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The Precious Scroll of Good-in-Talent and Dragon Girl 165 ‘‘I don’t want to study the Books, I’m too lazy to make the effort. It’s not my wish to become an official or to become an officer, But to search for my roots by studying the Way of the immortals!’’ When his parents heard him talk like this, they were both pleased and startled. They were pleased that a little boy of three could be so supernaturally intelligent, but they were startled because they feared that he might not grow up to be the son and heir of the Chen family. But after all, since he was only a toddler whose understanding had not yet developed, for now they could leisurely teach and guide him, and later decide what to do. Alas, when Chen Lian was five years old, Lady Han fell ill, and he felt completely disconsolate. When her disease had progressed beyond cure and she suddenly died, the sweet five-year-old child tossed and turned without relief, and filled with grief, he cried out piteously: ‘‘Oh, my dear mother! Since my birth I have never left mother for even half an instant, Whenever my mother went here or there, I would rush forward. My mother loved me like a treasured jewel, and I followed her, Holding her hand or clutching her gown, wherever she went. Not for even an hour or a minute did I leave my mother’s side, But today you abandon your son to sleep all alone by himself. I keep on asking: My mother, where you are going? It is only right that your child should accompany you. I am happy to follow you whether in life or in death, But it is too pitiable to brusquely abandon your child. The weeping cuckoo spits out blood as it cries, and Each and every branch is dyed red by its tears of blood. My mother, you should have taken me along with you, Why am I left to imitate the cuckoo with every cry?’’ Chen Lian continued weeping in this most heartrending way, Each and every word so mournful it shook and moved Heaven. The grand historian could not stop himself from crying, Hastily he cradled his sweet son in his arms, called him darling. Moved to grief because the lady had abandoned the boy, He was even more saddened seeing the boy weeping so piteously. His grieving heart was confronted with more to add to his grief. As he grieved and watched his sweet son, his grief grew greater.
166 The Precious Scroll of Good-in-Talent and Dragon Girl The entire household, old and young, they all shed sad tears. The servants came forward and together urged the grand historian to take good care of himself as his health was of greatest importance. He should consider the well-being of the young master, who was completely dependent on him for all matters. They then dressed the lady and placed her in her coffin, and when the funeral had been completed, he took care of his orphaned son—like a jewel, like a treasure! Chen Lian soon reached the age of seven, and the grand historian summoned him and said: ‘‘My son, come here! You are still young and your understanding is limited, so I will engage a tutor to teach you the Books—scholarship is inexhaustible! In the future you may plan for a career, so as to bring glory to your ancestors and renown to your family, in this way fulfilling the great obligation of a lifetime.’’ Chen Lian promptly knelt down before his father and spoke as follows: ‘‘My father, I do not belong to the mortal kind of men, I want to ferry my parents back to the land of immortals. The Spirit Peak is the original home from which I hail, One wayward thought and I was sent down from heaven. I constantly long for the pleasures of the Peach Banquet, 14 I have no desire for the red dust and its long entanglements. I love neither merit and fame nor riches and status— The splendor of glory is just a midnight dream. A hundred years add up to thirty-six thousand days— How many days in a human life are nice to look at? Love and attachment of wife and children: a candle in the wind, And beautiful houses and good fields are only frost on the tiles. Much better thus to engage in fasting and to cultivate oneself, So as to escape from earth’s prison and ascend to heaven’s hall!’’ When the grand historian heard the little boy speak in this way, he shed sad tears: ‘‘My boy, you are still so young in years. You know nothing of the affairs of this world, so how could you know about heaven’s halls and earth’s prisons? Don’t talk such nonsense! If you do not listen to your father’s instruction, you are committing an act of unfiliality. As a human being in this world, you must obey Heaven, Earth, your ruler, your parents, and your teacher—that is
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