lifting myself to look, I found that it was moonlight, sinking back again, I thought suddenly of home.
—— Li Bai's Silent Night
when I questioned your pupil, under a pine-tree, "My teacher," he answered, "went for herbs".
but toward which corner of the mountain, how can I tell, through all these clouds?.
——— Jia Dao's The Seeker Never Meets
The mountains are colorful from a distance, but the water is silent from a distance. < p People are not surprised when they come.
—— Wang Wei's Painting
Once you go to 23 Li, there are four or five smoke villages.
There are six or seven pavilions and eighty or ninety flowers.
—— Shao Kangjie's One Go to 23 Li (also known as "A Village of Love")
If you don't know the moon for an hour, it is called a white jade plate. The tune is Xiang Tiange.
White hair floats green water, and the red palm stirs clear waves.
—— Luo Binwang's Goose
I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, everywhere round me the singing of birds.
but now I remember the night, the storm, and I wonder how many blossoms were broken?
—— Meng Haoran's Spring Dawn