"The Hung Lou Mêng", p. 368
A History of Chinese Literature (1901)
“Let others laugh flower-burial to see:
Another year who will be burying me?”
—
Cao Xueqin
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Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber (c. 1760)
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侬今葬花人笑痴，他年葬侬知是谁？
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