1. The mandarin ducks sleep in pairs at night, and a pear tree presses the begonia.
From "A Pear Blossom Tree Pressing Begonias" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
The eighteenth-year-old bride has pale hair and red makeup.
The mandarin ducks sleep in pairs at night, and a pear tree presses the begonia.
Translation
The eighteen-year-old bride and the eighty-year-old groom, with their white hair facing the bride’s red makeup. Spending the night under a quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks, a bouquet of pear blossoms overwhelmed the begonia flowers.
2. The white-headed maid is here, sitting around talking about Xuanzong.
From "The Palace" by Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty
The ancient palace is lonely and the palace flowers are lonely and red.
The white-headed palace maid is here, sitting around talking about Xuanzong.
Translation
In the empty and desolate old palace, only the palace flowers are lonely and bright red. Several white-haired palace maids were sitting around talking about Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty.
3. The old woman in her boudoir has no worries, and goes up to the green building with her makeup in the spring.
From "Bouise Grudge" by Wang Changling of the Tang Dynasty
The old woman in the boudoir does not know her sorrow, and goes up to the green building with makeup on the spring day.
Suddenly I saw the color of willows on the street, and I regretted teaching my husband and son-in-law to find a title.
Translation
The old woman in her boudoir has never felt the sorrow of missing her. On the bright spring day, she dressed up carefully and climbed up to the high building. Suddenly I saw the spring colors of willows on the roadside, and melancholy filled my heart. She regretted that she should not have allowed her husband to join the army and become a marquis for his meritorious service.
4. The dormitory is empty, the autumn nights are long, the nights are long and sleepless, and the sky is unclear.
From "Shangyang White-haired Man" written by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty
Shangyang people, Shangyang people, have a beautiful face, old age and new hair.
The green-clad eunuch guards the palace gate, and how much spring comes when the sun is closed.
Xuanzong was elected at the end of his life, and now he is sixteen and sixty.
More than a hundred people were selected at the same time, and they were severely disabled in their scattered years.
Recalling the time when Tun was sad to say goodbye to his relatives, he helped her into the car without crying.
As soon as you enter, you will be grateful, with a face like a hibiscus and a breast like jade.
Before the king could meet him, Yang Fei was looking at her from afar.
Jealous enough to marry Yang Gong, and spend his whole life living in an empty house.
I stay in an empty room, and the autumn nights are long, and the nights are long and sleepless, and the sky is unclear.
There is a shadow on the wall behind the broken lamp, and the sound of rain hitting the window.
Translation
People of Shangyang Palace, people of Shangyang Palace, the beautiful and beautiful appearance of the past has quietly disappeared; now in my twilight years, my hair is as white as silver. The green-clad eunuchs guarded the palace gate and closed it for many springs in Shangyang. Speaking of which, he was elected to the palace in the last years of Xuanzong. He was just sixteen when he entered the palace, and he is now sixty. There were originally more than a hundred people who were selected together. However, over time, they all withered away, and now only the old man is left. I remember swallowing my tears and saying goodbye to my loved ones. I was helped into the car and was not allowed to cry. It is said that once you enter the palace, you will receive favor because you are so beautiful. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the palace, before she could see the king, she was looked at coldly by Concubine Yang from afar. I was jealous and was secretly sent to Shangyang Palace, where I ended up guarding an empty room all my life.
5. When you are pregnant and return home, your concubine is heartbroken.
From "Spring Thoughts" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
The swallow grass is like blue silk, and the green branches of Qin mulberry are low.
When the king returns home, it is the time when the concubine has a broken heart. ?
If you don’t recognize the spring breeze, why should you enter the Luo curtain?
Translation?
The grass in Yan is as green as silk, and the mulberry trees in Qin have green leaves. When you miss your home and look forward to the day you return, I have long missed you and been filled with sorrow.
Spring breeze, you and I are strangers, why do you blow into the tent and make me sad?