Lot 97 of 100
Moonlight in the garden shakes with sparse shadows
The poem
園林月色搖疎影恍若鋪成滿地瓊幾度兒童來收拾豈知收拾總無成
In English
Moonlight in the garden shakes with sparse shadows,as if spread over the ground with jade-like gems.Children try again and again to gather them up,not knowing that gathering will never succeed.
What it says
Moonlight and sparse shadows scatter across the garden floor, like laid jewels. Children try again and again to gather them, not realizing it can never work. It is about futility: some beautiful things can be enjoyed but not possessed, so there is no need to grasp hard.
A thought to take with you
Some beautiful things are for appreciating, not possessing; there is no need to grasp.