Deng mi: "Chao ba shei xie liang xiu yan" 灯谜："朝罢誰携两袖烟"
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: "At court levée my smoke is in your sleeve"
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in: Hawkes, David. The Story of the Stone: Volume 1: The Golden Days. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978. p. 449. -
Yang Gladys 戴乃迭 (1919–1999) and Yang Xianyi 杨宪益 (1915–2009): Lantern-riddle: "Who leaves the levée with smoke-scented sleeves"
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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. 325.
朝罢誰携两袖烟？琴边衾里两无緣。 晓筹不用鸡人報，五夜无煩侍女添。 焦首朝朝还暮暮，煎心日日復年年。 光阴荏苒須当惜，风雨阴晴任变迁。 ——打一用物。