The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the Chinese Valentine's Day, is August 12th this year. How pleasant that night to savor some old poems, recall this story, and "look up at the stars of the Herdboy and the Weaving Girl"! (Shen Ch'ien / tr.
七夕﹘﹘中國的情人節，讓我們在「臥看牽牛織女星」時，重溫美麗的神話故事，細細品味詩人筆下的牽牛織女星，不但是一種最愉快的美感經驗，同時更能領略到真情的可貴，豈非人間一樁美事？