iii.--SLIM--STOUT. “_Gathering the water-plants From the wild luxuriance of spring, Away in the depth of a wild valley Anon I see a lovely girl. With green leaves the peach-trees are loaded, The breeze blows gently along the stream, Willows shade the winding path, Darting orioles collect in groups. Eagerly I press forward As the reality grows upon me.... ’Tis the eternal theme Which, though old, is ever new._” iv.--CONCENTRATION. “_Green pines and a rustic hut, The sun sinking through pure air, I take off my cap and stroll alone, Listening to the song of birds. No wild geese fly hither, And she is far away; But my thoughts make her present As in the days gone by. Across the water dark clouds are whirled, Beneath the moonbeams the eyots stand revealed, And sweet words are exchanged Though the great River rolls between._” v.--HEIGHT--ANTIQUITY. “_Lo the Immortal, borne by spirituality, His hand grasping a lotus flower, Away to Time everlasting, Trackless through the regions of Space! With the moon he issues from the Ladle,[21] Speeding upon a favourable gale; Below, Mount Hua looms dark, And from it sounds a clear-toned bell. Vacantly I gaze after his vanished image, Now passed beyond the bounds of mortality.... Ah, the Yellow Emperor and Yao, They, peerless, are his models._” vi.--REFINEMENT. “_A jade kettle with a purchase of spring,[22] A shower on the thatched hut Wherein sits a gentle scholar, With tall bamboos growing right and left, And white clouds in the newly-clear sky, And birds flitting in the depths of trees. Then pillowed on his lute in the green shade, A waterfall tumbling overhead, Leaves dropping, not a word spoken, The man placid, like a chrysanthemum, Noting down the flower-glory of the season,-- A book well worthy to be read._” vii.--WASH--SMELT. “_As iron from the mines, As silver from lead, So purify thy heart, Loving the limpid and clean. Like a clear pool in spring, With its wondrous mirrored shapes, So make for the spotless and true, And, riding the moonbeam, revert to the Spiritual. Let your gaze be upon the stars of heaven,[23] Let your song be of the hiding hermit;[23] Like flowing water is our to-day, Our yesterday, the bright moon._”[24] viii.--STRENGTH. “_The mind as though in the void, The vitality as though of the rainbow, Among the thousand-ell peaks of Wu, Flying with the clouds, racing with the wind; Drink of the spiritual, feed on force, Store them for daily use, guard them in your heart, Be like Him in His might,[25] For this is to preserve your energy; Be a peer of Heaven and Earth, A co-worker in Divine transformation.... Seek to be full of these, And hold fast to them alway._” ix.--EMBROIDERIES.