When work pressure is heavy, take a leaf from Su Shi: 'why not chant and whistle and walk slowly?'
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From 苏轼《定风波·莫听穿林打叶声》 (Su Shi, Northern Song, 1082): 莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行 (Heed not the rain piercing the forest and beating the leaves - why not chant and whistle as we walk slowly on?). The defining line of Su Shi's exile philosophy, written after being caught in rain at Huangzhou.
usage
Inseparable from the preceding 莫听穿林打叶声 (entry 810 in this set). 何妨 = why not / what's the harm. 吟啸 = to chant verses and whistle leisurely - a classical image of the unhurried gentleman. 且 here = 'and also.' Quote for unhurried grace under pressure.
