Live in Your Own Way A Talk about Life Given by a Dance Master Chen Qiao If a person is Not envied by people That is to say he is Not so wonderful She is said to be proud Which may not be a bad utterance Only successful people Can be worthy of the name of arrogance Please live in your own way, Never mind what others say (丁后银 译)
Home Like a convenience store Home is open twenty-four hours a day Though it is Not very charming anyway Like a convenience store Home is open twenty-four hours a day Though the variety is Not complete enough anyway Always there is a lamp shining Even at three in the morning (丁后银 译)
The Poetic Sentiment of the Moon You say that a curvy moon Is like a boat above Floating and sinking In love You say that the crescent moon Is like a bow The arrow Cupid shoots is at the zenith And he gets the know-how What about the full moon? The full moon implies a honeymoon (丁后银 译)
An Overseas Anecdote It is said That there is an ancient temple On the other side of the mountain Which was built by the ancient people It is said That there is an old harelipped monk On the other side of the ocean His life is that of a drunk Reading the Scriptures makes people glad But the monk who has this becomes bad (丁后银 译)
My Shadow If he was carrying an umbrella For a girl slim Why should I wait In the heavy rain for him Again he would say You are kind But I wouldn’t say I don’t mind I would squat down, stroke my shadow and say Shadow you have been wronged by such a long delay (丁后银 译)
The Misunderstanding of Body and SoulA Portrait of an Old Friend In the severe winter, he Was great To accept The ravaged fate In the snow, he Trekked And went through Countless hardships In his life wrecked After his body crossed the icy river he saw His soul was left on the original shore (丁后银 译)
Out of Luck It is often said That you can’t suck Cold water that may clog your teeth If you have bad luck, Think about Who is the loser What's worse is The cold water The water is stuck between the teeth How unlucky it is underneath (丁后银 译)
My Smile My smile Doesn’t Mean I was happy At that moment My smileDoesn’t Show I was satisfied At that moment A smile is just a kind of politeness And has nothing to do with identification and happiness (丁后银 译)
Ugly Behaviors Perhaps he is Pretending To be serious And upright with his fussing Perhaps he is Pretending To be courteous And intimate with his spy ring These evils are what a nobody needs Before he becomes a man of great deeds (丁后银 译)
A Scholar Since you are a scholar You should be A man of character And a bit of responsibility Since you are a scholar You should be A man of tender sensibilities And some chivalry A scholar should be welcome Otherwise, he is no better than a bum (丁后银 译)