一片绿阴如洗,
护竹何劳荆杞?
仍将竹作芭篱,
求人不如求已。
吴松林 译:
Fenced Bamboos
Zheng Banqiao
In the clear stretch of green gloom,
Why bother thorns and brambles to shelter the bamboos?
Put the bamboos in the catalogue of wattled walls,
Because self-help is better than help from others.

