" 談 笑 無 鴻 儒 ， 往 來 多 白 丁 "

" 談 笑 無 鴻 儒 ， 往 來 多 白 丁 "

【雙調】沉醉東風 元 胡祗遹

漁得魚心滿願足，樵得樵眼笑眉舒。
一個罷了釣竿，一個收了斤斧。
林泉下偶然相遇，是兩個不識字漁樵士大夫，
他兩個笑加加的談今論古。

This was the common scene in our village during my childhood in
Taiwan. Many of the villagers were “白 丁”. Most of them were
farmers or labor workers. They were extremely 善良 and 勤勞.

There was never “談 笑 有 鴻 儒 ， 往 來 無 白 丁”.
When they bumped into each other, they 姁姁說村中語 ,
or, "偶然值林叟，談笑無還期 ", 笑加加的談今論古。

They were the most lovely peoples and the innocent "Taibatze",
善良 , 勤勞 and 簡實 的一群人.

Yeh Tze