Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.
In a Jade CupArthur Waley, trans.
From “Chinese Poems”
Ch’en Tzu-ang—Seventh Century
Ch’en Tzu-ang—Seventh Century
B
But in Philosophy they are like little children.
Bragging to each other of successful depredations,
They forget to consider the ultimate fate of the body.
What should they know of the Master of Dark Truth
Who saw the wide world in a jade cup,
By illumined conception got clear of Heaven and Earth,
On the chariot of Mutation entered the Gate of Immutability?