“For ten years I never left my books;
I went up … and won unmerited praise.
My high place I do not much prize;
The joy of my parents will first make me proud.”
"After Passing the Examination" (A.D. 800)
Arthur Waley's translations
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Bai Juyi 12
Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty 772–846Related quotes

As quoted in "Clemente, 32, Pays Tribute to Parents" by Les Biederman, in The Sporting News (September 3, 1966), p. 12
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