《人间词话》英译（十六）

词人者，不失其赤子之心者也。故生于深宫之中，长于妇人之手，是后主为人君所短处，亦即为词人所长处。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Tz’u writers can be considered among those who have not lost their childlike heart (ch’ih-tzu chih hsin). Therefore, having been born deep within the palace and raised among women accounts for Li Yu’s failure as a ruler of men but success as a tz’u writer.