欣以素牍 (欣以素牘) xīn yǐ sùdú

xīn yǐ sùdú phrase when I was happy I turned to my books
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from the poem 自祭文 “Requiem for Myself” by 陶潛 Tao Qian, Scroll 7 of 陶淵明集 Tao Yuanming Collected Poems (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Pollard 2002, p. 29)

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