a square bottom with a round cover--incompatible with each other

feel penitent with an awakeened conscience

The wind blows the clouds away…everything is cleared up.

transformation of customs and habits

hair gone and teeth falling out-decrepit

hold communion with oneself

make a clean sweep of something

the things of one's duty

flowery and bombastic style of writing

at the risk of one's life

to top one's fruit

The breeze is refreshing and the moon is pale.

Be born under an unlucky star

ride stout horses and wear light fur coats--live an extravagant life

Cover one's face and creep away

whirling up the dust and rolling along stones

sort out into categories

be so absorbed in one's work or study as to forget one's meals(work or study so hard as to forget to eat)

desist from military operations and cultivate literary skill

Small tradesmen and porters