1. A strong grass is known in a high wind, and a sincere minister is known in a board swing. -Tang Dynasty: Li Shimin's "Give Xiao Yu"
Translation: It is only in the violent and violent wind that you can tell whether it is a strong and tall grass, and it is only in the violent and turbulent times that you can tell whether it is a loyal minister.
2. boundless grasses over the plain, come and go with every season. Wildfire cannot burn it out, and spring wind's blow can bring it back to life. -Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi's "Grass/Fu Gu Yuan Grass Farewell"
Translation: The Yuan Ye is covered with lush grass, and the grass is yellow in autumn and winter every year. Wildfire can't burn all the weeds on the ground, and the earth is green when spring breeze blows.
3. Alone, the grass grows by the stream, and there are orioles singing in the trees. -Tang Dynasty: Wei Yingwu's "at chuzhou on the western stream"
Translation: I like the faint weeds growing by the stream, and the orioles singing in the depths of the trees.
4. Every day goes around the roadside, and the roots are everywhere. Growing up is always a heartless thing, blowing green east wind for another year. -Tang Dynasty: Tang Yanqian's Spring Grass
Translation: No matter whether it is in the north or the south, grass always grows on the roadside. It grows continuously in the distance and can take root and multiply everywhere. The lush spring grass always urges people to go home as soon as possible, and the spring breeze blows the green grass for another year.
5. When the sun is warm, the mulberry is like a splash, and the wind is like wormwood. -Song Dynasty: Su Shi's
Translation: Under the spring sunshine, Sang Ma in the field is thriving, flashing as if it had been splashed with water; A warm wind came with the incense of wormwood and wormwood, which was breathtaking.