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jen m's avatar

I had a feeling that you/the ancients would have some fitting words for today. Thank you.

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Brendan O'Kane's avatar

No shortage of dynastic collapse-related literature out there, which is…I guess one thing to be grateful for?

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jen m's avatar

if nothing else I got a good chuckle out of this.

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Leanne Ogasawara's avatar

Beautiful translation ❤️ as always.

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Brendan O'Kane's avatar

Thanks, Leanne — glad you liked it!

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Meredith Lewis's avatar

Beautiful. And timely.

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Jim Gourley's avatar

Love this, Brendan. Timely and forever true.

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Andrew Leonard's avatar

Classical Chinese poetry is always useful for contemplation of fallen civilizations! Thank you!

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Jordan Schneider's avatar

Brendan can I rerun this on ChinaTalk?

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Brendan O'Kane's avatar

By all means!

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