存生不可言 cún shēng bù kě yán

cún shēng bù kě yán phrase there is no way to preserve life
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from the poem 形影神 “Substance, Shadow, and Spirit” by 陶淵明 Tao Yuanming 365-427 in Scroll 2 of 陶淵明集 Tao Yuanming Collected Poems (Waley 1919, p. 107)