A MING DYNASTY INCENSE BURNER 宣德香爐


	Spring 2007

CONTENTS

	SEPARATION AND INTEGRATION : TOWARDS A COMMUNION OF CHINESE MINDS AND HEARTS 離心與向心：眾圓同心 By YU Kwang-chung 余光中

	FIRST SNOW OF A RIVER TRIP 江行初雪 By LI Yue 李渝 Translated by Yingtsih HWANG 黃瑛姿

	NOT A DREAM 不是一夢 By Ai Ya 愛亞 Translated by David van der Peet 范德培

	BEST OF BOTH WORLDS : WISTERIA TEA HOUSE AND STARBUCKS 在紫藤廬與Starbucks 之間 By LUNG Yingtai 龍應台 Translated by Darryl STERK 石岱崙

	THE ORCHID CACTUS LOOKS OUT AT THE SEA 曇花看海 By CHEN Yu-hong 陳育虹 Translated by Karen Steffen CHUNG 史嘉琳

	I TOLD YOU BEFORE 我告訴過你 By CHEN Yu-hong 陳育虹 Translated by Karen Steffen CHUNG 史嘉琳

	RAMBLIN’ ROSE 流浪玫瑰 By Du Yeh 渡也 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	A MING DYNASTY INCENSE BURNER 宣德香爐 By Du Yeh 渡也 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	SELLING OFF THE LAND OF DREAMS 變賣夢土 By Chan Cher 詹澈 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	SHORT ACQUAINTANCE ; LONG MEMORIES — A RETROSPECTIVE ON CHEN CHI-MAO 「版畫史」誕生在最後的「裝置」裡—— 陳其茂紀念集序 By SHAIH Lifa 謝里法 Translated by TING Chen-wan 丁貞婉

	PASTORAL SONGS ; POETICAL SENTIMENTS— CHEN CHI-MAO’S CREATIVE ART 牧歌‧詩情——試論陳其茂的藝術創作 By CHEN Shuh-sheng 陳樹升 Translated by TING Chen-wan 丁貞婉

	NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動 Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧

	NOTES ON AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS 作者與譯者簡介

	APPENDIX : CHINESE ORIGINALS 附錄：中文原著

	THE MONKEYS IN THE WOODEN HOUSE 木屋裡的猴子, woodcut, 79 × 79 cm, 1975 ............................COVER

	A GIRL SLEEPING ON THE RED WALL 石牆上的睡女, woodcut, 53 × 32 cm, 1985.................BACK COVER By CHEN Chi-Mao 陳其茂

Du Yeh 渡也

A MING DYNASTY INCENSE BURNER
宣德香爐*

Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

I have been handed down for over five hundred years
To meet with you by chance

By way of inquiring, you tap me lightly
I answer
With a clear crisp ancient voice
You listen with your life, after over five hundred years
My voice is still unchanged

Of metal I am made
My will is as steeled as ever

The Ming dynasty was not bright, the Qing not clear
Everything in the world is false

I am the only
Truth
In the curio cabinet alone facing the ever-changing
Universe

Afflicted for over five hundred years
The burner is empty now
But where is that fragrance from, you ask
Actually, five hundred years of age is itself fragrant
A bronze patina is fragrant too
But the boundless void inside the burner
Is most fragrant of all

*	From Du Yeh’s 渡也Liu-lang mei-kuei 《流浪玫瑰》[Ramblin’ rose], Taipei: Elite Publishing, 1999.