The Ecphorizer

On The Birth Of My Son
Su Tung P'O (1036-1101)

Issue #34 (June 1984)
(Translated by Arthur Waley in 1918)

Families, when a child is born
Want it to be intelligent.
 I, through intelligence,
Having wrecked my whole life,
Only hope the baby will prove
Ignorant and stupid.
Then he will crown a tranquil life
By becoming a Cabinet Minister.

(From the Oxford Book of Quotations, page 524. No.1)
(contributed by The Ecphorizer Staff)

In order to get around copyright limitations, our staff researches backward in time for the occasional filler, producing this nearly 1000-year-old verse.

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