First Things RSS Feed - Min Chaobin (Translated from the Chinese by Min Chaobin and Wiley Clements) https://www.firstthings.com/author/min-chaobin-translated-from-the-chinese-by-min-chaobin-and-wiley-clements en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:52:56 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/min-chaobin-translated-from-the-chinese-by-min-chaobin-and-wiley-clements 60 Memory of the Li River https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/08/memory-of-the-li-river https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/08/memory-of-the-li-river Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Sand and gravel lie still on the bed of the river.
Peaks like spear-points pierce the clouds on either shore.
Fishing rafts and a passenger boat move through the stream,
surprising reflections awake as from a dream.

Whence come these mountain songs, this laughing talk?
Surely this is Heaven in the world of man.
Swiftly a fish eagle dives to the riverbed;
an egret softly sings, turning her head.

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