"The fire in my heart is turned to ashes. I feel like a monk; Only my head is still unshaven.O poor heart! How wind and rain have worn you out! How the partings from friends, dead and alive, Have torn you to pieces!This orphan-like candlestick Appears like an old friend to me.There remains one thing alone That keeps me from a complete Awakening:— Love still smoulders in the ashes of my heart!"
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"Nocturnal Thoughts in a Temple" (trans. Teresa Li), as quoted in Chinese Literature: A Historical Introduction (1961) by Ch'en Shou-Yi, p. 553
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Nalan Xingde
Nalan Xingde (January 19, 1655 – July 1, 1685) was a Qing dynasty Manchu poet.
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