白鳥成羣至， White birds [1] are coming in flocks
驚同刺客看。 Like assassins to [my] terrified eyes.
聞聲雙耳怯， Hearing [their] voices [my] two ears are scared;
披甲一身難。 Putting armour on [my] whole body is difficult.
羅帳長城築， With gauze curtains [I] build a Great Wall,
天衣沒縫鑽。 A heavenly coat without a crack [for them] to get through –
此翁惟墨水， [I], an old man consisting of nothing but ink,
不中汝曹餐。 Am not good as dinner for your ilk.
* From Yuan Mei 袁枚 (1716-1798), Xiaocangshanfang shiji 小倉山房詩集, 33.7b: https://c.cnkgraph.com/eBooks/%e5%9b%9b%e5%ba%ab%e4%b9%8b%e5%a4%96/%e5%b0%8f%e5%80%89%e5%b1%b1%e6%88%bf%e8%a9%a9%e9%9b%86%20%e6%b8%85%20%e8%a2%81%e6%9e%9a%e6%92%b0/%e5%8d%81%e4%b8%83.zip
[1] Bainiao 白鳥 (white bird) is a metaphor for mosquitos.
Huang Xiang 黃香 (68-122), one of The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, is waving a fan to cool down the bed for his parents... and probably also to expel mosquitos; album leaf by Qiu Ying 仇英 (1494-1552)
Image credit: National Palace Museum, Taipei
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