《人间词话》英译（二）

    有造境，有写境，此理想与写实二派之所由分。然二者颇难分别。因大诗人所造之境，必合乎自然，所写之境，亦必邻于理想故也。

       There is a creative state (tsao-ching) and there is a descriptive state (hsieh-ching). This is the basis of distinction between the idealists and realists. However, it is difficult to make a differentiation between the two because the state which the great poets create must accord with what is natural, and the state which they simply describe must approach the ideal.