[42] A Chinese acre, a measure of land equal to about one-fifth of an English acre.
The Brevity of Life
Poet unknown: Han Dynasty, or earlier
Our years on earth are brief,
But few a hundred win;
A thousand years of grief
Are packed therein.
The day quick takes its flight,
The dark is sad and long;
Then let us cheer the night
With feast and song.
The niggard thinks it wise
To save and live by rule;
But sages may arise
To call him fool!
Conscripts leaving for the Frontier[43]
BY TU-FU