The sun is setting and the evening clouds
are more colorful than ever. The year
is about to end and the oranges and
tangerines are all the more fragrant.
Thus noble persons in their old age
should all the more enliven their spirits
a hundredfold.


Vegetable Roots Discourse: Wisdom from Ming China on Life and Living - Caicentan by Hong Zicheng (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006), Translated by Robert Aitken with Daniel W. Y. Kwok, p. 91

Hong Zicheng Quotes

The sun is setting and the evening clouds are more colorful than ever. The year is about to end and the oranges and tangerines are all the more...

The sun is setting and the evening clouds are more colorful than ever. The year is about to end and the oranges and tangerines are all the more...

The sun is setting and the evening clouds are more colorful than ever. The year is about to end and the oranges and tangerines are all the more...

The sun is setting and the evening clouds are more colorful than ever. The year is about to end and the oranges and tangerines are all the more...