{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/mtc/mtc24.htm","path":"cfu/mtc/mtc24.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/mtc/mtc24.htm","text":"More Translations from the Chinese, by Arthur Waley, [1919]\nI have got patronage, but am too lazy to use it;\n I have got land, but am too lazy to farm it.\n My house leaks; I am too lazy to mend it.\n My clothes are torn; I am too lazy to darn them.\n I have got wine, but am too lazy to drink;\n So it's just the same as if my cellar were empty.\n I have got a harp, but am too lazy to play;\n So it's just the same as if it had no strings.\n My wife tells me there is no more bread in the house;\n I want to bake, but am too lazy to grind.\n My friends and relatives write me long letters;\n I should like to read them, but they're such a bother to open.\n I have always been told that Chi Shu-yeh\u00a01\n Passed his whole life in absolute idleness.\n But he played the harp and sometimes transmuted metals,\n So even he was not so lazy as I.\n51:1 Also known as Chi K\u2018ang. A famous Quietist.","title":"More Translations from the Chinese: Po Ch\u00fc-i: Lazy M...","type":"page"}