春

春是多么可爱的一个名词！自古以来的人都赞美它，希望它长在人间。诗人，特别是词客，对春爱慕尤深。试翻词选，差不多每一页上都可以找到一个春字。后人听惯了这种话，自然地随喜附和，即便实际上没有理解春的可爱的人，一说起春也会觉得欢喜。这一半是春这个字的音容所暗示的。“春！”你听，这个音读起来何等铿锵而惺忪可爱！这个字的形状何等齐整妥帖而具足对称的美！这么美的名字所隶属的时节，想起来一定很可爱。好比听见名叫“丽华”的女子，想来一定是个美人。

What a lovely word “spring” is!

Men have praised it since ancient times, hoping for it to stay in the human world forever. Poets, especially ci composers, cherish it with an especial deep love for spring. Try to leaf through the collection of ci (poetry) and you can find the character “春” (spring) on nearly every page. The descendents become used to listening to these and they naturally begin to love and chime in with those around them. Even those who do not really understand the loveliness of spring, while talking about it, they would feel a pleasant sensation. This is partly because the likeness is suggested by the word spring. Listen “Chun!” (spring) How sonorous, sleepy and lovely the sound flows! Notice how the formation of the character “春”is neatly arranged and symmetrically aesthetic! Thus, the season attached by such a beautiful name must also be lovely to think of. It seems the sound of a girl’s name “Li Hua” must remind us of a beautiful woman.

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然而实际上春不是那么可喜的一个时节。我积三十六年之经验，深知暮