"佌佌彼有屋，蔌蔌方有穀。 民今之無祿，天夭是椓。 哿矣富人，哀此惸獨。"
— Classic of Poetry

January 1, 1970

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Mean-like, those have their houses; Abjects, they will have their emoluments. But the people now have no maintenance. For Heaven is pounding them with its calamities, The rich may get through, But alas for the helpless and solitary! — trans. ‎James Legge