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To open the window and let a wasp out of the room. Ah, is this not happiness? - Jin Shengtan
" "To open the window and let a wasp out of the room. Ah, is this not happiness?
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About Jin Shengtan
Jin Shengtan (simplified Chinese: 金圣叹; traditional Chinese: 金聖歎; Wade–Giles: Chin Shêng-t'an) (1610?－7 August 1661), former name Jin Renrui (金人瑞), also known as Jin Kui (金喟), was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been called the champion of Vernacular Chinese literature.
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Alternative Names:
Jin Renrui
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Guanhuazhuren
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Kui
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Shenyinlou
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Shengtan
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Guanhuatang
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Kucai
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Wei
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Ruocai
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Jin Zhangcai
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Changjingtang
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Jinkui
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As I write, a bee flies into my window and an ant crawls along the balcony. The ant and the bee are enjoying their present temporary life even as I am enjoying my temporary existence. When I become an "ancient one," so too will the ant and the bee become an "ancient bee" and an "ancient ant." What mystery and what joy that I should be living today at this hour by this place before this window with pen, inkstone, and paper spread before me, while my mind thinks and my hand writes in the company of the present bee and the present ant!
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