Few people do as the Romans do. Their nature is to love nature.
-Tao Yuanming's "Return to the Garden, Part I"
But let me raise a white deer on my green hillside and ride to you when I need you, Dashan.
-Li Bai's "Climbing Mount Tianmu in a Dream"
Retire to old age with old books, and wild flowers sing like birds in spring.
-Chen Tuan's "Retirement"
It's too light for anyone to hear, except my partner, Mingyue.
-Wang Wei's bamboo house
It's not a pity to get wet, but I hope it won't be against my will.
-Tao Yuanming's "Returning to the Garden"
Birds in cages are often attached to the forests of the past, and fish in ponds yearn for the abyss of the past.
-Tao Yuanming's "Return to the Garden, Part I"