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[bafooz]

天下女子有情，寧有如杜麗娘者乎！夢其人即病，病即彌連，至手畫形容，傳於世而後死。死三年矣，復能溟溟莫中其所夢者而生。如麗娘者，乃可謂之有情人耳。情不知所起，一往而深。生而不可與死，死可以生。生而不可與死，死而不可復生者，皆非情之至也。夢中之情，何必非真？天下豈少夢中之人耶？必因落枕而成親，待挂冠而為密者，皆形骸之論也。 (湯顯祖，牡丹亭的序言

Comments

[jencallisto]

Beautiful! You really have a knack for flowing translation.

[bafooz]

Cyril Birch I am not, and sadly I don't get all the grammar in that passage - I really wish I could do a real class on wenyan, maybe one on one. :( I'm thinking of trying to spend the summer after my research year at IUP or ICLP, just doing one or two one on ones - I don't know if IUP even does that? ICLP will if you request it.