Living under a thatch roof, never wearing fragrant silk,
She longs to arrange a marriage, but how could she dare ?
Who would know her simple face the loveliest of them all
When we choose for worldliness, not for worth ?
Her fingers embroider beyond compare,
But she cannot vie with painted brows;
And year after year she has sewn gold thread
On bridal robes for other girls.
绝顶一茅茨，直上三十里。
扣关无僮仆，窥室唯案几。
若非巾柴车，应是钓秋水。
差池不相见，黾勉空仰止。
草色新雨中，松声晚窗里。
及兹契幽绝，自足荡心耳。
虽无宾主意，颇得清净理。
兴尽方下山，何必待之子。
As a leading figure of the Wang Wei-Liu Changqing pastoral tradition, Qiu Wei excelled in depicting scholarly reclusion and spiritual communion with nature. This masterpiece transforms a "failed visit" into a profound encounter with the essence of hermitic ideals, revealing deeper truths through absence rather than presence.
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