1. Yellow sand can wear golden armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned until it is broken. ——Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty, "Seven Poems on the Military March, Part 4"
Translation: The soldiers guarding the border have gone through hundreds of battles, their armor is worn out, their ambition is unquenchable, and they vow not to return home until they defeat the invading enemy.
2. Why don’t men take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan? ——Li He of the Tang Dynasty, "Thirteen Poems of Nanyuan·Part 5"
Translation: Why don't the great men wear weapons and go to recover the fifty states that were separated from the north and south of the Yellow River?
Three or thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon. ——Song Dynasty Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong · Writings of Feelings"
Translation: Although he has established some fame over the past thirty years, it is as insignificant as dust. He has traveled eight thousand miles from north to south, and has gone through many turbulent lives.
4. Lying down in the late night, listening to the wind and rain, and dreaming of the iron horse and the glacier. ——Lu You, Song Dynasty, "Two Poems on the Wind and Rain on November 4th"
Translation: It was late at night, I was lying in bed and heard the sound of wind and rain, and I dreamed that I was riding a war horse in armor. Cross the frozen river to conquer the northern battlefield.
5. If you die for your country on the battlefield, why should you return your body wrapped in horse leather? ——Xu Xilin, Qing Dynasty, "Out of the Fortress"
Translation: Soldiers only know how to sacrifice their lives for their country on the battlefield. How can they imagine that their bodies will be returned wrapped in horse leather after they die in battle?