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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den

Found this very interesting poem written by Zhao Yuan Ren, a great Chinese linguist who could speak fluent German, French and Japanese. This poem is written in the form of Classical Chinese, or 文言文. Try reading it, you will find one surprising (hmm not really actually) , but obvious pattern in the poem. Here it goes:

《施氏食狮史》赵元任著
石室诗士施氏, 嗜狮, 誓食十狮。
氏时时适市视狮。
十时, 适十狮适市。
是时, 适施氏适市。
氏视是十狮, 恃矢势, 使是十狮逝世。
氏拾是十狮尸, 适石室。
石室湿, 氏使侍拭石室。
石室拭, 氏始试食是十狮。
食时, 始识是十狮, 实十石狮尸。
试释是事。

posted by JE @ 16:49

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