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Comprehensive Reflections to Aid in Governance By Sima Guang Translated By Yiming Yang   Annals of Han Book 22 Scroll 30 (continued) Yi People The 2nd year of Emperor Cheng’s Heping Era (27 B.C. continued) The King of Yelang, Xing (Moyaxie, indigenous Yi people), the King of Gouding, Yǔ, and the Marquis of Louwo, Yu, raised troops and attacked one another. The Prefect of Zangke requested…

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回忆组成风 欲望组成梦 一个古老的形容 凝视着镜中 怎么如风也如梦

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Recently, I've gotten into Chen Li's (陈粒）music. Her debut album, 如也, is a work of beauty, and she has an ethereal voice mixed with down to earth production. 《历历万象》 exemplifies that, with its thoughtful lyrics on life and its search for meaning.

歌词/Lyrics:

她住在七月的洪流上 --洪流（hong2liu2): a powerful current, a flood 天台倾倒理想一万丈 --万丈(wan4zhang4): ten thousand fathoms (lit.), bottomless 她午睡在北风仓皇途经的芦苇荡 --仓皇(cang1huang2): in a panic, flurried --途径(tu2jing1): to pass by, by way of --芦苇(lu2wei3): reed 她梦中的草原白茫茫 --白茫茫(bai2mang2mang2): a vast expanse of white 列车搭上悲欢去辗转 --辗转(zhan3zhuan3): to toss and turn, to indirectly, to wander 她遍尝了每个异乡限时赠送的糖 --限时(xian4shi2): limited time --赠送(zeng4song4): to present as a gift

如果我站在朝阳上 能否脱去昨日的惆怅 --朝阳（chao2yang2)/(zhao1yang2): to be exposed to the sun/morning sun --惆怅(chou2chang4): melancholy, depression 单薄语言能否传达我所有的牵挂 --单薄（dan1bo2): frail, weak --牵挂 (qian1gua4): to be worried about, to be concerned about 若有天我不复勇往 能否坚持走完这一场 踏遍万水千山总有一地故乡 --万水千山(wan4shui3qian1shan1): thousands of waters and mountains (lit), a long and difficult road

城市慷慨亮整夜光 --慷慨（kai1kang3): fervent, generous 如同少年不惧岁月长 她想要的不多只是和别人的不一样 烛光倒影为我添茶 相逢太短不等茶水凉 --相逢（xiang1feng2): to meet by chance, to come across 你扔下的习惯还顽强活在我身上 --顽强 (wan2qiang2): tenacious, hard to defeat

如果我站朝阳上 能否脱去昨日的惆怅 单薄语言能否传达我所有的牵挂 若有天我不复勇往 能否坚持走完这一场 踏遍万水千山总有一地故乡

她走在马蹄的余声中 --马蹄（ma3ti1): horseshoe 夕阳燃烧离别多少场 她向陌生人们解说陌生人的风光 等她归来坐下对我讲 故人旧时容颜未沧桑 我们仍旧想要当初想要的不一样

翻译/Translation:

She lives on July's flood; the rooftops topple ideals into the depths. She takes a nap on a reed washed away, with the north wind passing in a panic. The grasslands in her dreams are all in white; on the train, sadness and joy goes out to wander. She once tried every limited edition candy, given from foreign lands.

If I stand on the sunrise, is it possible to throw off yesterday's depression? Could frail words transmit all of my worries? If one day I don't courageously resume going forward, could I persist in this phase? Stepping through a long and winding road, there's always a home.

The city is generous with all their lights at night, as a child is not afraid of the long years. She doesn't want much; nothing like what other people do-- inversed candle light adds more tea for me. The meeting is too short to wait for a lot of tea; the habits you've dropped are hard to beat--they live on my body.

If I stand on the sunrise, is it possible to throw off yesterday's depression? Could frail words transmit all of my worries? If one day I don't courageously resume going forward, could I persist in this phase? Stepping through a long and winding road, there's always a home.

She walks on a horseshoe with extra sounds; sunset ignites, leaves several scenes behind. She explains to strangers the stranger's landscape, waiting for her to return, sit, and speak to me. In the olden days, the complexions of old friends didn't see many changes; yet what we wanted then is not like what we wanted now.

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