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The tale of Genji

Note 26 — Chapter IX · AOI

Arthur Waley translation

Murasaki quotes the line in the form in which it occurs in Japanese MSS. of Po Chü-i’s poem. The Chinese editions have a slightly different text. Cf. Giles’s translation, History of Chinese Literature, p. 172.

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