Gil Jae 吉再
early 15th century · Goryeo and Joseon Korea
In a thatched house by the stream I live alone, at ease. The moon is white, the wind is clear, and there is joy to spare. No visitors come; only the mountain birds talk. I move my couch to the bamboo bank and lie there reading.
臨溪茅屋獨閑居 月白風淸興有餘
外客不來山鳥語 移床竹塢臥看書Yaeun jip, "Setting Down My Mind"
In the same thread
Kamo no Chomei 鴨長明
1212 · Kamakura Japan · In his hut in the hills, after living through a great fire, a whirlwind, a famine and an earthquake
Only this temporary hut is peaceful and free of fear. Small as it is, there is a bed to lie on at night and a seat to sit on by day. It lacks nothing as a shelter for one body.
たゞかりの庵のみ、のどけくしておそれなし。ほどせばしといへども、夜臥す床あり、ひる居る座あり。一身をやどすに不足なし。Hojoki (An Account of My Hut)
Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫
c. 824 · Tang China · Said to have been written while demoted to the provinces
A mountain need not be high: with an immortal on it, it has a name. Water need not be deep: with a dragon in it, it has power. This is a humble room, but my virtue makes it fragrant.
山不在高，有仙則名。水不在深，有龍則靈。斯是陋室，惟吾德馨。"Inscription on a Humble Room"
Su Shi 蘇軾
c. 1071 · Song China · Teasing his tall younger brother Su Zhe, then a schoolmaster in Chenzhou (Wanqiu)
The teacher of Wanqiu is as tall as a hill; the school of Wanqiu is as small as a boat. He bends his head all day reciting classics and histories, and when he suddenly yawns and stretches, the roof hits his head.
宛丘先生長如丘，宛丘學舍小如舟。
常時低頭誦經史，忽然欠伸屋打頭。"Teasing Ziyou"
Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero
46 BC · Roman Republic
If you have a garden in your library, nothing will be lacking.
si hortum in bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil.Letters to Friends 9.4, to Varro
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