顾太清（1799-约1876），清朝女词人。名春，字子春，号太清。满族。精于词学，尤重周邦彦、姜夔之作致力于咏物、题画。与纳兰性德（即成容若）齐名，有“满洲词人，男中成容若，女中太清春”之称。也工于诗。有《东海渔歌》《天游阁集》等。

顾太清·《惜分钗·看童子抖空中》

春将至，

晴天气，

消闲坐看儿童戏。

借天风，

鼓其中，

结彩为绳，

截竹为筒。

空！空！

人间事，

观愚智，

大都制器存深意。

理无穷，

事无终，

实则能鸣，

虚则能容。

冲！冲！

Xi fen chai:

Watching the Children Play with a Kongzhong1 Barrel-Twirl

Gu Taiqing

Spring’s nearly here.

Sunny-sky weather…

Sitting idly by, I watch the children at play.

Borrowing high winds.

To drum up inside . . .

Knotting colored yarn as string.

Sawing up bamboo for the barrel.

Kong Kong.

Here in humans’ realm.

Observe fool and sage.

Nearly all make vessels to contain a deep intent.

Nature’s laws endless.

Matters without cease.

What’s full can make sound.

What’s empty can receive.

Chong Chong.2

1. The kongzhong is a child’s noise-making toy of hollow bamboo manipulated by a string. The instrument’s name suggests the void (kong), a notion on which Gu plays here in Daoistic mode.

2. The word chong used here invokes chapter 5 of the Dao De Jing, which may be an onomatopoeia, but its lexical meanings include “a whirling sound; a dashing movement through air; limpid/placid.”

（David McCraw 译）

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