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 the tree peony, lat. pæonia mutan. 蓮花, lien$2$ hua$1$, the lotus flower, lat. Nelumbium speciosum. 無的愛 u$2$ ti$1$ ai$4$, she has nothing that she likes. 出家 ch'u$1$ chia$1$, "to go out of the family" means to enter the monastic life. 樂陶陶 lo$4$ t'ao$2$ t'ao$2$, joyfully, happily. 熬 ao$1$, to boil, to decoct, and figurately to vex, to disturb. 散淡 san$3$ tan$4$, freely, easily, with no coercions 逍遙 hsiao$1$ yao$2$, in a state of peace and bliss.

The sun has come out like a red spot ― my teacher rides on a horse and I ride on a dragon ― the teacher riding on the horse goes along the streets ― I riding on the dark dragon cross over to the East of the sea ― at the East of the sea there lives my family ― and in my family they cultivate five fllowerflower [sic]-pots ― my first sister likes the red peony ― my second sister likes the tree peony ― my third sister likes the petals of the peach blossom ― my fourth sister likes the large lotus blossoms. ― There is the fifth sister who has nothing she may like ― and does not think of other but of becoming a nun ― the women in the monastic life live very happily indeed ― firstly they do not suffer the vexations of father-and mother-in-law ― secondly they do not suffer a husband's maltreatment ― thirdly they do not bear children ― and fourthly they live freely and in a condition of blissful peace.