Translated from the Chinese
Dream Memories of Tao’an
Zhang Dai
A midnight opera wakes an entire monastery. A tea master meets the one guest who can distinguish every cup. Lanterns cover a mountain, and a crowd gathers at West Lake to admire the moon, or to be seen admiring it.
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- 陶庵夢憶 (Tao’an mengyi), public domain. English translation © 2026 1732 Studios, LLC.
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