4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Final rendering: I have never paid attention to the direction of the library, I only know that there is a large hall in front of it. Discussion: Please see http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/part2/II-9-g.html#s1 for further discussion. Acknowledgement: I would like to thank both Wenjer and icg for their useful input. Together you stimulated me to further thought, and I believe that I have come up with a good explanation for rendering the translation as true to the original wording as possible. It is late spring in Hong Kong, and hardly a day passes without rain. Obviously it has had an some effect on the timing of my posts. Best wishes from the land of no mountains surrounded by sea on many sides."