Wang Yibo & Xiao Zhan + The Little Prince Allusions, a thread
“If you love a flower which happens to be on a star, it is sweet, at night, to gaze at the sky. All the stars are a riot of flowers.”
“If I try to describe him here, it is to make sure that I shall not forget him. To forget a friend is sad, not everyone has had one.”
“He makes a lot of questions, but never answers the ones I used to do.”
“But he is not a man — he is a mushroom!”
“He could not say anything more. His words were choked by sobbing.”
“It is such a secret place, the land of tears.”
“Flowers are so contradictory! But I was too young to know how to love…”
“I believe that for his escape he took advantage of the migration of a flock of wild birds.”
“Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.”
“The grown-ups are certainly very odd.”
“Nevertheless, he is the only one of them all who does not seem to me ridiculous. Perhaps that is because he is thinking of something else besides himself.”
“That was his first moment of regret. But he took courage once more.”
“When the little prince arrived on Earth, he was very much surprised not to see any people. He was beginning to be afraid he had come to the wrong planet, when a coil of gold, the color of the moonlight, flashed across the sand.”
“And he lay down in the grass and cried.”
“What does that mean — ‘tame’?”
“The fox gazed at the little prince for a long time.”
“If, for example, you come at four o’clock in the afternoon, then at three o’clock I shall begin to be happy.”
“Because it is my rose.”
“And now, here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
“The stars are beautiful because of a flower that cannot be seen.”
“As the little prince dropped off to sleep, I took him in my arms and set out walking once more.”
“And I felt him to be more fragile still. I felt the need of protecting him, as if he himself were a flame that might be extinguished by a little puff of wind…”
“But I was not reassured. I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed...”
“And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows), you will be content that you have known me.”
“I shall not leave you.”
“And he sat down, because he was afraid.”
“He still hesitated a little; then, he got up. He took one step. I could not move.”
“Now, my sorrow is comforted a little. That is to say — not entirely.”
“So now I keep wondering: what is happening on his planet? Perhaps the sheep has eaten the flower…”
“Here, then, is a great mystery.”
“Look up at the sky. Ask yourselves: is it yes or no? Has the sheep eaten the flower? And you will see how everything changes.”
Thank you for bearing with me.
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BIRTH NAME 蓝湛 – Lán Zhàn (蓝 lán – blue 湛 zhàn – from 湛蓝 zhànlán, azure blue)
COURTESY NAME 蓝忘机 – Lán Wàngjī (忘机 wàngjī – to be free of worldly concerns; a Daoist phrase)
TITLE 含光君 – Hánguāng-jūn (含 hán – to hold 光 guāng – light 君 jūn – honorific for a gentleman or man or noble character)
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