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· Buying Wine, Meeting a Kindred Spirit
A bleak winter wind whirls the white plum petals; shrill east and west. Blind with sleet and snow, an umbrella bumps into a fool for letters — and we talk of ancient books.
So the noble sons of Wuling ought to be — holding fast the , astonishing. Wine makes a kindred spirit; we lay our learning open, and grow wiser through gain and loss.
Glosses—
Buying wine (gū jiǔ): to purchase wine;
Sleet and snow (xiàn xuě): the larger grains of snow and the snowflakes;
Ancient books (fén jí): the classics of antiquity;
Noble sons of Wuling: youths of wealth and rank;
Holding fast: to hold within oneself (ambition, talent, and the like).
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