MURASAKI SHIKIBU
Japanese aristocrat and novelist (978 - 1014)
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In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom
the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies
with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and
lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did
offended someone.
- The Tale of Genji,
(Edward G. Seidensticker translation)
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