Folk Legends and Strange Tales · Wang Zhi and the Rotten Axe Handle

Lanke: A Game Beyond Human Time

I just wanted to see the game out—but the world would not wait.

Watching the First Stone

At the first stone placed, I forgot I was to go down the hill.

I have sat the days away.

There is wind by my ear, yet I do not feel cold.

The handle I knew so well—how did it surrender before I did?

I ask when dusk will come.

I called my own name—no one answered.