Stick #45
Wang Zhi Meets the Immortals
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Gathering firewood, I reached the cloudy peaks unaware,
Watching two aged immortals play chess with idle air.
My axe handle rotted as I longed for home's embrace,
Seven days in mountains - a thousand years in human space.
採樵不意到雲巔
閒看敲棋二老仙
柯爛也思歸故里
山中七日世千年
Interpretation
This tells of Wang Zhi, who went gathering firewood and encountered two immortals playing chess. When he noticed his axe handle had rotted, he returned home to find that though only seven days had passed in the mountains, a thousand years had gone by in the mortal world. The ending seems ordinary without much joy, but it's harmless - just a common occurrence.
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