Re: Tho+ Nguye^~n Du

["Nguyen T. Lam" <lam@cptc.wisc.edu>]

On Sat, 2 Aug 1997, Thai Linh wrote:

> Cha`o ba'c Tien va` ca'c ba'c,
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>  To^i tha^'y co' mo^.t ca^u kha'c la` "Hu+~u duye^n thie^n li'
> na(ng tu+o+ng ngo^.; vo^ duye^n ddo^'i die^.n ba^'t tu+o+ng phu`ng",
> (to^i tha^'y ra^'t ddu'ng vi` co' nhu+=F1g ngu+o+`i tuy la` ca'ch xa
> nghi`n tru`ng ma` ne^'u "hu+~u duye^n" thi` mi`nh va^=F1 co' the^? ga(.p=
=20
> go+~ nhu+ thu+o+`ng, co`n co' nhu+ng ngu+o+`i tuy la` o+? ke` ke` ngay
> ca.nh nha` ma` "vo^ duye^n"  thi` co' ga(.p cu=F1g va^=F1 la` "ba^'t tu+o=
+ng
> phu`ng" tho^i). Thu+.c ra ca^u na`o mo+'i la` ddu'ng ha? ba'c?
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Co' ngu+o+`i no'i vo+'i to^i ra(`ng hai ve^' -do^'i tre^n pha?i la` "hu+~u
duye^n thie^n li' na(ng tu+o+ng ngo^.; vo^ duye^n ba'n bo^. ba^'t tu+o+ng
phu`ng" mo+'i -du'ng. Ke^? ra thi` "ba'n bo^." -do^'i vo+'i "thie^n li'"
nghe co' ve? chi?nh ho+n. Lu'c tru+o+'c to^i cu+' tu+o+?ng hai ca^u na`y
do ngu+o+`i Vie^.t nghi~ ra#. Nhu+ng sau na`y mo^.t anh ba.n Ta`u cho to^i
bie^'t la` ngu+o+`i Trung Quo^'c cu~ng bie^'t -de^'n hai ca^u na`y#. Anh
ta cu~ng du`ng "-do^'i die^.n" -de^? -do^'i vo+'i "thie^n li'".

Cheers,
N. T. La^m
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