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33. ON THE DEATH OF THE GOOD BREWER OF
HSUAN-CHENG
So, old man, you're down where the yellow waters flow.
Well, I imagine you are still brewing the "Old Springtime."
But since there's no Li Po on the Terrace of Night,
To what sort of people do you sell your wine?
Well, I imagine you are still brewing the "Old Springtime."
But since there's no Li Po on the Terrace of Night,
To what sort of people do you sell your wine?
A Chinese tradition has it that in Hades there is a spring, whose water is yellow. "The Yellow Spring" in Chinese has long become a proper name, referring to the world beyond.
"Terrace of Night" is another Chinese phrase for the land of the dead.
"The Old Springtime," a brand of rice wine. The Tang people named their rice wine frequently after the season of spring. Tu Fu mentions a "Rice Spring."
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