"原来姹紫嫣红开遍，似这般都付与断井颓垣。良辰美景奈何天，赏心乐事谁家院。"
— The Peony Pavilion

January 1, 1970

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Variant translations: — The flowers glitter brightly in the air, Around the wells and walls deserted here and there. Where is the "pleasant day and pretty sight"? Who can enjoy "contentment and delight"? — trans. Wang Rongpei — What a riot of brilliant purple and tender crimson, Among the ruined wells and crumbling walls. What an enchanting sight on this fine morning, But who is there that takes delight in the spring? — trans. Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang, in A Dream of Red Mansions, Vol. 2 (Fore