XVIII. Yang Chih Shui

The Yang Chih Shui; allusive. One party asserts good faith to another, and protests against people who would make them doubt each other.

1 Fretted its waters seem,
Yet gently flows the stream:—
A bundle of thorns ’twill not bear. p. 101
Our brethren are so few;
There are but I and you:—
Let nothing our friendship impair.
People's words don't believe;
They are meant to deceive:—
Their purpose is but to ensnare.

2 Fretted its waters seem,
Yet gently flows the stream:—
A bundle of wood ’twill not bear.
Our brethren are so few;
There are only we two:—
Let nothing our friendship impair.
Trust not the people's breath;
They don't deserve your faith:—
Their purpose is but to ensnare.