"It is said that when the host is worthy, the guests become innumerable. Yu-tsun must consider you a worthy host. You ought to feel flattered." "Enough," Pao-yu said impatiently. "I do not pretend to be worthy and I don't care to associate with such worthy people as he." "Still the same Pao-yu," River Mist commented. "I should think you would be interested in the Examinations now that you are older and are ambitious to get a degree. Failing that, you ought to associate with officials, so as to learn something of the official world and acquire some friends to help you in the future. You will get nowhere if you spend your life among us."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Academics from the United StatesTranslators from ChinaColumbia University alumniTranslators from the United StatesColumbia University faculty
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
p. 158
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wang_Chi-chen
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Wang Chi-chen
1899 – 2001
Chi-chen Wang (王際真 Wang Jizhen) (1899 – 2001) was a Chinese-born American literary scholar and translator. He taught as a professor at Columbia University from 1929 until his retirement in 1965. He was known for his translations of traditional and modern Chinese literature, especially his two adapted translations of Dream of the Red Chamber in 1929 and 1958.
23 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Wang Chi-chen →
Related Quotes
"When the unreal is taken for the real, then the real becomes unreal; Where non-existence is taken for existence, then…"
"[Black Jade], I never dared to speak the secrets of my heart to you. I'll be bold today and I care not if I die as a …"
"[Shih-yin] was walking one day on the street, leaning on a cane, when he saw a lame Taoist in hemp sandals and tatter…"
"Tonight a pair of cooing doves under red bridal curtains, Tomorrow a heap of bleached bones like those of yesteryear.…"
"Careful as we may be with our sons, We cannot be certain they will not turn bandits and thieves. We would all bring u…"
"What bustle and confusion, as one set of actors exits and another enters, Each taking the illusory for the real."
"[Pao-yu] says the strangest things for a mere child—for instance, that girls are made of water while men are made of …"
"[T]here suddenly appeared on the scene Precious Virtue. Though only a trifle older than Black Jade, she showed a tact…"
"Enduring as heaven and earth—no love however ancient can ever die; Timeless as light and shadow—no debt of breeze and…"
"Pages full of unlikely words, Handfuls of hot, bitter tears. They call the author a silly fool, For they know not wha…"