When Fortune Fails, Don't Talk Of Nobility
Another cryptic poem
When Fortune Fails, Don't Talk Of Nobility
We’re back to more mysterious poetry right now. The subject of this poem has not actually been born yet in the novel. We’ll meet her later on – though you should know that this character is pretty underdeveloped in the first 80 chapters of Dream of the Red Chamber (the part we know for certain was authored by Cao Xueqin), and is quite controversial as a result.
My Translation
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