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To Tseng the Fortuneteller

by Yang Wan-Li

Yang Wanli

You've thrown away all your scholarly books;
now you read books on fortunetelling
and look at scholars with cold eyes,
Master Tseng, will you be my friend?
Together we'll get into a fishing boat
and sail off to the Five Lakes.




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