Reading the Poetry Collection of Lü Fang-ch'ing

Just one hundred poems in this little book —
but in poetry, quantity is not quality.
Halfway through life, you still live in respectable poverty,
but at least you can work at your five-word lines.
The blandness of your style hides inner richness;
in the level places: suddenly, towering peaks!
Late at night, reading these by lamplight
a man drives off the demon of sleep.
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Chang Y├╝
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