Prose · LT506

Informal Essays

Intimate, witty vignettes capturing the charm of daily aesthetics and memory.

5works

2dynasties

3authors

Ming

4 works

1368–1644

  1. Record of the Xiangji StudioGui YouguangIn the courtyard there is a loquat tree that my wife planted with her own hands in the year she died. Now it stands tall and spreads like a canopy.
  2. Watching Snow at the Mid-Lake PavilionZhang DaiMist and frost coalesced into boundless haze; sky, clouds, hills, and waters were pure white above and below.
  3. West Lake on the Fifteenth of the Seventh MonthZhang DaiOn West Lake at the mid-month of the seventh month there is nothing at all to see; one can only look at the people of the seventh-month festival.
  4. Liu Jingting the StorytellerZhang DaiWhen Wu Song reached the inn to buy wine and found no one there, he gave a sudden roar, and all the empty vats and jars in the inn hummed and rang.