Here, form had been totally separated from its nature. Only as a symbol, Zen became prevalent in the street just like a fleeting cloud.
这时形式已经与它的本质完全地分离了，仅仅作为一个符号，成为街上的一阵过眼烟云的流行。
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Van Wolferen identifies the mushroom cloud as a potent postwar symbol of Japan as victim, perhaps even the ultimate victim: a baptism by fire that erases all guilt of previous Japanese aggression.