1. "Quequatrains"
Xia Yuanding of the Song Dynasty
When Kongtong visited Xiang Lake, he read thousands of volumes of poems and books and became confused. It takes no effort to get there even if you wear iron shoes.
Translation:
I visited Taoist priests in Kongtong Mountain and came to the edge of Huxiang. I read thousands of poems and books, and the more I read, the more stupid I felt.
The poetic inspiration that cannot be found even after wearing iron shoes can be obtained in practice without any effort at all.
2. "Bu Shuzi"
Wang Guan of the Song Dynasty
Sent Bao Haoran to the east of Zhejiang. If you want to ask passers-by where to go, the brows and eyes are full.
I just started to send spring back, and then I sent you back. If you go to the south of the Yangtze River to catch the spring, you will live with it. ?
Translation:
Beside the broken bridge outside the inn, the plum blossoms bloomed lonely and lonely, no one cared about them. Dusk falls, and the plum blossoms are helpless. They are already sad enough, but they are also destroyed by wind and rain.
Plum blossoms don’t want to spend all their efforts to compete for beauty and favor, and they don’t care about Baihua’s jealousy and rejection. Even though they have withered, been crushed into soil, and turned into dust, the plum blossoms still emit wisps of fragrance as usual.
3. "Spring Night"
Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
A moment of a spring night is worth a thousand gold, the flowers are fragrant and the moon is cloudy.
The sky is endless and green, and the sun and moon shine brightly.?
Translation:
Spring nights are even more precious because they are short. The flowers exude a delicate fragrance, and the moonlight casts hazy shadows under the flowers. Deep in the balcony, wealthy people are still singing and dancing, and the gentle singing and wind music are still diffused in the intoxicating night. The night was already very late, and the courtyard with the swing was already silent.
4. "Butterfly Loves Flowers"
Li Zhiyi of the Song Dynasty
Everything is a dream. I once learned about it from Handan and Zhenshang. Who gets a hundred years? During this time, I know how many worries I have.
Ni is the clothes, the wind is the horse, and the kings of clouds come and go one after another. Tigers, drums and harps come and Luan returns to the carriage, and immortals come and line up like hemp.
Translation:
I live at the source of the Yangtze River, and you live at the end of the Yangtze River. I miss you every day and never see you, but we drink water from the Yangtze River together. When will the endless river dry up, and when will the bitter hatred of separation cease. I only hope that your heart will stay as strong as mine, and you will not let down my infatuated love.
5. "Sending Off Guests Returning to Youzhou"
Li Yi of the Tang Dynasty
Melancholy, seeing off a guest returning to Youzhou alone in Qincheng, Jimen is surrounded by clouds and trees far away. ?
When autumn comes, don’t shoot the geese flying south. Send them to fly north in spring.
Translation: Qin’s inability to take it back makes the world feel melancholy. The white clouds and trees in Jimen are still far away and reluctant to say goodbye to us.
When autumn comes, don’t shoot the geese flying south. Follow the people sent to the city to fly north in the spring.