人天眼目 1.149

1.149

8. Identical in Giving Life and Killing. Fen[yang] said: “Spared your life, cleared your breath. If one knows how to play with a dead snake, it too comes alive. I wish to observe the splendid performance. Swift thunder leaves no time to cover the ears. Misfortunes never come singly. The precious sword between the eyebrows, the golden mallet in the sleeve. The waterwheel irrigating the rice rattles and creaks.”