"The summer grasses--
Of brave soldiers' dreams
The aftermath" (1).
At war, every loser laments, but every winner will eventually become weak too.
No country lasts thousands of years.
The facts become a history and with mercy, the book about it is put back to the bookshelf.
1. Matsuo Basho. The Narrow Road to Oku. Keene Donald, translator. 1996. Translation of: Oku no hosomichi.
(Found from the web site: http://allabout.co.jp/study/basicenglish/closeup/CU20040412A/index3.htm )
Sunday, July 22, 2007
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I also referred the following pages.
Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/
scholar?q=Of+brave+soldiers
%27+dreams%E3%80%80Basho&hl=
en&lr=&btnG=Search
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Matsuo_Bash%C5%8D
Britannica
http://search.eb.com.ezproxy.
library.uvic.ca/eb/article-9013602
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