何桀纣之猖披兮,夫唯捷径以窘步。惟夫党人之偷乐兮,路幽昧以险隘。 [MSC, simp.]Hé Jié Zhòu zhī chāngpī xī, fú wéi jiéjìng yǐ jiǒngbù. Wéi fú dǎngrén zhī tōulè xī, lù yōumèi yǐ xiǎn'ài. [Pinyin]
何桀纣之猖披兮,夫唯捷径以窘步。惟夫党人之偷乐兮,路幽昧以险隘。 [MSC, simp.]Hé Jié Zhòu zhī chāngpī xī, fú wéi jiéjìng yǐ jiǒngbù. Wéi fú dǎngrén zhī tōulè xī, lù yōumèi yǐ xiǎn'ài. [Pinyin]
What loose - belted drifting of jie and zhou ! It was precisely the shortcuts that led them to impasse. Consider the fleeting joys of those in the cabal, Their road dark and dangerously narrow.