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紅梅枝上傳春信
黃鳥聲中送好音
Over door of Yamen

[Chinese characters] 對我生寸　出門見喜 Seen
in Hengtung South Shansi

文必韓栁
書必鐘緜
In literature
we must place
Han Yü and
Liu Tsung-yuan first.
In caligraphy we must put Chung Mian.

風流人物來西晉
翰墨文章大小蘇
For men of class and reputatin the
eastern and western China dynasties
For skill in exposition Su Hsün
and his son Su Tung-p'o.

竹報平安 The fire
crackers (爆)竹) announce 報
peace. Before the invention of
firecrackers, the Chinese heated
bamboo 竹 [joints?] which
in [opening?] made a crackling sound.

閒門草色迷三徑
深院書聲醉六經
The paths in front of the deserted cottage
are [choked?] with weeds fragrant odors.
Deep in the court yard issues the souds of
pupils mentally intoxicated with the six Canons. as they [illegible]