KUAIJI PREFECTURE 353 A.D.
"永和九年，歲在癸丑，暮春之初，會于會稽山陰之蘭亭，修禊事也。群賢畢至，少長
咸集。此地有崇山峻嶺，茂林修竹；又有清流激湍，映帶左
右，引以為流觴曲水，列坐其次。雖無絲竹管弦之盛，一觴
一詠，亦足以暢敘幽情。 是日也，天朗氣清，惠風和暢，仰觀
宇宙之大，俯察品類之盛，所以游目騁懷，足以極視聽之
娛，信可樂也。 夫人之相與，俯仰一世，或取諸懷抱，晤言一
室之內；或因寄所托，放浪形骸之外。雖取舍萬殊，靜躁不
同，當其欣于所遇，暫得于己，快然自足，不知老之將至。及
其所之既倦，情隨事遷，感慨系之矣。向之所欣，俯仰之間，
已為陳跡，猶不能不以之興懷。況修短隨化，終期于
盡。古人雲﹕“死生亦大矣。”豈不痛哉！ 每覽昔人興感之由，若合一契，未嘗不臨文嗟悼，不能喻之于懷。固知一死
生為虛誕，齊彭殤為妄作。後之視今，亦猶今之視昔。 悲夫！故列敘時人，錄其所述，雖世殊事異，所以興懷，其致一也。後之覽
者，亦將有感于斯文。
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