‘The Moon over the Mountain 1 Zheng of Longs was avery tened and learned young tran whine ear ofthe Tana rs (755), pase he galling examinaon ro Besme a goveranen of Sica He ws pein hare of constablacy and muary ais in he nea south of the lower reaches of che Yang Rie: Bae strong-willed ‘nd el-nfident, Li Zheng eld noe et conten with hi eats 8 ‘low-ctnking oficial He soon resigned his ofc, rein to is aie Gaol where cro al contr with anyone outade teem and vod hitfe owrsing poe. Hlepeferedo lene name a2 poe ‘hac might ata honded yeas feria dato servi asa mir of Fal who had contin bend he es bears vulgar eperios. But lear fume, fond, wat naa aye aad ay by ay hip sonal sation became more preanous, Gradually he re ile Hisficerookonahash erayandhisbody grew emaciated Hise ada strange gts, There wasn rc ofthe hand rony checked youth who had passed the rigorous oficial examination. ‘Aer a few yeas unable tober is poverty, Li Zheng bee bit Principles in ander o provide fod and thing for hin wie and cil Are an el pin or he et where he cep emplyment 204lec cil He did dis in par 10, Beate ea al but despaired cof suceding aa pot By thi time is former clasts ba long since climbed thigh poston, nd Li Zheng alse ws ere 1y wounded by having sake order rm men he had eral dll when he himself had beso promising melancholy overtook him, Ind he pew ncesingly unable suppres halal goin ‘Afra year under thee cecumarnces Ll Zheng st ou n of ciallusies and ain taken lodging on the banks of rive eats ‘went mad. Lae one night he ote rms bis bed wih an wocany look ‘this face and aed ou of ee inn sbowing unig gibi tse plunged ito he dre Hleneer een nord searches of ‘the eat mnie ad mgr or any du this whereabouts No ‘ove new wha ad become of Li Zheng, “Th lowing yet the isperal spect Yuan Can of Ces ctv an imperial commande travel Lingnan. Along che we Stopped at Shangys Before dawn the next das he was preparing © fe out dhe man in charge of he fic lodgings wored im about ‘Tracing tiger onthe oad ahead, One oa proceed wich ae ‘lin broad ilgh Since ws stl 0 eth could be peeerable ‘wat unde bres of day esi. Yoon Ca, howe, rsig in ‘herize of hisrevoue, ignored this adie and st ot. ‘By wha ike remained of the moonlight, hey made dhs way roupla easy tena oes when suddenly ero adhike eat tiger Te ge appeated sendy co aac Yaun Can when i abrupey turned around and esveated A harman oie coal now be ea tom. ‘he thicket, materng over nd over" That wae ery nes hing” Tyas a yice that Yaan Can had ear bee, the mie of his shock an fee remembered whove wee was. "Wiy 5 mp ld Bien, Maser Ls Zheng” be ced out. Yaan Can had passed the ‘Mica examinations in these yar ae Li Zeng and fad been one ‘fis ery fe cle fends,pechaps becsae Yoan Cais warts and tone pessoal ad nes che wide Li Zhen’ more ewer reise hee was espnse rome thicke—us occasional fae sound apf acmeone weeping. fer ane afow voice epi, “Indeed, Taps Li Zheng of Loni? “Yuan Can forgot ll ar an, dipnouatng fom his hose ap proach the hickt withing eo gears ld end whom ead not ‘net for so many years Bot why woul Li Zheng et emerge and show mse he ald Li Zheng voice anemered thar he was no longe in numa for How ol he shamelendy expose his in is degrada thon ois oi end? Fried is ind woul suey el moshing ‘bur fear and lating Sei having encounered Yuan Can by chance ke ei he cul alee ger hie shame, the joy of eng him, "Coal you somehow oerok my hideous sate and alk wih efor x while your formes ind Li Zheng?” ‘Although it seme od when beater sce chs moment, Yan (Canes ableroacep the ft of his supernatural wonder very cal ichou doube He ordered is soborinae to sop the mounted pay, tnd he wood by the eicker,coneriag With che vie ofthe pron ‘nace. The sip ofthe apa ncusof od aequsincanees, Yaa Ca ‘nen poston, and Li Zheng words of eongranron om tae Speaking of al these things the fia manner of men who have Town each ther fo hes youh, Yuan Can aed Ls Zheng how be bad cme oh prevent stat his ia whae the wie sd “ya alin abou year ago when Topped fr she night a smi onthe banks ofthe Ru Rive lope ft 2 wl, then alealy Irakened thet myname being le. Lene outdoor the dark bet device repented lig ome. ound myself runing in pur ‘hic ofthe vice Farouly an nd asthe road entered 2 moun ‘rod an bef ong, fund melt gaping heer wth bls and Tra fan unacountable see of power lig my Body 1 Test igh over socks aod ha Far was epi o spout Cn my has an ows, Aer daybreak, looked io 2 ter 06 ‘ny wfecion and discovered that Thad become eer! Arf coal rosbeleve my eyes. Then Ichoaghe ema bea deer Ae al [a ‘na experince of dreams in wich, wile dreaming Tew that was 2 dean. When at a bad aceowlege tha his was dea vaste. Anchen afd "So, the, the very eget ehings cam happen, I dhought, nd was desply afraid Bat why fad eis happened Thad no iden, Wederstand nahin seems Ting epee upon am and we mt ately acep hea, withoae understandings we mast go on Ting trithour knowing why eis our ft as ceanures, At once T though of lew Bacar dat moment a abbican before me ed in a instant the Tuan within me dappeared. When ctespened Tavoke to find my mou smeared wih ood pd abi fr seared round me “That was my Bat experience atte And 3 foe what Tas inv ro do from then unl dhe preset Tear bea cos Yer For ew hours each day my on coneioutness reas and then, sin fone ap Ioana hua pes and chink comple though daa even vec pasenges fom the Confucian csi, When, with ny Frama consciuines nee the eles of my savagery a6 a ier ad eflece upon my fe fel misery et nd anger Bue wit ine those ew hate of human cnacauses at rowing ewer ad fewer. Fora ‘while Tofen wondered why Tad camed ina ager bate other dy foand mye wondering wy Thad ance ben a man being, What, a cetible hing that! Soon, the aman consciousness chat [si ave Weil anit, Baril beneath the wae f= beastie the foundations ‘fan ancient place gradualy bing baie benath the sands When thar happen. [wil oi my pus ene and wander about a aging tiger ant T should happen ro encourer you long the wy. 1 would ‘ot rengize you a a ol rien, bur eyo t pies, nd devour owrwithoar moment eet” "Analy al beans aden were origi someting ele Tam sure Afi tey seers ha hey were; hen gradually they for ft convinced tha tei presen shape was no eve any ifzet Bu ‘ever mind about cht the Baan consciousness within me were © Compleey dapper, would probably be happier tan Tow am Yer thelnuman being within er hae more than anything ese How very Feghcning sda painful ar outcome seema-that Tabuldloseall, meron of havingbeeabumant How en othes understand whac Tiel? “They cannot—unle hey have experienced the ery ame ting But woe—Thavea foro asf you before ese eve robe human” "Yuan Can and hie pry lene wit bce bret ro the ease _Sinary hing the oie fom th ticket wa ping ewe ote"My sole sin fe waco win ame at poet Bu ny gal has gone unachiee, nd have come oth The several dred pone thas Troe ae Tunkoow to de wor doube dha anyone cold even nd he paper ‘hey wecewesten on But here ae many poems in can esi from tnemony and I beg of ys plu write chem down and sk che own Lis oe hat would fancy myself prpee poet you wereco dose. Noy whether the poems are ood or Bd, [won no et esy in ony rive widhout psn these pert on ler peers ace they epee ry deepescpusion ili evento the poineflosing my Sorte and yey? ‘Yuin Can one ne of his abordinae o take up Bes nd write down wise dhe voice from che thicker reed. Li Zheng vie ‘ang out ces, He recite iy Toog and sore poems, epan i expres an lyin sentimental! demonstrating, een upon fis Ineaing the ports uncommon aby. YrYoan Car although deeply limped oul nor orercomea ngue ane: There could beno gues tin thar the poets lens were fat-ae but dere wat a wb ack ‘tha kee the poem rom achieving se ghes gua i Zheng hating nied bie recieion of hid poor, suey won mocking isl. “ensure admit but even now that have snk ro sch «degraded sat, I sil sometines deem tata volume of ny poem tern che zeading ds ofthe cutive gene bien of Changen. Thai wha I deer Ie in my moarain ee! Js dhe nor culos petal of aman who fled become a post and became aie instead?” ‘Yean Can recalled she youll Li Zheng pence for self mockery and iene wih sear hee “Well continued Li Zheng “Tall adto the fan by composing an exteriporaneoas poem expe” ing preset feeling? neo pore chat the old Li Zeng ial ale somewere nie thi tier May? ‘ns Can gun onde hsbc eke down he poem, ‘nich wea flows Having ca og mh becca wil bent Caley pl pon alan sams cape ieWo sould ow witht my fogs nd cla “etn stadt day shared your eg promise [Now ce ome er ching in Dike, Wiae youre grandly no fl cori. “Tonight ge at the bigbe moon verte mon lt sing nae Tol bok By then the lght of the moon hal grown faint and white dew cover the ground. The chil wind hat Blew among the ees old he fury that dra wa es roeyne preset Fngesing the strangeness of heal joined ia especfly menting his poet misfortunes, Zheng oce went on "Tea moment ago that dd oc know why meth e bur when [tink crf abou i The in it ome ea why When Iwor aman Tid my best 0 avoid contact with ‘there. People sought me arogant and stFimporant. They dd not rele twasethes syearehaemsade ener thar way: OF course wat tot withou eden ny old repotaion as prodigy among he boy of ‘ny Bometown, Buc was emi hind of rie 1 hoped to make a ‘une fr myself poet but never wacked mys to a ache of ose ou the company Feber poets wh might have eed me 0 lmprove ny kil At the set had no tention of ranking ey tal eogeter wih the comes, unposic herd Bot cis was the result Fn tlre and x anf shyness. Feving that | igh ot bea wel ade no fore o polish mysel bar hal-beleving hat 1 might be jen I could not est content area the common cy Linley ie grew apr fom the word and dstane rm oth ees fed ny coma slPseapet with dllops of rp share. and sel pity Wear allof ws anes of wi beats essai andthe eatin femdom are our on inner ees In ny ese the eas inside wat my Selportane wens of shane. That wat ny ge and it damaged me, “rough sortow so my wie and hen, wounded my friends, ann ‘he ens change my eur fom ino ei ania ha bits my in wad se Tec ow that ware what eel caleneT had With toy lips repeated hed sw thar Me sfc longo do nohing, bes fa too hoy oda vomething oF rae: ye all dere wasn me was cowardly far tht my lack of talent ight be reveled and alaey hed fertaking he pin needed tomustse i There sever many men with talent ar weaker dis ne who have esone splendid poe beesse ‘hey devetedshemslesoplishing and mpeovng what they had Now dic hive tens in igs elise hea le aie ne wining teres can no lage es human being Even ‘uk compen yin the nat wonder poe, how ould eve ‘how be publ? Andy ind elf is becoming more ke ages ‘with each passing iy! What sll do with my waned pase? When he ‘ain ito ret ober, clin upto ean tthe op of he moa fa a bo ne che enpy val. ny barning sorcow to be known. Las night I hola athe moon from esrsame spt, hoping, tha sorone might sonehow underseand Bur the animal when they hear my voice couch oa the round in ear And he moun es, ooo, and dew know only chat a ger gone al and is origin Irae cold ea up rate heten ce zow myself the grou, lamiesing ye theres nee who udertands what fedl—jstas thee seas none tho ndertood my vlnersbe heart when Iwasa usa bing IF my Far lks wes ice noon with the igh de ‘ela the rounding darks began to fade, From beyond che treescame the mourfl sound uf hora announcing the da, “And now we ms any facwelhaice the tine of may mans, he ime when Ime seen co my ger sate ea sal 1 Zheng ‘ise. “Bur [have ye another for 9 be before we pate concerns ‘ny wf sn chide, sll n Gunue OF ours hey now nothing of sy Be Aer you return rom dhe sou, woold you rl hem hat Inve ce? do oot want them to sow aything of what as pase Derwent today And, hough ts presumpraus of me, beg you, have pty on i bandon tae and do what you cn 9 hey donot i of cold and hunger by some raise Ie would bea debe of gra tude Lean never hope to repay Li Zheng having splen thes word oud ry came rom with the thidet Yuan Can wat in area heated hie old Ged cha the woul do what wi tke. But Li Zheng vote rerun sane of selemockey: "Were I fuman inte Tet woul have beged disfavor before anything elie, A man who ie more concerned abou his vwreched poetry dha abou his wife and children deserves dhe ite tf becoming beat” Li Zheng then waraed Yuan Can that when ‘eae the tesa journey fom Lingua, he stake cae nor come Chis way. By then, Li Ze’ maces woul bae eared and theo engrish ld ed, he sgh well cack him. Finally Li Zheng aed Youn Ca ht when he reached he spot the illa nce pce hen he ok bck in hiscecion Li Zheng ‘hd show im his pete formance more ews or ompees ‘Youn Can this power borather by showing him he hideoas eas hela become, ensre that Yoan Can would hase no dese opus this way noes mec him again Yun Canned coward the thicket and sat here words of fareell then mounted hit hor. Once agin the sound ofa human ice weeping unconolaly was beard. Yuan Can 00, wep 2 be rode say lang back sere ine, When the group of raveles reached the cop of de il hey ume look Back a dhe gray pce inthe grove. They saw ger ‘ping ut fom che thick gras and on to he rad. The ce sed up tthe moon alsa pale having et tsbiliance and roared mighty totes the tines, he leap back ino dhe brah, They neers the ig gan. 0 Troe by Pol MoCarthy The Master man bythe name of Chang. who lied in Hanan she ‘pil of th wate of Zhao Bad it eae seton bacon ing the testes archer in the wor. Secking 2 eacher, tne seasoned that te was none beter han Fet Ws, foe Fe Wel was enawned fo ie abi hi wow lea rom a dsance of hun ied paces «handed tines ou fs Handzed So Chang caved ‘est tance meet ei Wei and became bis dcp Fs Wels Bar command ro is new diaiple wat that he Iara not roblink So} Chang reared ome cenviedunder hs ile oom, and lay Bacon hisback, He war tying gaze ead thou inking at the rpily morng eae came lee brung aguas sees with each dowoward mation. His wie who dd not andecrand the eat for his as shocked. As ahe sai ber unusual position athe Toon abe dd not wish o have her busband tring up at he fom his ‘anusual neon dhe lor J Chang scolded rand demanded se keep ‘weaving. Day afer dy he practiced or inking inchs posure. At ‘00 yeas Chango longer blinked even i the undeeenle grazed bis pte each imei ube by Fly oe day he ered our fom under the lo. He had reed che poin of noc inking even