1. The green mane with red hair dances in the sunset, and the waterfowl are as sentimental as this rare bird. Temporarily separated from Yandao, I still look back. I only cross the cold pond and fly together. ——"Mandarin Ducks with Friends Part 1" Tang Dynasty: Cui Jue
Translation: Emerald green flying feathers, bright red feathers, dancing beautifully under the sunset. The feelings of mandarin ducks should also be similar to the feelings of this bird. Temporarily leaving Manyansha Island, I still look back reluctantly; crossing the cold pond in the air, I still fly side by side.
2. The waves of Pingjiang River are warm and the mandarin ducks are talking, and the fishing boats return to Jipu in pairs. ——"Ying Tianchang·Pingjiang Bo Nuan Yuanyang Yu" Late Tang and Five Dynasties: Mao Wenxi
Translation: On the calm river waves, the mandarin ducks were playing leisurely and talking to each other. In the evening, fishing boats return to the riverside Zhouzhu in pairs.
3. Thank you to the people of Huansha for not folding the yarn and leaving enough to cover the mandarin ducks in the rain. ——"Lotus Leaves" Tang Dynasty: Zheng Gu
Translation: I would like to thank those women who wear silk clothes for not coming to pick lotus leaves. In this way, the lotus leaves can cover the mandarin ducks playing in the water in the rain.
4. Don’t go deep into the lotus. There are mandarin ducks deep inside the lotus. ——"Lotus Picking Song" Song Dynasty: He Yinglong
Translation: Don't row toward the depths of the lotus. There are mandarin ducks playing in the depths of the lotus.
5. Two mandarin ducks float in the green water, with a purple golden lotus in the center of the water. ——"Thirty Songs of Huayang" Song Dynasty: Bai Yuchan
Translation: Two mandarin ducks were playing on the calm green water, and a purple-gold lotus bloomed in the middle of the water.