1. Your Majesty has peaches and plums all over the world, why bother planting flowers in front of the hall?
From "Fenghe Linggong Planting Flowers in the Green Wild Hall" written by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: Your Majesty’s students are all over the world, so why bother planting flowers in front of your house?
2. Falling red is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers.
From "Miscellaneous Poems of Jihai (Part 5)" written by Gong Zizhen in the Qing Dynasty.
Translation: The fallen flowers falling from the branches are not heartless things. They turn into the soil of spring and play the role of nurturing the next generation.
3. Spring silkworms will not run out of silk until they die, and wax torches will not dry until they turn to ashes.
From "Untitled" by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: The spring silkworm spins its cocoon and spins out the silk only when it dies, and the candle cannot drip dry like tears until it burns out and turns to ashes.
4. Life is full of love and tears, but rivers and rivers are the ultimate!
It comes from "Aijiangtou" by Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: Life is full of love, tears moisten the chest, where will the flow of the river and the blooming of the river flowers end?
5. There is no dry soil near the tears, and there are broken clouds in the low sky.
It comes from "The Tomb of the Taiwei in the Other House" written by Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: The soil was wet with tears. I felt very sad and in a trance, just like broken clouds flying low in the sky.