To Tseng, The Fortuneteller by Yang Wan-li

You’ve thrown away all your scholarly books;
now you read books on fortunetelling
and look at scholars with cold eyes.
Master Tseng, wil you be my friend?
Together we’ll get into a fishing boat
and sail off to the Five Lakes.

translated by Jonathan Chaves

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