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61 " This “me” of ten years before lay down amid the leaves and long grass and slept for two whole hours. During this time a few ants crawled up my leg, but even in my deep sleep my finger accurately flicked them off. I felt as if I had come to a shore, and the echoing shouts of an old man poling a bamboo raft seemed to reach my ears from far away. I awakened from my dream, and "
― Yu Hua , To Live
62 " the voice calling out was actually crisp and clear. After I turned around I saw an old man in one of the nearby fields patiently trying to coax an old ox into working. The ox, probably already exhausted from plowing the field, stubbornly lowered his head and refused to move. The bare-chested old man leaned on the plough behind his beast, seemingly frustrated by the ox’s attitude. I heard his bright voice say to the ox, “Oxen plough the fields, dogs watch over the house, monks beg for alms, chickens call at the break of day and women do the weaving. Have you ever heard of an ox that didn’t plough the land? This is a truth that has been with us since ancient times. Come on, let’s go.” The "
63 " weary old ox, after hearing the old man’s lesson, raised his head as if admitting his mistake. Pulling the plow, he began to move forward. I noticed the old man’s back was just as black as the ox’s. Even though the pair had already entered the twilight of their lives, they still managed to noisily plough the rugged land, the earth breaking up like a wave crashing on the shore. Afterward I heard the old man’s hoarse yet moving voice sing an old folk song. First he sang a long introductory melody, then came two lines of verse: "
64 " The emperor beckons me; he wants me to marry his daughter. The road to the capital is long and distant; I don’t want her. "
65 " Unequal lives give rise to unequal dreams. "
― Yu Hua , China in Ten Words
66 " That is the real tragedy: poverty and hunger arenot as shocking as willful indifference to them. "
67 " أنا لا أخاف الموت، لا أخشاه إطلافاً، وخوفي يكمن في عدم رؤيتك مرة أخرى "
― Yu Hua , The Seventh Day
68 " لم يتغير اسم المكان ولكن تغيرت سائر الأشياء الأخرى "
69 " مادامت أسرتنا تقيم معاً، لا يهم أين تكون أرض الراحة الأبدية "
70 " L'ho vista questa Gui Hua. Ha un sedere troppo grosso. Ti piacciono le chiappone, Gen Long?" chiese Xu Sanguan.Gen Long si mise a ridere e toccò ad A Fang parlare: "la donna col sedere grosso va bene. Stesa sul letto sembra una barca, è molto stabile. "
― Yu Hua , Chronicle of a Blood Merchant