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"The east is bright;
The court is crowded."
But it was not the east that was bright; --
It was the light of the moon coming forth.
"The insects are flying in buzzing crowds;
It would be sweet to lie by you and dream."
But the assembled officers will be going home; --
Let them not hate both me and you."
【Source】 The English translation text was taken from The Chinese Classics, vol. 4 by James Legge (1898) and checked against a reprinted edition by Wen Zhi Zhe chu pan she (Taiwan, 1971). Transliteration of Chinese names in the English translation were converted to