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my retreat at mount zhongnan
Wang Wei
Middle-aged ① is quite good (hao) ②, late at home ③ Nanshan ④ Υ.
it's better to be alone when you come and go, than to know yourself in vain.
I will walk till the water checks my path, then sit and watch the rising clouds.
accidental value ⑥ Lin ⑧, and talk and laugh and never return ⑨.
① Middle age: middle age.
② Dao: This refers to Buddhism.
③ home: settle down.
④ Nanshan: the Mount Zhongnan.
⑤ ⑤ (chuí): edge, side, border; Nanshanhuang refers to the location of Wangchuan Villa, which means the foot of Mount Zhongnan.
⑥ victory: a beautiful thing.
⑦ value: encountered.
á á (ǒ u): an old man.
⑨ No return period: there is no exact time to return.