Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Emptiness (Chinese Philosophy)

 
Jin1 ye3 kong1, yin2 ye3 kong1,
        空,            空,
Gold is empty, silver also empty

 si3 hou4 he2 ceng2 zai4 shou3 zhong1.,
                              中。
No gold and silver in our hand after our death.

qi1 ye3 kong1, zi3 ye3 kong1,
        空,         空,   
The wife is empty, the child also empty,

huang2 quan2 lu4 shang4 bu4 xiang1 feng2. 
                                   逢。
We do not meet them on the way to heaven.

 tian2 ye3 kong1, di4 ye3 kong1,
       空,地    空,
The field is empty, land also empty, 

 huan4 guo4 dou1  shao3  zhu3 ren2 weng1.
                翁。
The owners of the field and land have been changed by times.

 ming2 ye3 kon1g, li4 ye3 kong1,
              空,利         空,
The reputation is empty, money also empty,

 zhuan3 yan3 huang1 Jiao1 tu3 yi1 feng1.
                               封。
 Both of them have gone by a blink after our burial.

 (from Chen Ming Xu 陳敏薰)


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