1. An old friend invited me to Tian’s house with chicken and millet. ——Meng Haoran, Tang Dynasty's "Visiting the Old Friend's Village"
Translation: An old friend prepared a sumptuous meal and invited me to his hospitable farmhouse.
2. Tonight, I know that the spring air is warm, and the sound of insects is new through the green window screen. ——Liu Fangping·Tang Dynasty's "Moon Night"
Translation: Tonight you know the arrival of spring, because you hear the chirping of insects outside the window screen reflected by the green leaves, and for the first time it reaches the house. Coming.
3. Beans are planted at the foot of the southern mountain. The grass is full of bean seedlings. ——Tao Yuanming·Wei and Jin Dynasties, "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields·Part 3"
Translation: I am planting beans at the foot of Nanshan Mountain. The weeds are lush in the ground and the bean seedlings are sparse.
4. The plums are golden and the apricots are fat, the wheat flowers are sparse and the white cauliflowers are sparse. ——Fan Chengda·Song Dynasty's "Four Seasons Pastoral Miscellany·Part 2"
Translation: The plum trees on the tree turned golden, and the apricots grew bigger and bigger; the buckwheat flowers were all white, and the rapeseed flowers were upside down. Seems sparse.
5. The distant village is warm and the smoke is in the ruins. ——Tao Yuanming·Wei and Jin Dynasties, "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields·Part 1"
Translation: The neighboring villages are faintly visible in the distance, and the smoke from the kitchen is floating in the village.