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顾太清·《醉桃源·题墨栀子团扇寄云姜》
花肥叶大两三枝，
香浮白玉巵。
轻罗团扇写冰姿，
何劳腻粉施。
新雨后，
好风吹，
闲阶月上时。
碧天如水影迟迟，
清芬晚更宜。
Zui Taoyuan:
Inscribed on a Fan with Ink-Sketched Gardenias, Sent to Yunjiang 1
Gu Taiqing
Blossoms plump, leaves big: two or three boughs.
Perfume drifts from a jade-white cup.2
A light, gauzy round fan limns icy raiments.
Why bother to put on powder and paint?
After fresh rains,
A fine breeze blows.
Idle stairs in the hour of moonrise.
Cobalt sky like water, shadows slowly furl.
Pure scent, even better in the dark.
1. Yunjiang was Gu’s closest friend.
2. Jade-white cup (yuzhi) describes the gardenia, names a flower nymph, and puns on “jade-white limbs” (yuzhi).
（David McCraw 译）
