Deng mi: "Jie xia er tong yang mian shi" 灯谜："阶下儿童仰面时"
by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹 (ca. 1715–ca. 1763)
Dynasty: Qing 清 (1644–1911)
Included in: Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹. Gao E 高鶚 (ed.). Hongloumeng 红楼梦 Beijing: Renmin wenxue chubanshe, 1973. 259.
Translations
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David Hawkes (1923–2007): Lantern-riddle: "In spring the little boys look up and stare"
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in: Hawkes, David. The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. p. 448. -
Yang Gladys 戴乃迭 (1919–1999) and Yang Xianyi 杨宪益 (1915–2009): Lantern-riddle: "The children by the steps look up"
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in: Yang Gladys 戴乃迭 and Yang Xianyi 杨宪益. A Dream of Red Mansions: Volume 1. Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1978. p. 324.
阶下儿童仰面时，清明妆点最堪宜。 游絲一断渾无力，莫向东风怨別离。 ——打一玩物。