As fleeting as August snow Although the operatic libretto for Snow in August has yet to be finalized, the already published play suffices to indicate the general story line: It takes as its subject Huineng, the sixth patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, aiming to convey "exultation in nothingness."
八月雪，來無影，去無蹤雖然歌劇版的《八月雪》尚未完全定稿，不過，已經出版的《八月雪》劇本，其實已隱約透露出此戲的骨幹；它是以禪宗六祖慧能為素材，闡述一場「空的狂歡節」。