The relevant verses containing philosophy are as follows:
1. There is a true meaning in this, but I have forgotten to explain it. ——Tao Yuanming, "Drinking"
2. The garden is full of spring scenery and cannot be contained, and a branch of red apricot comes out of the wall. ——Ye Shaoweng's "A Visit to the Garden Is Not Worth It"
3. Gold has no color, and white jade has slight flaws. ——Dai Fuxu's "Send Xing"
4. Dongfeng does not agree with Zhou Lang, and Tongquechun locks Erqiao deeply. ——Du Mu's "Red Cliff"
5. Those who send serious messages will not be trivial. ——Yuan Zhen's "Ants"
6. If you teach in vain, a room full of dust is like a pile of dust. How can the world ever sweep it away? ——Yang Wanli's "Reading the Biography of Chen Fan"
7. Cutting off the water with a knife will make the water flow more quickly, and raising a cup to relieve sorrow will make the sorrow worse. ——Li Bai's "Farewell to Secretary Shu Yun at Xuanzhou Xiezhen Tower/Song of Accompanying Yu Shuhua on Climbing the Tower"
8. The first to get the moon is near the water, and the flowers and trees facing the sun are easy to spring. ——Su Lin's "Fragmented Sentences"
9. People today do not see the moon in ancient times, but today's moon once illuminated the ancients. ——Li Bai's "Ask the Moon about Wine·My old friend Jia Chun ordered me to ask about it"
10. We are both fallen people in the world, so why should we have known each other before? ——Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing/Pipa Yin"
11. After collecting hundreds of flowers and turning them into honey, it will be sweet for whomever you work hard for. ——Luo Yin's "Bee"
12. The spring silkworms will not run out until they are dead, and the wax torch will turn to ashes before the tears dry up. ——Li Shangyin's "Untitled·It's hard to say goodbye when we meet"
13. The moon waxes and wanes, the flowers bloom and wither, I think parting is the most painful thing in life. ——Zhang Mingshan's "Putian Le·Yong Shi"
14. Falling red is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect the flowers. ——Gong Zizhen's "Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai·Part 5"
15. Everything is just a dream in the end, don't stop. Tomorrow the yellow flowers and butterflies will also be sad.
——Su Shi's "Nanxiangzi·Chongjiu Hanhui Tower Presents to Xu Junyou"