Looking around, lonely and sad. It's the hardest to stop breathing when it's warm and cold. Three glasses and two glasses of wine, how can you beat him? It's late and urgent! Guo Yan is very sad, but this is an old acquaintance. -from the song dynasty Li Qingzhao's "slow voice, searching"
But since the water is still flowing, although we cut it with our swords and raise our glasses to drown our sorrows. Since the world can't satisfy our desire, I will loosen my hair and get on a fishing boat tomorrow. -Excerpted from Li Bai's Farewell to the Minister at Xie Tiao Villa in Xuanzhou in the Tang Dynasty.
In the courtyard, deep willows pile up smoke, and the curtains are not counted. Jade music carving saddle tour smelting place, the building is not high, look at Zhangtai Road. March storm, closing at dusk, not planning to stay in spring. Tears ask flowers silently, and red flies over the swing. —Excerpted from How Deep is the Courtyard by Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The wind has stopped the dust, the fragrant flowers have blossomed, and I am tired of combing my hair at night. Things are people, not everything, and tears flow first. It is said that Shuangxi Spring is still good, and it is also planned to make canoes. I'm afraid Shuangxi's boat can't move, and I have a lot of worries. -Excerpted from "Wulingchun" by Li Qingzhao in the Song Dynasty