Chapter 333: 426 chapters, recalling that wandering poet (five)

426 chapters, recalling that wandering poet (five)

426 chapters\recalling that wandering poet (five)

_____ Walking with Love Seventieth

"Because the more wisdom one has, the more worries one has; increasing knowledge increases sorrow." Quyuan's questions were truly strange and bizarre; he even asked what he shouldn't ask. This is no surprise, for the poet's heart is full of many doubts about the natural order and about life.

Nature is so changeable; just a moment ago it was bright sunshine, the next moment wind and rain intertwine; the poet can never figure out whether this is nature's intentional trial upon humanity or an unintentional punishment.

Especially the way fate toys with people makes it even harder to fathom or grasp.

Master Qu said, back then Duke Huan of Qi nine times united the feudal lords, with the world under his sole supremacy—what grandeur, what pomp! Yet his end was being besieged to death; the satire of fate's demon upon people is how profound!

Laozi said; nature is a sacred object, you cannot fathom its depths, cannot grasp its laws, let alone control it. Those who do not follow nature will be defeated by nature. As for the myriad things in the world, let those that advance advance; let those that retreat retreat; some are weak, some are hurried; some are strong, some are broken; some gain, some are destroyed—endless to say, endless to speak. Therefore, the wise should rid themselves of extremes, excess, extravagance….

Laozi was born a little later than the great poet Qu; Laozi's words, he had not heard; if he had heard Laozi's words, his heart would

would not produce so many doubts——

His Majesty King Zhou's person, who brings chaos and delusion?

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Master Qu said, King Zhou, this powerful thing, has spent his good days in a daze. He does no good, only evil. Is this really due to an evil star? Why is he so extreme? All his life he does only evil, commits extreme deeds! Even though everyone in the world curses and hates him, he doesn't take it to heart! The world actually has such an utterly** extreme wicked person like King Zhou! And yet those who commit such extreme evil enjoy boundless wealth and honor—Heavens, is this just?

Loyalty need not be employed, worthiness need not be...

Wu Zi Feng, alas; Bi Gan, minced.

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Master Qu said, people of noble virtue suffer exclusion and attacks, endure endless hardships, face myriad dangers; while those with kind hearts also fail to gain people's understanding, even suffering ridicule, harsh words, and scorn from the world. Look at those who are fair and just, kind-hearted Wu Zixu and Bi Gan—these two universally acknowledged great people—what became of them? The outcome: one was chopped into minced meat, the other was sliced into meat sauce in Northern Europe. Good heavens, you cannot distinguish good from evil—what is heaven?! Earth, good and evil not distinguished—what is earth?!

Phoenix and mandarin duck, day by day they grow distant.

Swallows, sparrows, and crows, nesting in the halls and altars.

Dew, Shen, and Xinyi, the four forests are thin.

Fishy and foul together, fragrance cannot be thin!

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Master Qu said, there are things you clearly know are unfair yet can do nothing about! This is fate, it's timing! Fate cannot be changed, timing cannot be encountered!

Those phoenixes that fall among the lowly thickets of trees are mocked and jeered by sparrows, swallows, and crows—that's normal. When it's time for bad luck, you must accept it. No complaints, no complaints!

This is fate's arrangement!

Even the most beautiful flower, if it blooms among weeds, what meaning does its beauty have? All around are thorns; the more beautifully you bloom, the more ill-fated you become! Those thorns will pierce you to pieces, a sight too horrible to behold!

This Quyuan, really there's nothing to be done with him; I hear he still wants to compose the "Li Sao". What is Li Sao! It's just old sorrow! This poet, old sorrow, really lacks cultivation!

I am not a poet, and I have never experienced old sorrow. However, I really want to hear Quyuan's old sorrow, and……………………

(Heart tied to the disaster area, emotion tied to the disaster area: wish peace, courage, confidence, strength to accompany the people of the disaster area! To accompany!)