《人间词话（删稿四九）》英译

诗人视一切外物，皆游戏之材料也。然其游戏，则以热心为之，故诙谐与严重二性质，亦不可缺一也。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Shan-kao, 49

Poets look on all external objects as the raw material of play. However, their play is carried on in all earnestness. Therefore by nature they must possess both the ability to jest and be serious.