; today, mandarin ducks lie in the red gauze canopy. Boxes full of gold, boxes full of silver; in the blink of an eye, beggars all condemn. Just lamenting that life is short, who would have thought that I would return in mourning? Having been well educated, one cannot be sure not to become a tyrant later; choosing the rich and fatty foods, who would have expected to end up wandering in the pleasure quarters! Because I disliked the small gauze cap, I ended up bearing the cangue; yesterday I pitied the ragged coat for being cold; today I dislike the long purple python robe. Amid the clamor, you sing your part and I enter, only to mistake a foreign land for my homeland; how absurd; in the end, it's all just making wedding clothes for others."

One saying: "The wealthy have no three generations; the honest official has no head." Don't look at him now being an exhausted, worthless little rascal; tonight, if you give a little gift, who knows, tomorrow he might be able to put on airs and obtain a petty official post with a clatter. Ten years, the river flows east, then east again, then west; ten years, a poor man marries a woman from a wealthy family.

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