Cao Zhi: Poem in seven steps

Translated by John Bjarne Grover

Cao Zhi: Poem in seven steps

Cook vessel round, burn vessel square:
The vessel is old China's tear.
The true root is the living root.
It seems you cook on higher foot?





Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quatrain_of_Seven_Steps

Translated on 22/12-2017

© John Bjarne Grover
On the web 22 december 2017