1000 Character Essay formally processed, rider
http://www.alansondheim.org/1000.jpg
http://www.alansondheim.org/rider.mp3 (song w chromatic)
Around 2003, Ellen Zweig and I translated almost all the 1000
Character Essay; that translation was the first post I made
under the new management of Cybermind. I copied the post,
applied the process of elimination to avoid duplicates (there
are no duplicates in the original); here are the results, a
new composition in itself :
(!) (a) child pine(s) reflection
son (child) (an) orchid(s) (and
pure) (and) humble polish rules
stop village west (are caused by)
(conceal) (connector / alone)
(giving birth to) (in the) end
summer (is) brief long normal
trouble (justice) (of) appearance
(ceremony) evil sorrow, sadness
study (on silk) (one is) thinking
(one's) back fame (quantity)
measure-word (the place) (the) Luo
(river) chant depths (abyss)
external (foreign) husband mother
river rolls wife (vegetation)
(with) quiet, peaceful (your)
heart (mind) 4-stringed instrument
Wei a desolate wasteland myriad
(10,000) still above accept
according to (seize) adore
agreeing all ancient laws and bow
change far injures low valley
wonderful apple are valuable vast
as well ascend (to) ascend,
galloping, at court attain
attainment bamboo pitches
barbarians beautiful beautiful,
beauty becomes one tenth becoming
beginning beginnings below
benevolence bequeath bind black
blessings (fortune) branches by
means of called capitals carefully
chants (calls upon) characters
chastity circling city clear
(transparent) clouds cold colt
comes compared compassion console
contain (form) covering covers
create cries cut deception
deliberate destroys determination
devotion dew diction (classical
rhetoric) directions (square)
disaster (catastrophe) divide
doubting dragon dwell earth east
elder brother emanates out
emulated (compete with) enter
internal) evades expel face (meet,
confront) faith father's older
sister younger feathers filial
piety fishscales fit five
flattering floating flourish flows
follow follows (rules) forms four
fragrance fresh friends from Kun
mountain frost furiously named
gate gate-tower genius ginger give
gives go goes gold good government
grass weeds grazes great greatly
guard happiness harmonious harmony
has heaven hidden in hold honesty
honorable humanity if imitate
addition autumn disintegration
leisure winter increase
instructions integrity intention
intercalary timing is built
precious issues it's dusk jade
join kind know learn (review
lessons) life lightly like line up
lines linking (joining) loss money
love make makes (creates) making
many measurement years men mind
minister model moves music (play
music) mustard nature near neglect
never not (un) nothing obey
ability children darkness desire
each other foundation fruit shape
the guest official (service) open
order outstanding particularly
pass on passion pear please
pleasing plum poetry precepts
predicted proclaim proper
(upright) properly prosper
prospers prostrate prudent public
query question or problem rain
raise ration reality rectification
reliance respect restraint,
conquering returning rites robes <
clothing salted say sending
separation serves (accepts)
setbacks sheep (sheep) shift
position should sincerity,
fidelity skirts sky small (lamb)
speak stands steer stopping
(ceaselessly) strictly
(accurately) strike down suffer
summit survive take (create) talk
tang teaching (business) affairs
accumulation army boundary capital
cause certainty ch'in
constellations cosmos country deep
double-edged dagger emperor empty
fire guilty harvesting heat
hiding, concealing hosts huge idea
ink leaders leftover residue light
moon fills name origin pearl
people person phoenix praise
rearing rivers royal sage sea
sections sun throne tool (utensil)
treasure truth way weary white
wicked wild then there this tied
lined-up trade trust trying case
two uniforms, wearing unyielding
vegetables view, scenery virtuous
warm water what passes wisdom with
full women work writing yao yield
yourself negative (un- ) so lu (to
Mong (mountain) father (parallels)
self (self-reliance) (just so) be)
7 9 morning think very much \ same
as) depends (is sets yellow ::
black, rank (of office) power
others) Jing (Sheu river) chamber
hall (public room) supreme ruler
1/3 meter (scale, ruler) test
scalding yin (shadow, moon, sexual
organs, feminine, secret) tread
(put shoes) 1/30 (measurement,
small) (as) (ch'i, spirit) printed
(sadness stains dawn (early
morning) bi-jade (circular disk
hole) measure word, they spread be
covered (protect your faith)
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