Wang Wei: I will walk until the water blocks my way, and then sit and watch the rising clouds.
Tao Yuanming: I asked you what you can do. You are far from self-centered.
Li Bai: Oh, how can I bow and scrape to those high officials whose sincere faces will never be seen?
Fame is more important than Mount Tai, and greed is less than a feather. -Yu Qian's Untitled
Bamboo is not relaxed at all, its roots are firmly embedded in the cracks in the rocks.
A thousand blows are still strong, and the wind is southeast and northwest. -Zheng Xie (xiè) "Painting Bamboo Stone"
A friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, but a friendship between villains is as sweet as water. A gentleman is indifferent to his relatives, but a villain is willing to give up. Pure friendship is as clear and transparent as water, without any utilitarian color. )-"Zhuangzi Miki"
Wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent. -"Mencius Teng Wengong"