1. If you want to see a thousand miles away, reach a higher level. --"Climbing the Stork Tower" by Wang Zhihuan of the Tang Dynasty
Interpretation: If you want to see enough of the scenery thousands of miles away, you have to climb to a higher tower.
2. There will be times when the wind blows and the waves break, so you can hang your sails and sail across the sea. -- Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, "The Journey Is Difficult"
Interpretation: Although there are many obstacles on the road ahead, one day you will ride on the long wind and break thousands of miles of waves, hang up your cloud sails, cross the sea, and reach the ideal other shore.
3. How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without experiencing a bone-chilling cold? --"Ode to a Discourse in the Hall" by Zen Master Huang Chang of the Tang Dynasty
Interpretation: If we don't withstand the biting cold in winter, plum blossoms will not have a tangy fragrance.
4. The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. --Ming Dynasty Zhu Xi's "Warning to the World"
Interpretation: The sharp edge of the sword comes from constant sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the fact that it has survived the cold winter.
5. Thousands of hammers were used to carve out the mountains, and the fire burned them as if nothing happened. Lime Song of the Ming Dynasty: Yu Qian
Explanation: It can only be mined from the mountains after thousands of hammerings. It regards the burning of raging fire as a very common thing.