品画
袁枚
品画先神韵，论诗重性情。
蛟龙生气尽，不若鼠横行。
Talking Art
Yuan Mei
In painting it’s catching the “spirit” and “essence.”
In poems that’s “nature” and “feelings.”
An elegant dragon, with its life’s breath gone?
Better a rat, with some scurry left in him.
（J.P. Seaton 译）
