What a night! The year is departing. The watches are long, the candles
bright; none is to be wasted. But in the Hsien-yang inn is there any-
thing to do? Let us throw dice for fun. One leans over the table to
shout for five whites; Another bares his arms to throw: now winning
faces! Great men are sometimes like these, And a chance meeting is not
necessarily meaningless. Do not laugh. Remember how the undis-
tinguished Liu I Owned nothing and was willing to lose a million!