Tuesday, July 12, 2016

The Heart of Music and Literature







Men understand how to read books that have words,
    But do not understand how to read those that lack them.
They know how to pluck the lute that has strings,
    But do not know how to play one that has none.
Caught by the form, but untouched by the spirit:
How will they get at the heart of either music or literature?

                                                      ---Hung Ying-ming---

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