December 28, 2010

Tao Yuan-ming



The mountain air sparkles as the sun sets
Birds in flocks return together.
In these things there is a fundamental truth,
But when I start to explain it, I lose the words.

Tao Yuan-ming (365-427)

山气日夕佳
飞鸟相与还
此中有真意
欲辨已忘言

陶淵明

shan(1) qi(4) ri(4) xi(1) jia(1)
fei(1) niao(3) xiang(1) yu(3) huan(2)
ci(3) zhong(1) you(3) zhen(1) yi(4)
yu(4) bian(4) yi(3) wang(4) yan(2)

December 6, 2010

天上大風


High in the sky, a great wind. Brushed by Ryokan for a village child who asked him to christen his new kite. Planted in rice fields in Tsubame, Japan, near Ryokan's birthplace.

http://www.city.tsubame.niigata.jp/guide/industrial/tamboart/