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一株青玉立,千叶绿云委。
亭亭五丈余,高意犹未已。
山僧年九十,清静老不死。
自云手种时,一棵青桐子。
直从萌芽拔,高自毫末始。
四面无附枝,中心有通理。
寄言立身者,孤直当如此。
Inside the courtyard of Yunju Temple there stands an ancient Tong tree,
tall and green, in many leaves shining brilliantly;
already fifty feet high,
it continues to grow;
in the temple there lives a monk ninety years old who shows not his age;
when he first planted the tree,
it was a tiny seed;
it then grew into a tender shoot as fine as a hair;
with nothing to protect it,
and independent of all things,
it grew up straight and tall;
you who live in this world should be this way,
raising yourselves as straight and true as this tree.
By Bai Juyi
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