| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | In a Jade Cup | | By Arthur Waley, trans. |
| | From “Chinese Poems”
Ch’en Tzu-ang—Seventh Century
BUSINESS men boast of their skill and cunning | |
| But in Philosophy they are like little children. | |
| Bragging to each other of successful depredations, | |
| They forget to consider the ultimate fate of the body. | |
| What should they know of the Master of Dark Truth | 5 |
| Who saw the wide world in a jade cup, | |
| By illumined conception got clear of Heaven and Earth, | |
| On the chariot of Mutation entered the Gate of Immutability? | | | | |
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