Trying to control the emotional self willfully by manipulative attempts is like trying to choose a number on a thrown die or to push back the water of the KamoRiver upstream.
尝试去操纵情绪就如同去选择一个死亡数字或是想要使鸭川河(日本河流)倒流一般。
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Within a few years, a sponsor built a small theater for Okuni on the Banks of the Kamo-gawa river in Kyoto.