Show This to the Three Officials: Zhou Xuzhi, Zu Qi and Xie Jingyi
示 周 续 之 祖 企 谢 景 夷 三 郎
负 疴 颓 檐 下
终 日 无 一 欣。
药 石 有 时 闲
念 我 意 中 人。
相 去 不 寻 常
道 路 邈 何 因。
周 生 述 孔 业
祖 谢 响 然 臻。
道 丧 向 千 载
今 朝 复 斯 闻。
马 队 非 讲 肆
校 书 亦 已 勤。
老 夫 有 所 爱
思 与 尔 为 邻。
愿 言 诲 诸 子
从 我 颖 水 滨。
Shi Zhou Xu Zhi Zu Qi Xie Jing Yi San Lang
Fu ke tui yan xia
Zhong ri wu yi xin.
Yao shi you shi xian
Nian wo yi zhong ren.
Xiang qu bu xun chang
Dao lu miao he yin.
Zhou sheng shu kong ye
Zu xie xiang ran zhen.
Dao sang xiang qian zai
Jin zhao fu si wen.
Ma dui fei jiang si
Jiao shu yi yi qin.
Lao fu you suo ai
Si yu er wei lin.
Yuan yan hui zhu zi
Cong wo ying shui bin.
Show This to the Three Officials: Zhou Xuzhi, Zu Qi and Xie Jingyi
Suffering illness, underneath collapsing eaves
All day long without one joy.
Medicines and hot stone treatments stop for a period of rest
Thinking of my friends who are not here.
Actually the distance between us is not that much
Yet it feels as if they we are very remote.
Mr. Zhou’s life talking about his studies of Kongzi
Misters Zu and Xie also have attained and enjoyed these things.
Ru Dao has been slowly dying for a thousand years
Today we can hear these stories again.
You being near the stables, not a good place to talk
Copying and editing books a lot of hard work.
This old man also loves this kind of work
Think often of you becoming my neighbors.
I wish to teach numerous people
So they can join me at the water’s edge with Xu You.
Notes:
Kongzi: Confucius
Ru Dao: Confucianism and Daoism
Xu You: A man who wouldn’t listen to the palace messengers. They wanted him to come out of seclusion to work for the emperor. He basically told them to get lost, and then went back to his fishing.